Enrollment
146
Elementary
DISTRICT 205 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAYSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510169000693
Fairview Elementary
2323 Fairview Rd, Galax, VA 24333 · (276) 236-2365 · Grayson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL146 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
138 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 66%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 71% · 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 Grayson County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
91.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
Math
89.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 90.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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
Fairview Elementary's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary this school | 146 | 94.5% | 82.4% |
| Grayson Highlands Troutdale | 156 | 95.5% | 82.4% |
| Fancy Gap Elementary Fancy Gap | 130 | 94.6% | 83.8% |
| Mountain View Elementary Buena Vista | 154 | 97.4% | 74.4% |
| Atkins Elementary Atkins | 168 | 99.4% | 68.3% |
| Millboro Elementary Millboro | 143 | 98.6% | 74.5% |
Matched among Virginia 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #241 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #133 of 1,111 ▲ 125 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #54 of 1,111 ▲ 369 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 146 | #1,145 of 1,176 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #256 of 1,157 |
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
146
+11 (+8%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 141
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 146 | 13.8 | 10.6:1 | 95% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 147 | 13.8 | 10.7:1 | 94% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 155 | 15.8 | 9.8:1 | 88% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 135 | 11 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 102 | 7 | 14.7:1 | 73% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 106 | 6 | 17.7:1 | 77% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 102 | 7 | 14.6:1 | 76% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 154 | 11 | 14.0:1 | 58% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 141 | 9 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (102 to 146); teachers up 98% (7 to 13.8).
About Fairview Elementary
Fairview Elementary is a very small elementary school in Virginia, located in Galax. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 146 students. Elementary schools in Virginia have about 499 students on average; enrollment here is 71% lower.
Fairview Elementary is run by Grayson County Public Schools, whose 6 schools enroll 1,561 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Fairview Elementary is White, at 88%. It is also 8% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among Grayson County residents, the White share is about 88%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fairview Elementary scores 22%.
There are 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.6:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Grayson County is close, at 94%.
Fairview Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Fairview Elementary is a top-10% school in Virginia on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.4% with an actual 82.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Grayson County show that median household income comes to about $47,730, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 7, with about 1,561 students.
Fairview Elementary is about 4.9 miles from Galax Middle, its nearest public school. Fairview Elementary has 2 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Fairview Elementary at 1st of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The school's student count increased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 12.3:1 to 10.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Fairview Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Grayson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,287
Census ACS
Median income
$47,730
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grayson County Public Schools
- Grayson County HighHigh · 461 students
- Independence ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Independence MiddleMiddle · 280 students
- Fries ElementaryElementary · 231 students
- Grayson HighlandsElementary · 156 students
- Grayson County High Career & Technical EducationElementary
Other schools in Galax
- Galax ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Galax HighHigh · 432 students
- Galax MiddleMiddle · 335 students
- Gladeville ElementaryElementary · 259 students
- Oakland ElementaryElementary · 196 students
- Coop Ctr For Excep ChildrenCombined
Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. Fairview Elementary is the 60th largest of the 63.
- Fairview ElementaryFairfax Station, VA · 751 students
- Fairview ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 479 students
- Fairview ElementaryModesto, CA · 786 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolFairview, PA · 707 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 677 students
Nearby schools
- Galax Middle4.9 mi · 335
- Galax High4.9 mi · 432
- Galax Elementary5.2 mi · 667
- Oakland Elementary5.7 mi · 196
- Glade Creek Elementary6.9 mi · 236
- Cedar Ridge Elementary8.0 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview ElementaryHow large is Fairview Elementary?
Fairview Elementary enrolls approximately 146 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Fairview Elementary serve?
Fairview Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fairview Elementary?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Fairview Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Fairview Elementary?
Student demographics at Fairview Elementary are roughly 88% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is Fairview Elementary public or private?
Fairview Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grayson County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.