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If you had an hour of school board time for Fairless Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
613
Elementary
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRLESS LOCAL·NCES 390498405410
Fairless Elementary School
12000 Navarre Rd SW, Navarre, OH 44662 · (330) 767-3913 · Stark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
305 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 43%
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Fairless Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.4pp since 2021
Math
70.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -5.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 79.1% |
| 2022-23 | 65.9% | 74.8% |
| 2021-22 | 69.1% | 76.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Fairless Elementary School
Fairless Elementary School's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairless Elementary School this school | 613 | 49.8% | 70.7% |
| Monroe Elementary School New Richmond | 554 | 52.0% | 74.5% |
| West Muskingum Elementary School Zanesville | 691 | 49.6% | 71.3% |
| Three Rivers Elementary Cleves | 731 | 50.8% | 66.7% |
| Wynford Elementary School Bucyrus | 569 | 52.7% | 65.5% |
| Madison Elementary School Middletown | 711 | 51.8% | 75.6% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Fairless Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #450 of 673 | #17 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #636 of 1,569 ▼ 252 | #26 of 44 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #736 of 1,569 ▲ 4 | #28 of 44 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #182 of 1,514 | #6 of 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #257 of 1,808 | #9 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #901 of 1,582 | #23 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #1,286 of 1,590 | #40 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #265 of 767 | #6 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #593 of 992 | #9 of 21 |
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
613
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 613 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 50% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 54% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 34 | 17.7:1 | 41% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 35 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 36 | 19.0:1 | 55% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 703 | 35 | 20.1:1 | 60% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 37 | 20.4:1 | 65% (487) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairless Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (685 to 613); teachers down 6% (36 to 34).
About Fairless Elementary School
In Navarre, Ohio, Fairless Elementary School is a large elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 613 students. That is 52% above the average of about 404 students for elementary schools in Ohio.
Fairless Local serves 1,233 students across 3 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Fairless Elementary School is White, at 91%. It is also 6% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
Its ratio of 18.0:1 is based on 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is about 17.9:1. In all, 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 36% for public schools in Stark County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Fairless Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 70.7% actual, 70.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
In Stark County, the median household earns about $67,934 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Stark County, 101 public schools serve about 53,798 students.
Fairless Middle School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 63.9% on proficiency, and Fairless Elementary School is above that at 70.7%.
Fairless Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 607 to 613.
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Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairless Local
- Fairless High SchoolHigh · 327 students
- Fairless Middle SchoolMiddle · 293 students
Other schools in Navarre
- Lohr Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Fairless Middle SchoolMiddle · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Fairless Middle School0.2 mi · 293
- Fairless High School0.4 mi · 327
- Indian River (Irjcf)5.5 mi · 126
- Massillon Intermediate School6.1 mi · 900
- Massillon Junior High School6.1 mi · 607
- Beacon Hill Community School AKA Beacon Hill Academy6.3 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Fairless Elementary SchoolHow large is Fairless Elementary School?
Fairless Elementary School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Fairless Elementary School serve?
Fairless Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fairless Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fairless Elementary School is approximately 18.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fairless Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fairless Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Fairless Elementary School public or private?
Fairless Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairless Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.