Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERN BEAVER COUNTY SD·NCES 422604000715
Fairview Elementary School
343 Ridgemont Dr, Midland, PA 15059 · (724) 643-9680 · Beaver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
165 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 72 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 64% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 59% · 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
Fairview Elementary School→Western Beaver Co JSHS
Based on grade levels within Western Beaver County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
39.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 42.1% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 School
Fairview Elementary School's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary School this school | 303 | 54.5% | 55.1% |
| Marshall Elementary School Uniontown | 300 | 54.3% | 60.4% |
| Clearview Elementary School Brogue | 300 | 56.3% | 44.3% |
| Hooverville Elementary School Waynesboro | 317 | 56.8% | 60.9% |
| Paradise Elementary School Thomasville | 306 | 54.9% | 59.1% |
| Millville Area Elementary School Millville | 291 | 56.0% | 53.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #730 of 1,396 | #7 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #1,010 of 1,511 ▼ 86 | #14 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #472 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #4 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #1,243 of 1,638 | #16 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #797 of 1,528 | #9 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #1,221 of 1,531 | #16 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #917 of 1,600 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #448 of 1,045 | #7 of 17 |
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
303
-29 (-9%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 303 | 23.1 | 13.1:1 | 54% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 23.1 | 14.5:1 | 49% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 22.1 | 15.5:1 | 48% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 45% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 42% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 44% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 30% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 21 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (356 to 303); teachers up 5% (22 to 23.1).
About Fairview Elementary School
In Midland, Pennsylvania, Fairview Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 303 students. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 32% below average.
Fairview Elementary School belongs to Western Beaver County SD, a district of 2 schools and 662 students.
Roughly 90% of students at Fairview Elementary School are White. The remaining students are 7% multiracial. Beaver County residents are about 87% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Fairview Elementary School is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. The school has 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. Federal data show 54% of students (165) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 55% average for public schools in Beaver County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fairview Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 55.1% actual against 54.3% predicted.
For the population of Beaver County, the median household earns about $71,089 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Beaver County, 52 public schools serve about 31,222 students.
Western Beaver Co JSHS sits about 3.1 miles from Fairview Elementary School. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Fairview Elementary School places 4th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Fairview Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 29 students, from 332 to 303. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.8:1 to 13.1:1.
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Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. Fairview Elementary School is the 41st largest of the 63.
- Fairview Elementary SchoolFairview, PA · 707 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolMountaintop, PA · 612 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolWaynesboro, PA · 597 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 387 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolNew Cumberland, PA · 238 students
Nearby schools
- Western Beaver Co JSHS3.1 mi · 359
- Midland El/MS3.8 mi · 226
- Pennsylvania Cyber CS3.9 mi · 10,178
- Lincoln Park Performing Arts CS4.1 mi · 674
- Midland Innovation & Technology CS4.6 mi · 126
- Blackhawk High School6.1 mi · 763
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fairview Elementary School?
Fairview Elementary School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fairview Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fairview Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Fairview Elementary School have?
Fairview Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairview Elementary School?
At Fairview Elementary School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Fairview Elementary School in?
Fairview Elementary School is part of Western Beaver County SD.
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