Enrollment
300
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRMONT SD 89·NCES 171476004930
Fairmont School
735 Green Garden Pl, Lockport, IL 60441 · (815) 726-6156 · Will County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
34 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
297 students
STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
25.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.9% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 13.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 14% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Fairmont School
Fairmont School's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont School this school | 300 | 99.0% | 31.7% |
| Pleasant Acres Elementary School Rantoul | 293 | 94.5% | 13.7% |
| Washington-McKinley Elementary School Chicago Heights | 286 | 98.3% | 28.6% |
| A J Katzenmaier Academy North Chicago | 387 | 99.5% | 9.8% |
| Forrestal Elementary School Great Lakes | 386 | 99.2% | 17.7% |
| Evelyn Alexander School North Chicago | 354 | 98.3% | 2.5% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Fairmont School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #1,213 of 1,925 | #75 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #1,435 of 2,077 ▲ 55 | #84 of 100 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #1,346 of 2,077 ▼ 94 | #80 of 100 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #1,537 of 2,419 | #96 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #41 of 2,035 | #3 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #628 of 2,042 | #50 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #46 of 2,132 | #3 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.2% | #208 of 615 | #12 of 36 |
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
300
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 247
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 | 300 | 34 | 8.8:1 | 99% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 34.5 | 8.4:1 | 100% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 31 | 10.1:1 | 100% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 265 | 25.2 | 10.5:1 | 55% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 79% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 247 | 24 | 10.3:1 | 96% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairmont School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (265 to 300); teachers up 35% (25.2 to 34).
About Fairmont School
This page covers Fairmont School, a small elementary school in Lockport, Illinois. In all, 300 students attend the school in pre-K through 8. That is 21% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Fairmont SD 89 is responsible for Fairmont School.
Federal enrollment data show Fairmont School is 57% Hispanic. Other groups include 27% Black, 12% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 20% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 8.8:1. The school has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 5.1 students per teacher. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 55 points above the 44% average for public schools in Will County.
In Illinois, Fairmont School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.7% compared with a predicted 14.3%.
Will County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Will County's 209 public schools enroll about 113,008 students and include Fairmont School.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Taft Grade School, is the closest to Fairmont School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Fairmont School. On proficiency, Fairmont School is behind the 36.6% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
A 4% decline took enrollment from 313 in 2020-21 to 300 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Fairmont School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lockport
- Lockport Township High School EastHigh · 3,678 students
- William J Butler SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- Ludwig Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Taft Grade SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Kelvin Grove Jr High SchoolMiddle · 260 students
Nearby schools
- Taft Grade School1.2 mi · 272
- Forest Park Individual Ed School1.2 mi · 263
- Sator Sanchez Elementary School1.5 mi · 635
- Chaney-Monge School1.6 mi · 479
- Milne Grove Elementary School1.9 mi · 233
- Kelvin Grove Jr High School2.0 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Fairmont SchoolHow large is Fairmont School?
Fairmont School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Fairmont School serve?
Fairmont School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Fairmont School?
Approximately 8.8:1 students per teacher at Fairmont School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairmont School?
At Fairmont School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 57% Hispanic, 27% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Fairmont School public or private?
Fairmont School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairmont SD 89.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.