FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of sprawling scale in FAIRMONT, Minnesota, operated by FAIRMONT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 1,007 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 193% bigger than typical.

Across the 2 schools in FAIRMONT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,846 students total), FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school shows 27% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Martin County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 37.7%, a residual of +4.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Martin County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,507 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Martin County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,110 students), of which FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.4%.

FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 937 (now 1,007). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 14% to 27% over that span.

Inside the community feed, members of the FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.