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Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON COUNTY·NCES 130393001455
Fairview Elementary
3325 Fairview Rd, Covington, GA 30016 · (770) 784-2959 · Newton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
591 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
17.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
17.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.3% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 20.8% |
| 2022-23 | 21.2% | 15.2% |
| 2021-22 | 16.9% | 14.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fairview Elementary
Fairview Elementary's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary this school | 591 | 100.0% | 20.1% |
| Greene County Primary School Union Point | 582 | 100.0% | 34.7% |
| C. B. Watson Primary School Warner Robins | 618 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Langston Chapel Elementary School Statesboro | 647 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| Middle Ridge Elementary School Covington | 594 | 100.0% | 20.2% |
| Gaines Elementary School Athens | 568 | 100.0% | 11.5% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fairview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Newton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #1,049 of 1,208 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,121 of 1,215 ▼ 95 | #11 of 14 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #1,075 of 1,215 ▼ 105 | #13 of 14 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #631 of 1,183 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #620 of 1,324 | #8 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #654 of 1,301 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #594 of 1,301 | #8 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #336 of 1,312 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.6% | #105 of 386 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
591
+33 (+6%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 791
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 591 | 44 | 13.4:1 | 100% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 35.7 | 16.7:1 | 90% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 37.1 | 14.9:1 | 85% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 42 | 13.3:1 | 69% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 38.2 | 12.9:1 | 80% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 81% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 57 | 13.7:1 | 64% (499) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 65% (459) |
| 1990-91 | 791 | 55 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (494 to 591); teachers up 15% (38.2 to 44).
About Fairview Elementary
Fairview Elementary, located in Covington, Georgia, is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 591 students, in pre-K through 5.
Newton County runs Fairview Elementary along with 21 other schools, enrolling 18,672 students in total.
Black students account for 61% of enrollment at Fairview Elementary. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 13% White, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Newton County is roughly 48% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Fairview Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The teaching staff at Fairview Elementary is 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.4:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. On average, public schools in Newton County report 92%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Fairview Elementary is -5.6 points: 20.1% actual, 25.7% predicted.
Within Newton County, median household income is about $77,179, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Newton County number 22 and enroll about 18,672.
Nearest public school: Clements Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Fairview Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 21.6% proficiency; Fairview Elementary posts 20.1%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 591 was 6% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 558.
Community posts for Fairview Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Newton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,152
Census ACS
Median income
$77,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
18,672 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton County
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- Alcovy High SchoolHigh · 1,968 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Newton County Theme School at FicquettElementary · 1,095 students
- Live Oak ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Other schools in Covington
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- Alcovy High SchoolHigh · 1,968 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Newton County Theme School at FicquettElementary · 1,095 students
- Live Oak ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. Fairview Elementary is the 10th largest of the 63.
- Fairview Elementary SchoolStockbridge, GA · 590 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolDemorest, GA · 478 students
- Fairview ElementaryModesto, CA · 786 students
- Fairview ElementaryFairfax Station, VA · 751 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolFairview, PA · 707 students
Nearby schools
- Clements Middle School0.2 mi · 705
- Newton High School1.2 mi · 2,499
- Live Oak Elementary1.4 mi · 936
- Peek's Chapel Elementary2.8 mi · 591
- Porterdale Elementary School2.8 mi · 405
- Memorial Middle School3.1 mi · 774
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fairview Elementary?
Fairview Elementary enrolls approximately 591 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Fairview Elementary serve?
Fairview Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fairview Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Fairview Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Fairview Elementary?
Student demographics at Fairview Elementary are roughly 13% White, 20% Hispanic, 61% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairview Elementary?
Fairview Elementary is overseen by Newton County in Newton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.