Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRVIEW INDEPENDENT·NCES 210180001889
Fairview Elementary School
258 McKnight St WW, Ashland, KY 41102 · (606) 325-1528 · Boyd County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
247 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 63%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Fairview Elementary School→Fairview High School
Based on grade levels within Fairview Independent. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
38.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
25.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Kentucky 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 Kentucky'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 (32.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary School this school | 271 | 91.1% | 32.2% |
| Black Mountain Elementary School Evarts | 248 | 90.7% | 40.5% |
| John M. Stumbo Elementary School Grethel | 260 | 89.6% | 36.2% |
| Whitley County North Elementary School Rockholds | 303 | 87.8% | 50.2% |
| Paces Creek Elementary Manchester | 273 | 86.8% | 57.6% |
| Crab Orchard Elementary School Crab Orchard | 266 | 86.8% | 38.4% |
Matched among Kentucky 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 Kentucky | In Boyd County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #531 of 669 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #589 of 668 | #10 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #513 of 674 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #605 of 744 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #69 of 674 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.6% | #505 of 674 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #11 of 721 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #203 of 437 | #3 of 8 |
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
271
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 271 | 21.7 | 12.5:1 | 91% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 22.2 | 11.0:1 | 89% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 22.2 | 10.8:1 | 70% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 80% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 19 | 16.5:1 | 73% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 74% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 23 | 16.2:1 | 68% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 14 | 25.7:1 | 56% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (313 to 271); teachers up 14% (19 to 21.7).
About Fairview Elementary School
A small elementary school in Ashland, Kentucky, Fairview Elementary School is part of Fairview Independent. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 271 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 421 students for elementary schools in Kentucky.
Fairview Independent is the local district for Fairview Elementary School. It runs 2 schools with 528 students.
Roughly 92% of students at Fairview Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 5% multiracial. Boyd County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 15%.
The school's 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. Elementary schools in Kentucky average 15.4:1, 2.9 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Boyd County average 63%.
Among Kentucky public elementary schools, Fairview Elementary School outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 31.2%.
Census data for Boyd County show median household income comes to about $61,118, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 25 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,634, Fairview Elementary School among them.
Fairview Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus B, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Fairview Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Fairview Elementary School ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 32.2% versus a 40.3% average.
Fairview Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
A 3% decline took enrollment from 279 in 2020-21 to 271 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.4:1 to 12.5:1.
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Boyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,911
Census ACS
Median income
$61,118
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,634 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ashland
- Boyd County High SchoolHigh · 888 students
- Paul G. Blazer High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Ashland Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Boyd County Middle SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Hager Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. Fairview Elementary School is the 48th largest of the 63.
- Fairview ElementaryModesto, CA · 786 students
- Fairview ElementaryFairfax Station, VA · 751 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolFairview, PA · 707 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 677 students
- Fairview ElementaryFairview, NC · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus B0.8 mi · 24
- Fairview High School0.8 mi · 257
- Hager Elementary School1.3 mi · 344
- Paul G. Blazer High School1.3 mi · 821
- Ashland Head Start1.5 mi · 191
- Poage Elementary School1.7 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fairview Elementary School?
Fairview Elementary School enrolls approximately 271 students in grades PK-06.
Is Fairview Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fairview Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Fairview Elementary School have?
Fairview Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
How diverse is Fairview Elementary School?
Fairview Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Fairview Elementary School public or private?
Fairview Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairview Independent.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.