Fairview Elementary

Fairview Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school in Plymouth, Wisconsin, overseen by Plymouth Joint School District. The school enrolls 213 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 34% below the state mean of about 323.

Fairview Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Plymouth Joint School District, a district that serves 2,000 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Fairview Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school records 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Fairview Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 54.6%; Fairview Elementary posts 72.5%, +17.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Sheboygan County reports that median household income runs about $73,094, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Sheboygan County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,340 students), of which Fairview Elementary is one.

Plymouth High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Fairview Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairview Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairview Elementary has fell 20%, going from 267 students in 2018 to 213 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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