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Fairview HS
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 82% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Fairview HS
Fairview HS, a compact 9-12 campus in Fairview, Pennsylvania, part of Fairview SD, teaches 593 students, covering grades 9 through 12.
Fairview HS is one of 3 schools operated by Fairview SD, a district that hosts 1,933 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Fairview HS shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Erie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Erie County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Fairview HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.9%, the actual is 81.7%, a residual of +15.8 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Erie County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fairview HS is one of 68 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students).
Nearest neighbor: Fairview El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairview HS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 68.3%.
Fairview HS operates from a rural location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 15%: 517 students in 2018 compared to 593 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 82%.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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