Fairview Early Childhood Center

At 512 Fairview Ave in Rockford, Illinois, Fairview Early Childhood Center operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K and enrolls 538 students. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 41% above average.

Fairview Early Childhood Center is among 44 schools run by Rockford SD 205, which serves 28,467 students.

The student body at Fairview Early Childhood Center has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 32%. The remaining shares are 27% Black, 25% White, 8% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Winnebago County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Fairview Early Childhood Center are from different groups.

With 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Roughly 72% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 61% for public schools in Winnebago County.

In the wider Winnebago County area, median household income comes to about $65,837, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Winnebago County's 94 public schools enroll about 44,103 students and include Fairview Early Childhood Center.

Of the public schools around it, Fairview Early Childhood Center is closest to Rockford East High School, about 0.5 miles away. Fairview Early Childhood Center has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

A 36% gain took enrollment from 395 in 2020-21 to 538 in 2024-25.

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