Fairview Elementary

Fairview Elementary is a roomy primary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Milwaukee School District. The school teaches 603 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 87% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Milwaukee School District comprises 155 schools with combined enrollment of 65,835 students; Fairview Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Fairview Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% White, 13% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Fairview Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fairview Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.1%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of +11.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Milwaukee County indicate median household income runs about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Fairview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Milwaukee Spanish Immersion, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairview Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 641 students in 2018 compared to 603 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 49% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.