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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Fairview El Sch this year?
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Enrollment
612
Elementary
DISTRICT 674 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRESTWOOD SD·NCES 420546002858
Fairview Elementary School
117 Spruce Street, Mountaintop, PA 18707 · (570) 474-5942 · Luzerne County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
161 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 75%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (105).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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→Crestwood Secondary Campus
Based on grade levels within Crestwood SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
60.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.6% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 55.0% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 (64.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary School this school | 612 | 26.3% | 64.0% |
| Kenneth N Butz Jr Elementary School Nazareth | 576 | 22.6% | 71.9% |
| French Creek Elementary School Pottstown | 581 | 24.6% | 68.0% |
| Dallas Intermediate School Dallas | 561 | 30.7% | 70.4% |
| Franklin Regional Primary School Murrysville | 619 | 21.0% | N/A |
| Wilson Elementary School Imperial | 586 | 27.0% | 86.5% |
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 Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #470 of 1,396 | #4 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #523 of 1,511 ▲ 91 | #4 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #382 of 1,511 ▲ 50 | #2 of 27 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #246 of 1,638 | #16 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #1,516 of 1,528 | #31 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #956 of 1,531 | #22 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #1,374 of 1,600 | #36 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #919 of 1,045 | #9 of 13 |
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
612
0 (0%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 612 | 31.4 | 19.5:1 | 26% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 33.4 | 18.9:1 | 26% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 38.2 | 16.8:1 | 31% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 28% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 35.1 | 18.0:1 | 8% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 16% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 41 | 17.5:1 | 22% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 717 | 36 | 19.9:1 | 17% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 755 | 36 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (633 to 612); teachers down 11% (35.1 to 31.4).
About Fairview Elementary School
Fairview Elementary School serves students in Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, as a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 612 students in kindergarten through 6. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 38% higher.
Crestwood SD is made up of 3 schools with 2,726 students in all.
About 82% of the student body at Fairview Elementary School is White. Other students are 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Fairview Elementary School's 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 19.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 19.5:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 26%. The rate at public schools in Luzerne County averages 85%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Fairview Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.3% for Fairview Elementary School. The school posts 64.0%, 2.3 points below the prediction.
Fairview Elementary School is located in Luzerne County, where the median household income is $63,691, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Fairview Elementary School, Luzerne County has 64 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Crestwood Secondary Campus is the closest, at about 1.6 miles. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Fairview Elementary School. On proficiency, Fairview Elementary School is ahead of the 40.5% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Fairview Elementary School as Town: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 612 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 612. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 19.5:1, from 17.0:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Fairview Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Luzerne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
327,675
Census ACS
Median income
$63,691
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
45,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crestwood SD
- Crestwood Secondary CampusHigh · 1,379 students
- Rice Elementary SchoolElementary · 735 students
Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. Fairview Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 63.
- Fairview Elementary SchoolFairview, PA · 707 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolWaynesboro, PA · 597 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 387 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolMidland, PA · 303 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolNew Cumberland, PA · 238 students
Nearby schools
- Crestwood Secondary Campus1.6 mi · 1,379
- Rice Elementary School4.8 mi · 735
- Wolfpack Early Learning Academy5.5 mi · 101
- Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School5.5 mi · 319
- G A R Middle School5.6 mi · 1,101
- Hanover Area JSHS5.6 mi · 977
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fairview Elementary School?
Fairview Elementary School enrolls approximately 612 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Fairview Elementary School serve?
Fairview Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Fairview Elementary School have?
Fairview Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairview Elementary School?
At Fairview Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fairview Elementary School?
Fairview Elementary School is overseen by Crestwood SD in Luzerne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.