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What's one thing Fairview Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
646
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370045000148
Fairview Elementary
1355 Charlotte Hwy, Fairview, NC 28730 · (828) 628-2732 · Buncombe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
629 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
71.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
73.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 25 points, placing it in North Carolina'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 Elementary
Fairview Elementary's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary this school | 646 | 97.4% | 74.0% |
| Hopewell Elementary School Trinity | 679 | 99.6% | 72.4% |
| South Topsail Elementary Hampstead | 618 | 99.5% | 68.9% |
| Bethel Elementary Canton | 537 | 98.7% | 71.3% |
| Granite Falls Elementary Granite Falls | 647 | 99.2% | 64.1% |
| North Topsail Elementary Hampstead | 529 | 99.1% | 75.9% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Buncombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #153 of 1,297 | #1 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #251 of 1,296 | #3 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #123 of 1,300 | #2 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #269 of 1,485 | #2 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,192 of 1,377 | #26 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #1,324 of 1,379 | #26 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #974 of 1,414 | #16 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #487 of 937 | #9 of 18 |
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
646
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 646 | 38.4 | 16.8:1 | 97% (629) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 41.8 | 15.0:1 | 100% (624) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 43.1 | 15.3:1 | 41% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 32% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 740 | 44.2 | 16.7:1 | 37% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 44% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 44% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 50 | 16.1:1 | 29% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 35 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (740 to 646); teachers down 13% (44.2 to 38.4).
About Fairview Elementary
Fairview Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Fairview, North Carolina. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 646 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Buncombe County Schools has a total of 45 schools and 22,452 students, Fairview Elementary among them.
Of every 100 students at Fairview Elementary, about 86 are White. After that, the student body is 8% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Buncombe County at about 82% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at Fairview Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 16.8:1 is based on 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Buncombe County average 88%.
Fairview Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Fairview Elementary is 49.1%. It actually posts 74.0%, which is 24.9 points higher and in the top 10% of North Carolina schools.
In the wider Buncombe County area, the median household earns about $74,436 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Fairview Elementary shares Buncombe County with 60 other public schools.
Fairview Elementary's nearest public school is Cane Creek Middle (about 2.9 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. On average proficiency, Fairview Elementary is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 656 students in 2020-21 and 646 in 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 14.6:1 to 16.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Buncombe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
274,360
Census ACS
Median income
$74,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
29,908 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buncombe County Schools
- Roberson HighHigh · 1,479 students
- Reynolds HighHigh · 1,169 students
- Enka HighHigh · 1,051 students
- Erwin HighHigh · 1,013 students
- North Buncombe HighHigh · 896 students
- Estes ElementaryElementary · 754 students
Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. Fairview Elementary is the 5th largest of the 63.
- Fairview ElementaryHigh Point, NC · 442 students
- Fairview ElementaryMonroe, NC · 394 students
- Fairview ElementaryRocky Mount, NC · 259 students
- Fairview ElementaryRocky Mount, NC · 255 students
- Fairview ElementaryModesto, CA · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Cane Creek Middle2.9 mi · 499
- Reynolds High4.1 mi · 1,169
- Reynolds Middle4.2 mi · 490
- ArtSpace Charter School5.1 mi · 402
- Community High School5.5 mi · 127
- Williams Elementary5.6 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fairview Elementary?
Fairview Elementary enrolls approximately 646 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Fairview Elementary serve?
Fairview Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fairview Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fairview Elementary is approximately 16.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fairview Elementary?
Student demographics at Fairview Elementary are roughly 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairview Elementary?
Fairview Elementary is overseen by Buncombe County Schools in Buncombe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.