Fairlawn Elementary School

Fairlawn Elementary School is an intimate elementary campus in Sidney, Ohio, overseen by Fairlawn Local. The school caters to 268 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Fairlawn Elementary School sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Fairlawn Local runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 553 students. Fairlawn Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Fairlawn Elementary School reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Shelby County put median household income runs about $73,978, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Shelby County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,812 students), Fairlawn Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fairlawn High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Fairlawn Elementary School.

Fairlawn Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Fairlawn Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 328 (now 268). White enrollment moved from 98% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 36.4:1 in 2018 to 26.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.