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Enrollment
718
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRVIEW SD 72·NCES 171482001820
Fairview South Elementary School
7040 Laramie Ave, Skokie, IL 60077 · (847) 929-1050 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL718 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
73 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
246 students
STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 37 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 42% smaller than its 8th grade class (91).
Student demographics
68%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
76.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
57.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.2% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 67.8% | 43.6% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 14 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 Fairview South Elementary School
Fairview South Elementary School's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview South Elementary School this school | 718 | 34.3% | 66.0% |
| Park View Elementary School Morton Grove | 885 | 31.2% | 70.8% |
| The Wheatlands Elementary School Aurora | 613 | 29.7% | 64.2% |
| John Middleton Elementary School Skokie | 521 | 33.2% | 56.5% |
| Prairieview Elementary School Bartlett | 681 | 27.6% | 52.6% |
| Freedom Elementary School Plainfield | 526 | 26.8% | 72.8% |
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 South Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #185 of 1,925 | #64 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #479 of 2,077 ▼ 21 | #150 of 829 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #202 of 2,077 ▼ 68 | #83 of 829 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 718 | #110 of 2,419 | #73 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #111 of 2,035 | #66 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #239 of 2,042 | #101 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #1,693 of 2,132 | #692 of 804 |
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
718
-47 (-6%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 451
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 | 718 | 72.5 | 9.9:1 | 34% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 707 | 69 | 10.3:1 | 29% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 702 | 63.5 | 11.1:1 | 33% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 765 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 66.1 | 10.9:1 | 21% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 55 | 12.6:1 | 22% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 50 | 12.6:1 | 21% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 48 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 39 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview South Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (718 to 718); teachers up 10% (66.1 to 72.5).
About Fairview South Elementary School
Families in Skokie, Illinois, are served by Fairview South Elementary School, a large elementary school. The school reports 718 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Fairview SD 72 is responsible for Fairview South Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Fairview South Elementary School, at 47%. Other groups make up 29% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 44% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 72.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Fairview South Elementary School was 9.9:1. This ratio sits 4.0 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 34%. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
The allk12 Grade for Fairview South Elementary School is A. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Illinois, Fairview South Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.0% compared with a predicted 51.7%.
Fairview South Elementary School is located in Cook County, where the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Fairview South Elementary School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Edgebrook Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Fairview South Elementary School at 3rd of 6.
NCES describes the area around Fairview South Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 47 fewer students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Fairview South Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Skokie
- Niles West High SchoolHigh · 2,646 students
- Niles North High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Old Orchard Jr High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- John Middleton Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Edgebrook Elementary School0.7 mi · 554
- Lincoln Jr High School1.0 mi · 628
- Wildwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 512
- Niles West High School1.3 mi · 2,646
- Sauganash Elementary School1.4 mi · 693
- Thomas Edison Elementary School1.4 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview South Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fairview South Elementary School?
Fairview South Elementary School enrolls approximately 718 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Fairview South Elementary School serve?
Fairview South Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Fairview South Elementary School have?
Fairview South Elementary School employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Fairview South Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fairview South Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 29% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Fairview South Elementary School public or private?
Fairview South Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairview SD 72.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.