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Fairhope West Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-6

39^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 94% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Fairhope West Elementary is a high-performing public elementary school serving grades PK-6 in Fairhope, Alabama, which is part of the Baldwin County School District. The school has consistently been ranked among the top elementary schools in Alabama, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.

Fairhope West Elementary stands out for its exceptional academic performance, consistently outperforming the Baldwin County and Alabama state averages in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, over 60% of students at each grade level scored proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to less than 50% for the county. The school also performs exceptionally well for its White and Special Education student subgroups, ranking in the top 30 and 25 elementary schools in Alabama, respectively.

While Fairhope West Elementary's overall performance is impressive, the school faces some challenges. Its chronic absenteeism rate, though decreasing, is still higher than the school's ideal target. Additionally, the school's performance for its African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner subgroups is less strong, with rankings in the 100s or lower. Addressing these performance gaps and continuing to improve attendance will be crucial for the school's continued success. Compared to nearby schools like Rockwell Elementary and Spanish Fort Elementary, Fairhope West Elementary generally outperforms in academic measures, but some schools in the Baldwin County district, such as Fairhope East Elementary and J. Larry Newton School, also demonstrate strong academic results.

972

Students ?

15.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,496

Per pupil spending ?

27%

Free/discounted lunch ?

408 N Section Street
Fairhope, AL 36532

(251) 928-8400

District: Baldwin County

Students who attend Fairhope West Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Fairhope Middle School
High:	Fairhope High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.4%

African American:

8.5%

Hispanic:

8.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 95th percentile in 2021 → 94th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Alabama average (76% vs 50% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 6% of Alabama elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Baldwin County

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school76%

District avg57%

Alabama avg50%

39^th of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Top 6%▼ down 1 pts since 2021

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 22Elementary Schools in the Baldwin County

33^rd of 135Baldwin County among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	92.0	39 of 680	94.3%	★★★★★
2024	91.4	42 of 684	93.9%	★★★★★
2023	91.3	52 of 680	92.4%	★★★★★
2022	92.8	44 of 687	93.6%	★★★★★
2021	94.4	35 of 692	94.9%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	62.0	129 of 427	69.8%	★★★★☆
2024	44.9	207 of 420	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	68.3	88 of 427	79.4%	★★★★☆
2022	61.7	125 of 426	70.7%	★★★★☆
2021	64.1	112 of 426	73.7%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	18.5	132 of 142	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	38.1	80 of 131	38.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	90.3	38 of 649	94.1%	★★★★★
2024	90.1	48 of 650	92.6%	★★★★★
2023	91.1	45 of 645	93.0%	★★★★★
2022	93.0	33 of 656	95.0%	★★★★★
2021	92.3	41 of 656	93.8%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	50.8	91 of 206	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.6	64 of 196	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.9	44 of 184	76.1%	★★★★☆
2022	84.6	22 of 175	87.4%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	77.3	99 of 660	85.0%	★★★★☆
2024	81.4	75 of 670	88.8%	★★★★☆
2023	83.5	48 of 623	92.3%	★★★★★
2022	90.1	25 of 651	96.2%	★★★★★
2021	91.2	19 of 653	97.1%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	91.1	39 of 651	94.0%	★★★★★
2024	89.6	48 of 655	92.7%	★★★★★
2023	88.7	58 of 649	91.1%	★★★★★
2022	90.2	49 of 669	92.7%	★★★★★
2021	94.2	35 of 669	94.8%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	68.4	28 of 97	71.1%	★★★★☆
2024	63.2	32 of 82	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.7	31 of 70	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	73.5	18 of 64	71.9%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	89.6	25 of 403	93.8%	★★★★★
2024	85.2	36 of 395	90.9%	★★★★★
2023	78.5	36 of 373	90.3%	★★★★★
2022	71.9	56 of 345	83.8%	★★★★☆
2021	69.9	66 of 398	83.4%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	90.6	28 of 532	94.7%	★★★★★
2024	90.1	35 of 535	93.5%	★★★★★
2023	89.3	47 of 528	91.1%	★★★★★
2022	91.2	41 of 540	92.4%	★★★★★
2021	93.5	30 of 539	94.4%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)95th percentile~ school

Female (2025)94th percentile~ school

Male (2025)94th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)94th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)85th percentile-9 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)71st percentile-23 vs school

African American (2025)70th percentile-24 vs school

Hispanic (2025)56th percentile-38 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)7th percentile-87 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English87%+24 vs state

Science72%+30 vs state

Mathematics67%+27 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

I do not recommend this school they are racist and do not take bullying seriously. They don't suspend the bullies all they do is we will talk to the kids. The bullying is so bad my son did not feel safe in school. He did not want to live any more of the awful things that were said. This school is awful. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)				Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Fairhope West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	408 N Section Street	Fairhope	36532	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	No	(251) 928-8400	972	63	15.3	27.0%	723 (74.4%)	83 (8.5%)	80 (8.2%)	12 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (7.6%)	92	39^th of 680 public elementary schools	94.3%		91.4	42^nd of 684 public elementary schools	93.9%	3	63.0	70.9	67.9	66.7	72.3	90.3	85.7	87.2	83.2	$10,496	$712	$9,779
Fairhope East Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2 N Bishop Rd	Fairhope	36532	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	No	(251) 928-7841	913	56	16.2	20.7%	738 (80.8%)	25 (2.7%)	83 (9.1%)	19 (2.1%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.6%)	89.5	51^st of 680 public elementary schools	92.5%		89.6	59^th of 684 public elementary schools	91.4%	8	75.4	76.6	46.6	56.7	76.6	86.5	87.7	82.4	84.7	$8,186	$708	$7,471
J Larry Newton School	Public	PK, KG-6	9761 County Road 32	Fairhope	36532	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 990-3858	804	55	14.6	35.7%	578 (71.9%)	37 (4.6%)	119 (14.8%)	7 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	59 (7.3%)	87.8	67^th of 680 public elementary schools	90.1%		78	136^th of 684 public elementary schools	80.1%	69	60.7	66.7	77.9	70.6	60.4	82.6	76.0	80.4	81.4	$9,027	$1,062	$7,960
Daphne Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	2307 Main St	Daphne	36526	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 626-2424	671	45	14.9	44.1%	405 (60.4%)	116 (17.3%)	57 (8.5%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	87 (13.0%)								(n/a)	57.0					77.3				$10,217	$1,005	$9,207
Daphne East Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	26651 County Road 13	Daphne	36526	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	No	(251) 626-1663	947	61	15.5	33.9%	578 (61.0%)	178 (18.8%)	99 (10.5%)	26 (2.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (6.7%)	79.5	118^th of 680 public elementary schools	82.6%		83.1	97^th of 684 public elementary schools	85.8%	21	66.7	48.5	41.5	58.0	58.8	82.0	71.1	78.1	81.5	$8,449	$706	$7,737
Belforest Elementary School	Public	K-6	11364 County Road 64	Daphne	36526	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	No	(251) 607-5624	1,069	68	15.8	23.9%	790 (73.9%)	77 (7.2%)	92 (8.6%)	25 (2.3%)	12 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (6.7%)	85.5	81^st of 680 public elementary schools	88.1%		84.8	85^th of 684 public elementary schools	87.6%	4	67.9	56.6	52.0	55.0	65.1	84.2	77.7	83.6	79.3
Silverhill School	Public	PK, KG-6	15800 4th Ave	Silverhill	36576	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 945-5188	497	30	16.7	58.1%	271 (54.5%)	12 (2.4%)	190 (38.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.6%)	35.7	450^th of 680 public elementary schools	33.8%		45.2	391^st of 684 public elementary schools	42.8%	59	41.5	26.6	4.4	20.0	42.2	49.1	59.7	63.2	50.0	$10,025	$1,230	$8,789
Spanish Fort Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	30900 State Highway 225	Spanish Fort	36527	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	No	(251) 626-9751	726	50	14.6	26.2%	552 (76.0%)	62 (8.5%)	45 (6.2%)	10 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (7.6%)	89.3	52^nd of 680 public elementary schools	92.4%		92.5	35^th of 684 public elementary schools	94.9%	17	54.0	63.5	74.3	60.0	73.1	85.9	84.6	91.4	79.1	$10,376	$771	$9,601
Loxley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4999 South Magnolia St	Loxley	36551	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	Yes	(251) 964-5334	497	30	16.5	50.9%	334 (67.2%)	57 (11.5%)	60 (12.1%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.0%)	51.8	343^rd of 680 public elementary schools	49.6%		55.7	308^th of 684 public elementary schools	55.0%	35	39.1	37.1	27.9	27.0	51.4	59.7	65.7	66.7	66.1	$11,374	$2,035	$9,333
Rockwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	10183 US Highway 31	Spanish Fort	36527	Baldwin County	Baldwin County	No	No	No	No	(251) 626-5528	682	53	12.9	17.7%	517 (75.8%)	49 (7.2%)	51 (7.5%)	16 (2.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (6.6%)	93.1	30^th of 680 public elementary schools	95.6%		92.4	36^th of 684 public elementary schools	94.7%	6	73.5	63.5	65.9	64.7	78.9	89.2	87.4	88.9	88.9	$8,588	$534	$8,049

Frequently Asked Questions about Fairhope West Elementary

Is Fairhope West Elementary a good school?

Yes. Fairhope West Elementary ranks in the top 5.7% of Alabama elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Fairhope West Elementary?

Students at Fairhope West Elementary are 74% White, 9% African American, 8% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Fairhope West Elementary attend?

Students who attend Fairhope West Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Fairhope Middle School
High : Fairhope High School

How many students attend Fairhope West Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 972 students attended Fairhope West Elementary.

What district is Fairhope West Elementary in?

Baldwin County

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