Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003820
Fairview Elementary School
2200 E Ridgely Ave, Springfield, IL 62702 · (217) 525-3211 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
240 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
28.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.6pp since 2023
Math
19.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.4% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 13.8% | 9.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 School
Fairview Elementary School's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary School this school | 302 | 79.5% | 21.5% |
| Ridgely Elementary School Springfield | 343 | 74.1% | 22.3% |
| Sheridan Elementary School Bloomington | 314 | 82.8% | 15.2% |
| Michael E Baum Elementary School Decatur | 313 | 86.6% | 16.4% |
| Dr Andy Hall Early Educ Center Mount Vernon | 243 | 81.5% | N/A |
| Muffley Elementary School Decatur | 386 | 84.5% | 10.8% |
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 Fairview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,560 of 1,925 | #27 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #1,609 of 2,077 ▲ 55 | #23 of 34 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #1,704 of 2,077 ▲ 101 | #26 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #1,527 of 2,419 | #20 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #665 of 2,035 | #10 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #358 of 2,042 | #9 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #519 of 2,132 | #6 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.3% | #110 of 615 | #2 of 10 |
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
302
+30 (+11%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 386
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 | 302 | 24.5 | 12.3:1 | 79% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 23.8 | 12.3:1 | 68% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 19.3 | 14.4:1 | 60% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 18.1 | 13.8:1 | 81% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 66% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 76% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 21 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 20 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (249 to 302); teachers up 35% (18.1 to 24.5).
About Fairview Elementary School
Fairview Elementary School is a small elementary school in Springfield, Illinois, (ZIP code 62702). School enrollment was 302 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 21% smaller than that.
Springfield SD 186 has 13,014 students in 31 schools, and Fairview Elementary School is one of those schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Fairview Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 42%. The remaining shares are 38% White, 16% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Sangamon County's population at about 13%. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Fairview Elementary School was 12.3:1. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 79%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sangamon County is 48%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Fairview Elementary School would score about 25.6%. It scores 21.5%, 4.1 points below that figure.
In Sangamon County (population about 194,947), the median household income is $75,357, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 77 public schools in Sangamon County, enrolling about 27,345 students in all.
Wilcox Elementary School is located about 0.7 miles from Fairview Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Fairview Elementary School is behind the 22.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment climbed 11% from its 2020-21 level of 272.
The Fairview Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. Fairview Elementary School is the 42nd largest of the 63.
- Fairview Elementary SchoolHoffman Estates, IL · 469 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolMt Prospect, IL · 463 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolNormal, IL · 280 students
- Fairview ElementaryModesto, CA · 786 students
- Fairview ElementaryFairfax Station, VA · 751 students
Nearby schools
- Wilcox Elementary School0.7 mi · 241
- Lanphier High School0.8 mi · 1,117
- Ridgely Elementary School1.0 mi · 343
- McClernand Elementary School1.5 mi · 213
- Lincoln Magnet School1.9 mi · 300
- Washington Middle School1.9 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fairview Elementary School?
Fairview Elementary School enrolls approximately 302 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Fairview Elementary School serve?
Fairview Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Fairview Elementary School have?
Fairview Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Fairview Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fairview Elementary School are roughly 38% White, 3% Hispanic, 42% Black, 16% Two or more.
Is Fairview Elementary School public or private?
Fairview Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Springfield SD 186.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.