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Enrollment
484
High
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRVIEW PARK CITY·NCES 390439700934
Fairview High School
4507 W 213 Street, Fairview Park, OH 44126 · (440) 356-3500 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
113 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 119 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 111 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 120 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 134 | 28% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fairview Park City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +17.1pp since 2021
Math
66.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.6% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 58.8% |
| 2022-23 | 77.6% | 54.4% |
| 2021-22 | 62.5% | 60.9% |
% 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
77.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Fairview High School
Fairview High School's state test result (77.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview High School this school | 484 | 23.3% | 77.7% |
| Johnstown High School Johnstown | 488 | 19.7% | 71.4% |
| Buckeye Valley Local High School Delaware | 597 | 23.1% | 82.4% |
| Shawnee High School Lima | 673 | 30.3% | 77.4% |
| Bellbrook High School Bellbrook | 843 | 22.5% | 83.9% |
| Bexley High School Bexley | 766 | 27.2% | 88.5% |
Matched among Ohio high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #110 of 403 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #163 of 776 ▲ 62 | #16 of 71 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #131 of 774 ▲ 6 | #16 of 71 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.4pp | #97 of 742 | #18 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #395 of 888 | #33 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #531 of 739 | #45 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #314 of 749 | #43 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #356 of 435 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #267 of 484 | #27 of 42 |
Ranked against other public high 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
484
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 484 | 25.9 | 18.7:1 | 23% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 24.4 | 20.6:1 | 31% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 23.2 | 21.9:1 | 21% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 23 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 31.7 | 17.2:1 | 29% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 27 | 21.3:1 | 52% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 36% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 48 | 14.1:1 | 11% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 39 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (543 to 484); teachers down 18% (31.7 to 25.9).
About Fairview High School
Fairview High School is a mid-sized high school in Fairview Park, Ohio, one of the schools in Fairview Park City. It had 484 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Fairview Park City totals 1,471 students.
By race and ethnicity, Fairview High School is 84% White. Next come 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 58% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 29%.
There are 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.7:1. The average for high schools in Ohio, 17.7:1, is lower. Of all students at Fairview High School, 23% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Fairview High School would score about 80.0%. It scores 77.7%, 2.3 points below that figure.
In Cuyahoga County, the median household earns about $64,468 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Cuyahoga County has 352 public schools with about 155,924 students, including Fairview High School.
Fairview High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Lewis F Mayer Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Fairview High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 484, compared with 515 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 18.7:1, from 22.4:1.
The allk12 page for Fairview High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairview Park City
- Gilles-Sweet Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Lewis F Mayer Middle SchoolMiddle · 314 students
- Parkview Early Education CenterElementary · 49 students
Other schools in Fairview Park
- Gilles-Sweet Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Lewis F Mayer Middle SchoolMiddle · 314 students
- Parkview Early Education CenterElementary · 49 students
Other Fairview High schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Fairview High. Fairview High School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Fairview High SchoolSherwood, OH · 254 students
- Fairview High SchoolBOULDER, CO · 1,863 students
- Fairview High SchoolFairview, TN · 688 students
- Fairview High SchoolFairview, PA · 593 students
- Fairview High SchoolCullman, AL · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Lewis F Mayer Middle School0.1 mi · 314
- Gilles-Sweet Elementary School0.5 mi · 624
- Parkview Early Education Center1.1 mi · 49
- Douglas MacArthur1.3 mi · 281
- Goldwood Primary Elementary School1.3 mi · 575
- Clara E Westropp School1.4 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview High SchoolHow many students attend Fairview High School?
Fairview High School enrolls approximately 484 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Fairview High School serve?
Fairview High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fairview High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fairview High School is approximately 18.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fairview High School?
Fairview High School reports a student body of 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairview High School?
Fairview High School is overseen by Fairview Park City in Cuyahoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.