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Fairview Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6

550^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 685 Kentucky Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of Kentucky elementary schools

Summary

Fairview Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Ashland, Kentucky, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 244 students. The school is part of the Fairview Independent School District, which is ranked 152 out of 157 districts in Kentucky and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fairview Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Kentucky elementary schools over the past several years, with its ranking ranging from 319 out of 517 schools in 2020-2021 to 550 out of 685 schools in the most recent 2024-2025 school year. The school has maintained a 1- or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger during this time period. Fairview Elementary's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better on the Kentucky State Assessments (KSA), is consistently below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 4th grade math proficiency rate was 19%, compared to the state average of 44% and the Fairview Independent district average of 19%.

When comparing Fairview Elementary School to the nearby schools in the Ashland and Russell Independent districts, it becomes clear that Fairview is underperforming academically. The nearby schools, such as Poage Elementary, Hager Elementary, and Russell-McDowell Intermediate, consistently outperform Fairview on the KSA assessments, despite serving similar student populations. The high chronic absenteeism rates and the school's low rankings for certain student subgroups suggest that there may be underlying issues, such as socioeconomic challenges or resource disparities, that are impacting the school's overall performance.

271

Students ?

12.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,664

Per pupil spending ?

91.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

258 McKnight St WW
Ashland, KY 41102

(606) 325-1528

District: Fairview Independent

Students who attend Fairview Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Fairview High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

92.3%

Two or more races:

4.8%

African American:

1.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 29th percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Kentucky average (32% vs 45% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

District avg32%

Kentucky avg45%

550^th of 685

Kentucky public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

152^nd of 157Fairview Independent among Kentucky 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	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	550 of 685	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.6	486 of 685	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	43.2	385 of 687	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.3	428 of 684	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.8	319 of 517	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	13.2	638 of 700	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	620 of 691	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.1	611 of 694	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.6	607 of 690	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	35.8	498 of 698	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	27.2	571 of 705	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	43.9	432 of 719	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	35.5	497 of 713	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	20.9	596 of 688	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	32.0	527 of 683	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.6	531 of 658	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	42.6	404 of 651	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	37.5	422 of 638	33.9%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2022	51.4	79 of 206	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	13.2	461 of 474	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	42.6	392 of 648	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.0	377 of 644	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.0	300 of 639	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.5	312 of 641	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	12.2	628 of 671	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.0	627 of 663	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	40.6	406 of 672	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.3	367 of 665	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.9	280 of 670	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.4	329 of 667	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	12.5	625 of 664	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.9	575 of 631	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	30.3	470 of 653	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.4	489 of 652	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.8	369 of 652	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.8	367 of 657	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	18.2	595 of 676	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.6	570 of 665	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2019	16.0	583 of 661	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	16.7	588 of 659	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.8	508 of 659	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.7	407 of 658	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.4	458 of 656	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	17.9	524 of 592	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)62nd percentile+24 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)40th percentile+20 vs school

Female (2025)40th percentile+20 vs school

Male (2025)28th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2019)12th percentile+3 vs school

White (2025)11th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Kentucky (2024-2025) ?

Reading38%-12 vs state

Editing and Mechanics35%-12 vs state

Social Studies31%-7 vs state

Writing27%-11 vs state

Mathematics25%-17 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Friday, November 1, 2019

Sad, especially since we are one of the highest taxed districts in the state. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, May 9, 2019

My son goes to fairview and he loves it there his learning ability has greatly increased since switching to fairview i also went to fairview my whole life and graduated from there and I am glad my son is in a great school like fairview Close Quote

Schools Near Fairview Elementary School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KSA Mathematics (2025)				KSA Reading (2025)				KSA Science (2025)	KSA Writing (2025)	KSA Social Studies (2025)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	258 McKnight St WW	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Fairview Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 325-1528	271	22	12.5	91.1%	250 (92.3%)	5 (1.8%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.8%)	22.9	550^th of 685 public elementary schools	19.7%		31.6	486^th of 685 public elementary schools	29.1%	64		19.0	27.0	30.0	50.0	25.0	31.0	47.0		27.0	31.0	35.0	$24,664	$2,787	$1,090	$4,070	$13,166	$3,591	$16,392
Hager Elementary School	Public	K-5	1600 Blackburn Ave	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2731	344	21	16.3	57.3%	286 (83.1%)	11 (3.2%)	11 (3.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.3%)	64.9	219^th of 685 public elementary schools	68.0%		54.7	297^th of 685 public elementary schools	56.6%	78	59.0	55.0	52.0		68.0	47.0	57.0		29.0	51.0	40.0	59.0	$15,058	$1,614	$1,187	$2,801	$9,171	$3,086	$12,257
Poage Elementary School	Public	K-5	3215 S 29th St	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2734	304	25	12.1	56.3%	274 (90.1%)	9 (3.0%)	5 (1.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.3%)	45.9	374^th of 685 public elementary schools	45.4%		63.1	228^th of 685 public elementary schools	66.7%	146	31.0	47.0	40.0		51.0	42.0	46.0		28.0	54.0	35.0	56.0	$25,294	$1,778	$3,954	$5,732	$13,276	$6,286	$19,563
Oakview Elementary School	Public	K-5	3111 Blackburn Ave	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2733	267	24	11.1	68.5%	232 (86.9%)	5 (1.9%)	14 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.0%)	52.5	318^th of 685 public elementary schools	53.6%		54.3	303^rd of 685 public elementary schools	55.8%	15	35.0	42.0	40.0		47.0	49.0	51.0		33.0	64.0	40.0	64.0	$19,408	$2,405	$1,212	$3,617	$12,458	$3,333	$15,791
Crabbe Elementary School	Public	K-5	520 17th St	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2730	270	19	14.2	85.2%	205 (75.9%)	13 (4.8%)	13 (4.8%)	4 (1.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (12.6%)	46.7	368^th of 685 public elementary schools	46.3%		39.2	426^th of 685 public elementary schools	37.8%	58	47.0	37.0	32.0		40.0	57.0	51.0		30.0	66.0	29.0	49.0	$20,587	$2,847	$1,831	$4,678	$11,824	$4,086	$15,909
Summit Elementary School	Public	K-5	830 State Rt 716	Ashland	41102	Boyd County	Boyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 928-6533	425	32	13.1	62.4%	401 (94.4%)	9 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	43	400^th of 685 public elementary schools	41.6%		43.8	381^st of 685 public elementary schools	44.4%	19	23.0	64.0	33.0		45.0	52.0	43.0		42.0	23.0	37.0	45.0	$24,520	$2,195	$06	$774	$13,153	$2,428	$15,730
Russell Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	710 Red Devil Lane	Russell	41169	Greenup County	Russell Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 836-0007	494	34	14.5	52.0%	445 (90.1%)	9 (1.8%)	5 (1.0%)	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.0%)								(n/a)													$16,060	$2,015	$633	$2,648	$10,420	$2,287	$12,707
Charles Russell Elementary School	Public	K-5	1100 Russell St	Ashland	41101	Boyd County	Ashland Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 327-2735	202	14	14.4	69.3%	166 (82.2%)	8 (4.0%)	9 (4.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.9%)	44.1	391^st of 685 public elementary schools	42.9%		43.3	386^th of 685 public elementary schools	43.6%	5	46.0	34.0	41.0		39.0	44.0	53.0		34.0	31.0	38.0	59.0	$21,065	$2,632	$1,454	$4,086	$13,216	$3,763	$16,979
Russell-McDowell Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1900 Long Street	Flatwoods	41139	Greenup County	Russell Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 836-8186	442	26	16.7	51.8%	399 (90.3%)	10 (2.3%)	6 (1.4%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.3%)	49.7	338^th of 685 public elementary schools	50.7%		54.9	294^th of 685 public elementary schools	57.1%	44	45.0	58.0	43.0		49.0	53.0	42.0		43.0	28.0	39.0	38.0	$14,468	$1,364	$496	$1,860	$9,354	$2,274	$11,628
Campbell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	550 Ram Blvd	Raceland	41169	Greenup County	Raceland-Worthington Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 836-3844	313	22	14.2	45.7%	288 (92.0%)	3 (1.0%)	8 (2.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)								(n/a)													$20,966	$1,741	$292	$2,037	$10,540	$3,247	$13,772

Frequently Asked Questions about Fairview Elementary School

What schools do graduates of Fairview Elementary School attend?

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

High : Fairview High School

What district is Fairview Elementary School in?

Fairview Independent

How many students attend Fairview Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 271 students attended Fairview Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Fairview Elementary School?

Students at Fairview Elementary School are 92% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Hispanic.

Is Fairview Elementary School a good school?

Fairview Elementary School ranks in the bottom 19.7% of Kentucky elementary schools.

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