Fairview Elem School

Fairview Elem School is a mid-tier elementary campus in Mt Prospect, Illinois, run under Mount Prospect SD 57. The school serves 463 students in grades 2 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 381.

Within Mount Prospect SD 57, which oversees 4 schools and 2,105 students, Fairview Elem School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fairview Elem School lists that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Fairview Elem School reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Fairview Elem School is one.

Prospect High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Fairview Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 542 (now 463). White enrollment moved from 74% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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