Fair Street International Academy

Fair Street International Academy, a moderately sized elementary school in Gainesville, Georgia, one of the schools within Gainesville City, instructs 651 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Gainesville City, which oversees 10 schools and 8,480 students, Fair Street International Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Fair Street International Academy records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder consists of 16% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fair Street International Academy has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hall County (around 64%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Fair Street International Academy falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 30.3%; this one comes in at 14.6%, -15.7 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hall County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,901, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hall County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,525 students), of which Fair Street International Academy is one.

New Holland Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fair Street International Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fair Street International Academy at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Fair Street International Academy's enrollment has rose 39% since 2018, when it stood at 467 (now 651). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 33% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Fair Street International Academy typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.