Is Fairview South Elementary School a good school?

Fairview South Elementary School ranks 289 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Fairview South Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 702 students attended Fairview South Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Fairview South Elementary School?

Students at Fairview South Elementary School are 47% White, 30% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Fairview South Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Fairview South Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Niles West High School

Fairview South Elementary School

Summary:

Fairview South Elementary School is a public school located in Skokie, Illinois, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 702 students. The school is part of the Fairview School District 72, which is ranked 111 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fairview South Elementary School consistently ranks among the top 15% of Illinois elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 182 and 289 over the past 10 years. The school's performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams is significantly higher than the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with 67.8% of Fairview South students proficient or better in ELA compared to the state average of 41.2%. Fairview South also excels in serving its diverse student population, ranking in the top 15% of Illinois elementary schools for Hispanic students and in the top 5% for low socioeconomic status students.

Compared to nearby schools, Fairview South Elementary outperforms many in academic achievement, student group performance, and resource allocation. The school's investment in resources, as evidenced by its higher per-student spending and lower student-teacher ratio, appears to contribute to its strong academic outcomes. Overall, Fairview South Elementary School is a high-performing school that effectively serves its diverse student population and provides a strong educational foundation for its students.

Detail:

Public K-8

7040 Laramie Ave
Skokie, IL 60077-3443

(847) 929-1050

District: Fairview School District 72

SchoolDigger Rank:
289^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,931

Students who attend Fairview South Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Niles West High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.0

Number of students: 702

Racial breakdown:

White:

47.2%

Asian:

30.5%

Hispanic:

13.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 32.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Fairview South Elementary School ranks better than 86% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.77. (See more...)

Compare Details Fairview South Elementary School ranks better than 86.1% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 84.14. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fairview South Elementary School is $21,931.

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Fairview South Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fairview South Elementary School 289^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Fairview South Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Fairview South Elementary School 190^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Fairview South Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Fairview School District 72:

SchoolDigger ranks Fairview School District 72 111^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	83.10	243^rd	2020	88.0%
2004	84.02	211^th	2030	89.6%
2005	79.93	306^th	2022	84.9%
2006	77.20	416^th	2086	80.1%
2007	78.97	323^rd	2095	84.6%
2008	78.26	409^th	2092	80.4%
2009	78.81	402^nd	2120	81.0%
2010	77.54	453^rd	2139	78.8%
2011	80.27	345^th	2147	83.9%
2012	81.11	312^th	2166	85.6%
2013	90.77	117^th	2167	94.6%
2014	92.51	66^th	2093	96.8%
2015	91.05	174^th	2052	91.5%
2016	89.48	185^th	2046	91.0%
2017	90.00	164^th	2044	92.0%
2018	86.48	230^th	2037	88.7%
2019	88.79	182^nd	2086	91.3%
2021	85.90	221^st	1948	88.7%
2022	87.50	231^st	2082	88.9%
2023	79.85	375^th	2077	81.9%
2024	83.77	289^th	2067	86.0%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.74	343^rd	718	52.2%
2022	49.03	306^th	768	60.2%
2023	43.72	379^th	788	51.9%
2024	73.39	97^th	826	88.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	92.60	21^st	763	97.2%
2019	71.13	210^th	1194	82.4%
2021	63.50	158^th	640	75.3%
2022	71.05	187^th	1113	83.2%
2023	69.30	245^th	1156	78.8%
2024	62.51	325^th	1195	72.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	90.98	59^th	1765	96.7%
2019	85.81	100^th	1816	94.5%
2021	88.28	62^nd	1514	95.9%
2022	83.42	122^nd	1763	93.1%
2023	86.83	107^th	1808	94.1%
2024	93.68	44^th	1793	97.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	82.97	276^th	1964	85.9%
2019	86.83	198^th	2019	90.2%
2021	82.78	219^th	1680	87.0%
2022	85.38	243^rd	1970	87.7%
2023	81.02	307^th	1957	84.3%
2024	85.45	228^th	1942	88.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	76.89	122^nd	907	86.5%
2024	73.88	116^th	886	86.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	87.45	183^rd	1972	90.7%
2019	88.44	170^th	2019	91.6%
2021	79.14	273^rd	1707	84.0%
2022	84.57	249^th	1977	87.4%
2023	75.14	420^th	1984	78.8%
2024	78.61	362^nd	1959	81.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.36	162^nd	242	33.1%
2019	53.96	125^th	243	48.6%
2021	38.01	91^st	134	32.1%
2022	37.92	160^th	226	29.2%
2023	42.21	150^th	237	36.7%
2024	53.34	118^th	219	46.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	78.45	121^st	938	87.1%
2019	79.07	99^th	955	89.6%
2022	93.40	29^th	954	97.0%
2023	68.42	200^th	970	79.4%
2024	93.13	29^th	959	97.0%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	78.37	248^th	1463	83.0%
2019	77.03	257^th	1462	82.4%
2021	74.60	240^th	1308	81.7%
2022	74.05	289^th	1425	79.7%
2023	59.56	534^th	1419	62.4%
2024	65.73	426^th	1392	69.4%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	77.60	263^rd	1185	77.8%
2004	81.36	199^th	1204	83.5%
2005	82.83	173^rd	1209	85.7%
2006	83.60	128^th	1272	89.9%
2007	82.64	142^nd	1287	89.0%
2008	80.28	195^th	1293	84.9%
2009	83.03	136^th	1318	89.7%
2010	82.41	140^th	1327	89.4%
2011	80.84	179^th	1344	86.7%
2012	82.91	151^st	1365	88.9%
2013	84.59	170^th	1367	87.6%
2014	91.19	65^th	1322	95.1%
2015	89.52	116^th	1302	91.1%
2016	88.00	116^th	1294	91.0%
2017	92.60	72^nd	1293	94.4%
2018	91.60	80^th	1293	93.8%
2019	89.43	113^th	1356	91.7%
2021	80.92	186^th	1241	85.0%
2022	84.16	162^nd	1369	88.2%
2023	86.23	158^th	1367	88.4%
2024	84.14	190^th	1363	86.1%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	89.70	37^th	792	95.3%
2021	64.78	85^th	548	84.5%
2022	59.15	155^th	781	80.2%
2024	56.73	238^th	802	70.3%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	92.21	41^st	1161	96.5%
2019	95.86	16^th	1217	98.7%
2021	91.38	37^th	1019	96.4%
2022	86.87	62^nd	1221	94.9%
2023	90.91	44^th	1234	96.4%
2024	86.38	78^th	1219	93.6%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	84.79	148^th	1226	87.9%
2019	84.81	144^th	1276	88.7%
2021	80.12	149^th	1017	85.3%
2022	80.75	195^th	1286	84.8%
2023	83.78	159^th	1275	87.5%
2024	82.24	178^th	1251	85.8%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	71.28	96^th	639	85.0%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	94.09	51^st	1223	95.8%
2019	91.56	79^th	1296	93.9%
2021	74.81	199^th	1048	81.0%
2022	84.67	137^th	1286	89.3%
2023	85.16	147^th	1292	88.6%
2024	76.58	236^th	1264	81.3%

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Rank History for middle school Asian students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.84	95^th	209	54.5%
2019	38.39	134^th	201	33.3%
2021	37.44	74^th	112	33.9%
2022	54.12	98^th	198	50.5%
2023	50.94	96^th	192	50.0%
2024	38.66	124^th	184	32.6%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	85.57	48^th	590	91.9%
2019	72.75	112^th	639	82.5%
2021	66.03	104^th	517	79.9%
2022	60.89	187^th	662	71.8%
2023	59.63	195^th	661	70.5%
2024	93.95	23^rd	643	96.4%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Fairview South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	87.51	65^th	889	92.7%
2019	84.45	89^th	905	90.2%
2021	72.33	175^th	813	78.5%
2022	66.38	251^st	898	72.0%
2023	79.89	134^th	895	85.0%
2024	68.90	227^th	875	74.1%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Fairview South Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	329	4	97	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	447
1990	313	2	111	19	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	445
1991	321	0	110	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	451
1992	321	1	144	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	488
1993	328	1	126	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	478
1994	339	4	135	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	503
1995	324	4	155	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	510
1996	324	4	155	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	510
1997	330	4	151	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	509
1998	369	8	158	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	561
1999	352	13	175	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	567
2000	355	16	178	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	573
2001	366	17	162	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	572
2002	365	19	190	35	0	n/a	n/a	0	609
2003	365	19	190	35	0	n/a	n/a	0	609
2004	359	16	192	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	614
2005	374	12	181	50	0	n/a	n/a	0	617
2006	359	13	175	54	0	n/a	n/a	3	604
2007	338	4	173	50	0	n/a	n/a	6	571
2008	368	4	176	58	0	n/a	n/a	7	613
2009	359	5	168	60	0	n/a	n/a	9	601
2010	362	4	162	69	1	n/a	n/a	9	607
2011	317	7	185	90	0	1	32	0	632
2012	321	5	204	99	0	2	32	0	663
2013	320	5	195	96	0	3	26	0	645
2014	333	7	202	94	0	5	25	0	666
2015	328	11	210	92	1	4	22	0	668
2016	337	12	224	90	0	3	26	0	692
2017	337	16	239	88	0	3	24	0	707
2018	349	18	229	89	0	4	29	0	718
2019	347	14	224	94	0	5	27	0	711
2020	360	17	212	93	0	5	29	0	716
2021	375	18	228	110	0	6	28	0	765
2022	367	20	234	99	0	4	31	0	755
2023	331	23	214	93	0	2	39	0	702

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fairview South Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	447	38.0	11.7	n/a
1990	445	37.0	12.0	n/a
1991	451	39.0	11.5	n/a
1992	488	40.0	12.2	n/a
1993	478	38.5	12.4	n/a
1994	503	39.5	12.7	n/a
1995	510	40.0	12.8	n/a
1996	510	40.0	12.8	n/a
1997	509	39.5	12.9	n/a
1998	561	42.5	13.2	n/a
1999	567	45.6	12.4	n/a
2000	573	44.7	12.8	n/a
2001	572	48.0	11.9	n/a
2002	609	47.7	12.8	12
2003	609	47.7	12.8	12
2004	614	46.8	13.1	13.7
2005	617	47.5	13.0	13.3
2006	604	42.4	14.2	17.6
2007	571	39.0	14.6	12
2008	613	40.0	15.3	13
2009	601	49.4	12.2	17.7
2010	607	52.5	11.5	19.4
2011	632	50.5	12.5	20.7
2012	663	50.6	13.1	24.9
2013	645	53.2	12.1	29
2014	666	59.5	11.1	32.9
2015	668	55.0	12.1	31.6
2016	692	55.0	12.5	22.4
2017	707	61.2	11.5	20.9
2018	718	66.0	10.8	20.8
2019	711	67.5	10.5	25.9
2020	716	66.8	10.7	25.1
2021	765	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	755	66.5	11.3	24
2023	702	63.5	11.0	32.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fairview South Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	447	38.0	11.7	n/a
1990	445	37.0	12.0	n/a
1991	451	39.0	11.5	n/a
1992	488	40.0	12.2	n/a
1993	478	38.5	12.4	n/a
1994	503	39.5	12.7	n/a
1995	510	40.0	12.8	n/a
1996	510	40.0	12.8	n/a
1997	509	39.5	12.9	n/a
1998	561	42.5	13.2	n/a
1999	567	45.6	12.4	n/a
2000	573	44.7	12.8	n/a
2001	572	48.0	11.9	n/a
2002	609	47.7	12.8	12
2003	609	47.7	12.8	12
2004	614	46.8	13.1	13.7
2005	617	47.5	13.0	13.3
2006	604	42.4	14.2	17.6
2007	571	39.0	14.6	12
2008	613	40.0	15.3	13
2009	601	49.4	12.2	17.7
2010	607	52.5	11.5	19.4
2011	632	50.5	12.5	20.7
2012	663	50.6	13.1	24.9
2013	645	53.2	12.1	29
2014	666	59.5	11.1	32.9
2015	668	55.0	12.1	31.6
2016	692	55.0	12.5	22.4
2017	707	61.2	11.5	20.9
2018	718	66.0	10.8	20.8
2019	711	67.5	10.5	25.9
2020	716	66.8	10.7	25.1
2021	765	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	755	66.5	11.3	24
2023	702	63.5	11.0	32.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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