Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKWOOD R-VI·NCES 292685002859
FAIRWAY ELEM.
480 OLD FAIRWAY DR, WILDWOOD, MO 63040 · (636) 733-4175 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
25 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 54%
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 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 52% · 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
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.4%
MO avg 44.9% . -5.9pp since 2021
Math
64.9%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.0% | 34.4% | 28.5% | 6.8% |
| Math | 31.0% | 33.9% | 24.6% | 10.3% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.4% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 66.1% |
| 2022-23 | 67.2% | 66.1% |
| 2021-22 | 70.3% | 64.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 FAIRWAY ELEM.
FAIRWAY ELEM.'s state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRWAY ELEM. this school | 346 | 7.2% | 63.3% |
| BABLER ELEM. GLENCOE | 408 | 8.8% | 66.0% |
| STANTON ELEM. FENTON | 303 | 10.6% | 57.3% |
| RALPH M. CAPTAIN ELEM. CLAYTON | 286 | 4.2% | 75.3% |
| JOHN CARY EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. ST LOUIS | 311 | 12.9% | N/A |
| CLAYMONT ELEM. BALLWIN | 460 | 7.4% | 55.0% |
Matched among Missouri 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 FAIRWAY ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #94 of 1,002 | #31 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #104 of 1,019 ▼ 22 | #27 of 138 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #98 of 1,018 ▲ 23 | #35 of 138 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #277 of 943 | #25 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #557 of 1,294 | #100 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #737 of 950 | #84 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #518 of 953 | #88 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.2% | #1,139 of 1,165 | #132 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #152 of 684 | #16 of 103 |
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
346
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 346 | 24.1 | 14.3:1 | 7% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 25.3 | 14.4:1 | 7% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 24.7 | 15.4:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 30.3 | 14.7:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 10% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 3% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FAIRWAY ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (446 to 346); teachers down 20% (30.3 to 24.1).
About FAIRWAY ELEM.
FAIRWAY ELEM. is one of the public schools in WILDWOOD, Missouri. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 346 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
FAIRWAY ELEM. is part of a district of 30 schools: ROCKWOOD R-VI, with 19,597 students.
White students are the large majority at FAIRWAY ELEM., with 81% of enrollment. Next come 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 62% White among all St. Louis County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at FAIRWAY ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
The school employs the equivalent of 24.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at FAIRWAY ELEM. is 7%. It compares with 43% for public schools in St. Louis County.
After adjusting for student poverty, FAIRWAY ELEM. lands between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.3%; the prediction is 57.2%.
In the county around the school, St. Louis County, median household income is about $82,936, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 275 public schools operate in St. Louis County, serving about 134,601 students.
RIDGE MEADOWS ELEM. is the public school closest to FAIRWAY ELEM., about 1.0 miles away. FAIRWAY ELEM. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 53.9% on proficiency, and FAIRWAY ELEM. is above that at 63.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 346 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 373. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.3:1, from 13.3:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at FAIRWAY ELEM.. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCKWOOD R-VI
- MARQUETTE SR. HIGHHigh · 2,095 students
- LAFAYETTE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,669 students
- EUREKA SR. HIGHHigh · 1,586 students
- ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGHHigh · 1,194 students
- CRESTVIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 1,091 students
- LASALLE SPRINGS MIDDLEMiddle · 927 students
Other schools in WILDWOOD
- LAFAYETTE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,669 students
- LASALLE SPRINGS MIDDLEMiddle · 927 students
- ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 643 students
- WILDWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 538 students
- GREEN PINES ELEM.Elementary · 423 students
- POND ELEM.Elementary · 380 students
Other FAIRWAY Elementary schools
One other US public school is named FAIRWAY Elementary. FAIRWAY ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- FAIRWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIRAMAR, FL · 452 students
Nearby schools
- RIDGE MEADOWS ELEM.1.0 mi · 267
- LASALLE SPRINGS MIDDLE1.6 mi · 927
- GREEN PINES ELEM.1.6 mi · 423
- POND ELEM.1.9 mi · 380
- LAFAYETTE SR. HIGH2.1 mi · 1,669
- BABLER ELEM.2.4 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About FAIRWAY ELEM.How many students attend FAIRWAY ELEM.?
FAIRWAY ELEM. enrolls approximately 346 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does FAIRWAY ELEM. serve?
FAIRWAY ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does FAIRWAY ELEM. have?
FAIRWAY ELEM. employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at FAIRWAY ELEM.?
Student demographics at FAIRWAY ELEM. are roughly 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is FAIRWAY ELEM. in?
FAIRWAY ELEM. is part of ROCKWOOD R-VI.
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