Fairmont Elementary School

Fairmont Elementary School operates as a tight-knit primary school in New Albany, Indiana, part of New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch. Current enrollment sits at 334 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 23% below typical.

New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 11,362 students; Fairmont Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fairmont Elementary School logs that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 34% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 4% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fairmont Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Floyd County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, Fairmont Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.6%, the actual is 34.1%, a residual of +0.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Floyd County indicate median household income runs about $79,704, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Floyd County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,849 students), of which Fairmont Elementary School is one.

Slate Run Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairmont Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 340 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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