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What's something Fairview Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000954
Fairview Elementary
608 Fairview Street, High Point, NC 27260 · (336) 819-2890 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
438 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
31.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
47.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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
Fairview Elementary's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary this school | 442 | 99.1% | 38.8% |
| Oakdale Elementary Charlotte | 497 | 98.8% | 40.8% |
| Edwin A Alderman Elementary Greensboro | 392 | 99.2% | 55.5% |
| Johnson Street Global Studies High Point | 389 | 97.9% | 47.3% |
| East Garner Elementary Garner | 535 | 99.4% | 43.5% |
| Northwood Elementary High Point | 502 | 99.4% | 48.6% |
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 Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #1,123 of 1,297 | #50 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #971 of 1,296 | #42 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,170 of 1,300 | #56 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #776 of 1,485 | #48 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #761 of 1,377 | #42 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #677 of 1,379 | #39 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #595 of 1,414 | #45 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #232 of 369 | #12 of 19 |
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
442
+48 (+12%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 442 | 29.4 | 15.0:1 | 99% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 35.5 | 11.9:1 | 99% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 32.6 | 13.8:1 | 99% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 34 | 11.6:1 | 99% (391) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 29.1 | 14.3:1 | 99% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 99% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 96% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 628 | 53 | 11.8:1 | 91% (571) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (415 to 442); teachers up 1% (29.1 to 29.4).
About Fairview Elementary
Fairview Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in High Point, North Carolina. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 442 students enrolled.
Guilford County Schools enrolls 68,535 students in 123 schools, including Fairview Elementary.
At Fairview Elementary, Black students make up 54% of the student body. The school is also 30% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% White. That is higher than the 34% Black share among all Guilford County residents. Fairview Elementary's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 15.0 students per teacher and 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina fairly closely. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 89% average among public schools in Guilford County.
Fairview Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Fairview Elementary scores 38.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.6%.
Among Guilford County residents, the median household income is $68,642, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Fairview Elementary, Guilford County has 142 other public schools.
The school nearest to Fairview Elementary is Middle College at GTCC-High Point, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Fairview Elementary is 4th among 7 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
The school enrolled 442 students in 2024-25, 48 more than the 394 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.0:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in High Point
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem UpperCombined · 1,583 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- Southwest Guilford MiddleMiddle · 1,032 students
- High Point Central HighHigh · 1,005 students
- Southwest ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. Fairview Elementary is the 31st largest of the 63.
- Fairview ElementaryFairview, NC · 646 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
- Middle College at GTCC-High Point0.3 mi · 194
- Pruette SCALE Academy0.7 mi · 10
- Ferndale Middle0.8 mi · 486
- High Point Central High1.1 mi · 1,005
- Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School1.1 mi · 185
- Penn-Griffin Schools1.3 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview ElementaryHow many students attend Fairview Elementary?
Fairview Elementary enrolls approximately 442 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fairview Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fairview Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fairview Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fairview Elementary is approximately 15.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairview Elementary?
At Fairview Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 30% Hispanic, 54% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Fairview Elementary in?
Fairview Elementary is part of Guilford County Schools.
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