Fairview Elementary School

Fairview Elementary serves 376 students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in Bloomington, Indiana. It earns a composite score of 9.1 out of 10 — rated Exceptional — and that score holds up under direct competitive comparison. Fairview ranks second among Bloomington's 24 public schools and 25th out of 1,823 public schools statewide.

Measured against Indiana's 1,047 elementary schools alone, it places 18th. By any cut of the data, Fairview outperforms 99% of Indiana public schools. Growth is the engine behind that standing.

A growth score of 9.6 out of 10 reflects how much students advance relative to academic peers — not just where they test, but how far they travel. Students here gain ground at an exceptional rate, a signal of instructional consistency that holds across the full pre-K through sixth-grade span. Academic performance scores 7.9 out of 10, a strong complement to the growth numbers.

The school's 10.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio gives Fairview a structural edge. Fewer than 11 students per teacher means more direct instruction time than most Indiana public classrooms provide — likely a contributing factor to the consistent gains the data reflects across 376 students.