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Fairfax Elementary School

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Fairfax Elementary School ranks 792 nd of 1560 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

792^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 49% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

Fairfax Elementary School is a K–5 school in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, serving 303 students as part of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City district. In 2025–2026 it ranked 792nd of 1,560 Ohio schools — 49th percentile, 2 stars — which is above its district's overall 33rd percentile (2 stars). The school's standing has drifted upward over the past decade, from roughly the 33rd–43rd percentile in the late 2010s and 2020–2021 to 51st percentile in 2022–2023 (its only recent 3-star year) and 49th percentile now. Its student-teacher ratio is 15, and per-student spending was $15,329 in 2018–2019. Within the district, Fairfax trails Canterbury Elementary School (71st percentile) and Roxboro Elementary School (64th), but leads Boulevard Elementary School (36th) and Gearity Professional Development School (29th).

Academically, results are mixed. English Language Arts in grades 3 (74% proficient) and 5 (77.6%) is above both district and state averages, as is 3rd-grade math (64.6%). Fourth-grade math (60%), 5th-grade math (53.1%), and 5th-grade science (57.1%) all fall below state averages while remaining above district averages. Chronic absenteeism is 24.2%, far below the district's 37.9% but higher than Canterbury (12.6%), Roxboro (18.6%), and Shaker Heights' Onaway Elementary School (10.3%) and Fernway Elementary School (7.7%). Notably, those Shaker Heights schools post stronger results despite larger classes (Fernway's student-teacher ratio is 22.4) and higher spending ($18,648 per student at Fernway), suggesting class size and money alone don't explain outcomes.

One of Fairfax's clearest strengths is how its student groups perform. In 2025–2026, African American students ranked in the 74th percentile (4 stars) and low-socioeconomic-status students in the 69th percentile (3 stars) — both above the school's own 49th-percentile overall standing — and special education students reached the 63rd percentile (3 stars) in 2023–2024. Parents should note some data gaps: free/reduced-price lunch figures are blank for Fairfax and most same-district peers, several subgroup years are old or missing, and test results are proficiency percentages rather than growth measures. Fairfax also sits far ahead of nearby Cleveland Municipal schools such as Sunbeam, Intergenerational School The, and Andrew J Rickoff, where proficiency is very low and chronic absenteeism runs as high as 65.5%.

303

Students ?

15.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,838

Per pupil spending ?

75.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3150 Fairfax Rd
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118-4042

(216) 371-7480

District: Cleveland Heights-University Heights City

Students who attend Fairfax Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Roxboro Middle School
High:	Cleveland Heights High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

62.4%

White:

26.1%

Two or more races:

7.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 40th percentile in 2016 → 49th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school64%

District avg59%

Ohio avg64%

792^nd of 1,560

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Bottom 49%▲ up 9 pts since 2016

From bottom 40% (2016) to bottom 49% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 7Elementary Schools in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City

516^th of 773Cleveland Heights-University Heights City among Ohio 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	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	56.2	792 of 1560	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	52.5	855 of 1558	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.1	868 of 1577	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	59.5	779 of 1596	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.0	952 of 1588	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.2	1078 of 1610	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.0	1067 of 1676	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.5	976 of 1636	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	55.8	946 of 1651	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	51.2	999 of 1678	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	42.1	1129 of 1684	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	22.2	1385 of 1687	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	17.3	1457 of 1701	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.7	1431 of 1709	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	28.0	1345 of 1686	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	28.5	1322 of 1662	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	29.0	1286 of 1610	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	31.2	1245 of 1582	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	49.3	1023 of 1609	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	32.2	1187 of 1504	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	36.1	1102 of 1501	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	24.9	1222 of 1471	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	66.2	166 of 631	73.7%	★★★★☆
2025	58.5	205 of 615	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.8	219 of 603	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	73.3	106 of 610	82.6%	★★★★☆
2022	57.2	200 of 601	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.2	214 of 533	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.2	169 of 605	72.1%	★★★★☆
2018	66.3	165 of 598	72.4%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2019	17.5	867 of 956	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	62.5	283 of 1021	72.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	55.9	726 of 1452	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	38.8	962 of 1452	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.9	894 of 1466	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.8	887 of 1483	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.7	939 of 1488	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.8	1008 of 1467	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.0	840 of 1502	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.7	981 of 1518	35.4%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2021	51.4	135 of 219	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.5	603 of 759	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	68.0	448 of 1467	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	63.3	553 of 1473	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.7	483 of 1484	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	73.6	322 of 1447	77.7%	★★★★☆
2022	59.2	596 of 1419	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.2	757 of 1404	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	60.5	633 of 1465	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.3	501 of 1465	65.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	54.6	776 of 1467	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	62.6	637 of 1466	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.6	762 of 1485	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	61.7	677 of 1498	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.7	913 of 1518	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.6	1092 of 1499	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.6	1062 of 1535	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.5	853 of 1536	44.5%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	54.4	335 of 900	62.8%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	88.2	35 of 1190	97.1%	★★★★★
2019	78.0	236 of 1271	81.4%	★★★★☆
2018	85.5	89 of 1309	93.2%	★★★★★

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 (2024)97th percentile+52 vs school

African American (2026)74th percentile+24 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)69th percentile+20 vs school

Special Education (2024)63rd percentile+18 vs school

Female (2026)50th percentile~ school

Male (2026)47th percentile~ school

Gifted and Talented (2021)38th percentile+5 vs school

Disabled (2019)9th percentile-27 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts71%+5 vs state

Mathematics59%-4 vs state

Science57%-6 vs state

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by a parent on FaceBook
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

My kids are thriving at Fairfax. They are in small classes of 18 21 kids. They have amazing, committed, experienced teachers. A few years ago, when my daughter was slower to pick up reading, she was moved to an ELA group with only 7 other classmates, learning 90-plus minutes per day from the most skilled ELA teacher in her school, until she quickly got on track. My daughters have had weekly Spanish classes starting in K. We have a phenomenal music program including (free!) orchestra with weekly lessons. The on-site activities available after school every day of the week are too numerous to list, but include modern dance, tumbling, chess club, basketball, karate and pottery. My kids have experienced more religious, racial, socioeconomic, cultural, and lifestyle diversity in their few short years of grade school than most people do in a lifetime. A lovely benefit of this diversity is that there is no expectation of sameness. I hear stories from friends (and remember my own) about the prevalence of cliques, competition, and bullying for girls in more homogeneous schools. My daughters have not experienced any such mean girl behavior and individuality is expected and celebrated. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2016)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Total
Fairfax Elementary School	Public	K-5	3150 Fairfax Rd	Cleveland Heights	44118	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Heights-University Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 371-7480	303	20	15.0	75.6%	79 (26.1%)	189 (62.4%)	12 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.3%)	56.2	792^nd of 1560 public elementary schools	49.2%		52.5	855^th of 1558 public elementary schools	45.1%	63	57.1		64.6	60.0	53.1				74.0	60.0	77.6				$16,838
Canterbury Elementary School	Public	K-5	2530 Canterbury Rd	Cleveland Heights	44118	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Heights-University Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 371-7470	311	19	16.3	62.2%	90 (28.9%)	164 (52.7%)	19 (6.1%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (10.0%)	74	458^th of 1560 public elementary schools	70.6%		63.9	645^th of 1558 public elementary schools	58.6%	187	67.3		81.5	83.7	63.6				83.1	69.8	80.0				$17,543
Boulevard Elementary School	Public	K-5	14900 Drexmore Rd	Shaker Heights	44120	Cuyahoga County	Shaker Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 295-4020	0	17	.0	39.0%	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	73.6	470^th of 1560 public elementary schools	69.9%		60.1	733^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	53.0%	263	76.4		56.9	69.5	68.9	100.0			84.3	76.3	80.0				$20,169
Roxboro Elementary School	Public	K-5	2405 Roxboro Rd	Cleveland Heights	44106	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Heights-University Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 371-7115	251	17	14.7	50.7%	86 (34.3%)	116 (46.2%)	22 (8.8%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	18 (7.2%)	68.5	561^st of 1560 public elementary schools	64.0%		62.5	683^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	56.2%	122	71.4		81.1	77.5	59.5				78.4	62.5	73.8				$17,835
Onaway Elementary School	Public	K-5	3115 Woodbury Rd	Shaker Heights	44120	Cuyahoga County	Shaker Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(216) 295-4080	462	25	18.8	29.7%	230 (49.8%)	162 (35.1%)	14 (3.0%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.4%)	73.6	467^th of 1560 public elementary schools	70.1%		73.7	460^th of 1558 public elementary schools	70.5%	7	68.5		78.7	72.7	58.6				83.9	82.8	81.5				$18,481
Boulevard Elementary School	Public	K-5	1749 Lee Rd	Cleveland Heights	44118	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Heights-University Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 371-7140	270	18	15.0	99.1%	44 (16.3%)	183 (67.8%)	21 (7.8%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.0%)	42.8	997^th of 1560 public elementary schools	36.1%		40.1	1019^th of 1558 public elementary schools	34.6%	22	51.3		55.0	54.2	48.7				60.0	54.2	69.2				$17,630
Fernway Elementary School	Public	K-5	17420 Fernway Rd	Shaker Heights	44120	Cuyahoga County	Shaker Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(216) 295-4040	326	15	22.4	30.1%	155 (47.5%)	119 (36.5%)	14 (4.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (10.4%)	72	496^th of 1560 public elementary schools	68.2%		67.9	567^th of 1558 public elementary schools	63.6%	71	73.9		70.5	77.8	60.5				78.7	77.8	78.3				$24,707
Sunbeam	Public	PK, KG-8	11731 Mount Overlook Ave	Cleveland	44120	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-1700	450	28	16.0	69.8%	19 (4.2%)	410 (91.1%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	2.9	1539^th of 1560 public elementary schools	1.3%		3.8	1522^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	2.3%	17	8.5	3.0	12.5	7.5	8.2	2.5	4.3	2.9	20.8	22.5	14.3	15.0	12.8	11.8	$12,130
Gearity Professional Development School	Public	PK, KG-5	2323 Wrenford Rd	University Hts	44118	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Heights-University Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 371-6515	390	27	14.4	75.4%	83 (21.3%)	247 (63.3%)	43 (11.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	32.5	1104^th of 1560 public elementary schools	29.2%		31.5	1104^th of 1558 public elementary schools	29.1%		50.0		47.5	40.8	45.0				62.5	40.8	60.0				$16,460
Intergenerational School The	Public, Charter	K-8	11327 Shaker Blvd Ste 200 E.	Cleveland	44104	Cuyahoga County	Intergenerational School The	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 721-0120	227	14	16.2	67.6%	1 (0.4%)	204 (89.9%)	10 (4.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.8%)								(n/a)															$16,049

Frequently Asked Questions about Fairfax Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Fairfax Elementary School?

Students at Fairfax Elementary School are 62% African American, 26% White, 7% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Fairfax Elementary School attend?

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

Middle : Roxboro Middle School
High : Cleveland Heights High School

Is Fairfax Elementary School a good school?

Fairfax Elementary School ranks 792^nd of 1560 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Fairfax Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 303 students attended Fairfax Elementary School.

What district is Fairfax Elementary School in?

Cleveland Heights-University Heights City

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