Elementary · Minnesota

Fairmont Elementary School

Fairmont Elementary School, a public elementary school in Fairmont, Minnesota: grades pre-k–6, 1,007 students, 15.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fairmont Area School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,007
Teachers (FTE)
65.5
Students per teacher
15.4
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary

More students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 13.3 · 967 schools compared

More students per teacher than 59% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 99% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 389 · 1,009 schools compared

Larger than 98% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Minnesota: 49%

42%proficient

+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 65% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 48% · 886 elementary schools compared

544 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Minnesota: 47%

39%proficient

+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 69% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 51% · 886 elementary schools compared

543 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Remote town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fairmont Area School District.

Location

Address
714 Victoria Street Ste 101, Fairmont, MN 56031
Phone
(507)238-4487
City or town
Fairmont

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–K197.1——
Pre-K–513813.636%25%
Pre-K–61369.936%36%
Sherburn ElementaryFree meals for all
K–213610.0——
Trimont ElementaryFree meals for all
3–620013.743%48%
Pre-K–551515.444%42%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 270012400554