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Fairview Elementary School

Public Grades 2-5
328th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 84% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Fairview Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Mount Prospect, Illinois, serving grades 2-5 with a total enrollment of 465 students. The school is part of the Mount Prospect School District 57, which is ranked 144 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fairview Elementary consistently performs above the state and district averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, Fairview's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 68.6%, compared to 65.3% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, Fairview's proficiency rate for all grades was 60.3%, compared to 57.8% for the district and 38.5% for the state. Fairview's 5th-grade students performed exceptionally well, with 75.4% proficient or better in ELA and 55.1% in Mathematics, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

While Fairview's female and male students perform at similar levels, the school's Asian and Hispanic student groups have more varied performance. However, Fairview's special education and low socioeconomic status (SES) students perform very well, ranking in the top 15% and top 22% of Illinois elementary schools, respectively. The school has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 10.3% in 2022-2023 to 25.4% in 2024-2025, which is significantly higher than the state average. Fairview's academic performance is generally stronger than the nearby Community Consolidated School District 59 schools, but comparable to the high-performing schools in the Arlington Heights School District 25.

463
Students ?
12.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,618
Per pupil spending ?
5.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 300 N Fairview Ave
       Mount Prospect, IL  60056-2376

(847) 394-7320

District: Mount Prospect School District 57


Students who attend Fairview Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Lincoln Middle School
High:    Prospect High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
67.6%
Hispanic:
13.6%
Asian:
10.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 80th percentile in 2015 → 84th in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the Illinois average (66% vs 44% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 16% of Illinois elementary schools
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school66%
District avg63%
Illinois avg44%
328th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Top 16%▲ up 4 pts since 2015
From top 20% (2015) to top 16% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2Elementary Schools in the Mount Prospect School District 57
144th of 811Mount Prospect School District 57 among Illinois 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202583.0328 of 205684.0%★★★★☆
202480.0365 of 206782.3%★★★★☆
202372.6506 of 207775.6%★★★★☆
202271.8542 of 208274.0%★★★★☆
202173.8449 of 194877.0%★★★★☆
201975.1461 of 208677.9%★★★★☆
201885.8241 of 203788.2%★★★★☆
201782.0325 of 204484.1%★★★★☆
201689.4186 of 204690.9%★★★★★
201576.2417 of 205279.7%★★★★☆
201487.8195 of 209390.7%★★★★★
201389.1158 of 216792.7%★★★★★
201287.065 of 216697.0%★★★★★
201187.360 of 214797.2%★★★★★
201085.5127 of 213994.1%★★★★★
200982.6238 of 212088.8%★★★★☆
200882.8226 of 209289.2%★★★★☆
200783.7142 of 209593.2%★★★★★
200686.854 of 208697.4%★★★★★
200581.3271 of 202286.6%★★★★☆
200477.8413 of 203079.7%★★★★☆
200372.6634 of 202068.6%★★★☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202559.4107 of 23454.3%★★★☆☆
202446.3141 of 21935.6%★★☆☆☆
202326.7188 of 23720.7%★☆☆☆☆
201929.6198 of 24318.5%★☆☆☆☆
201837.3174 of 24228.1%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202566.6234 of 104977.7%★★★★☆
202446.3390 of 88656.0%★★★☆☆
202353.1311 of 90765.7%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202563.9192 of 78875.6%★★★★☆
202445.1385 of 82653.4%★★★☆☆
202348.1310 of 78860.7%★★★☆☆
202240.3424 of 76844.8%★★☆☆☆
202128.6473 of 53711.9%★☆☆☆☆
201931.0596 of 74319.8%★☆☆☆☆
201878.673 of 71889.8%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202582.1310 of 194284.0%★★★★☆
202478.7335 of 194282.7%★★★★☆
202370.6496 of 195774.7%★★★★☆
202270.1520 of 197073.6%★★★★☆
202164.5508 of 168069.8%★★★☆☆
201965.8629 of 201968.8%★★★☆☆
201887.5180 of 196490.8%★★★★★

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202545.4509 of 98248.2%★★☆☆☆
202444.7477 of 95950.3%★★★☆☆
202353.3368 of 97062.1%★★★☆☆
201978.4102 of 95589.3%★★★★☆
201883.186 of 93890.8%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202367.7387 of 180878.6%★★★★☆
201982.7140 of 181692.3%★★★★★
201891.355 of 176596.9%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202581.4331 of 194783.0%★★★★☆
202477.3383 of 195980.4%★★★★☆
202371.6495 of 198475.1%★★★★☆
202270.7497 of 197774.9%★★★★☆
202174.0368 of 170778.4%★★★★☆
201979.8332 of 201983.6%★★★★☆
201881.7309 of 197284.3%★★★★☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202375.625 of 9373.1%★★★★☆
201957.932 of 8964.0%★★★☆☆
201878.412 of 7884.6%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202581.6162 of 129287.5%★★★★☆
202485.0116 of 119590.3%★★★★★
202341.2585 of 115649.4%★★☆☆☆
202239.6561 of 111349.6%★★☆☆☆
202169.6127 of 64080.2%★★★★☆
201940.4619 of 119448.2%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202575.0295 of 138978.8%★★★★☆
202473.2306 of 139278.0%★★★★☆
202356.7575 of 141959.5%★★★☆☆
202253.6638 of 142555.2%★★★☆☆
202156.8523 of 130860.0%★★★☆☆
201961.4519 of 146264.5%★★★☆☆
201875.2295 of 146379.8%★★★★☆
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)
Special Education (2025)87th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)84th percentile~ school
Male (2025)83rd percentile~ school
White (2025)79th percentile-5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2023)79th percentile+3 vs school
Disabled (2025)78th percentile-6 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)76th percentile-8 vs school
Multi-racial (2023)73rd percentile-3 vs school
Asian (2025)54th percentile-30 vs school
Hispanic (2025)48th percentile-36 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
Science70%+30 vs state
English Language Arts69%+16 vs state
Mathematics60%+22 vs state

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Fairview Elementary School ranks 328th of 2056 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Fairview Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Lincoln Middle School
High : Prospect High School

Students at Fairview Elementary School are 68% White, 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 2% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 463 students attended Fairview Elementary School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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