Fairview School, Fairview MI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Fairview School

Fairview School is the single school building serving the Fairview Area School District, a remote northern Michigan community at the crossroads of M-33 and M-72 in Oscoda County. It educates children from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade under one roof, which gives the place a continuity few larger districts can match. Students grow up together in the same building, and the school is the community's largest employer and civic anchor. The surrounding area sits within the Huron National Forest along the Au Sable River, and outdoor recreation defines daily life here. Fairview calls itself the wild turkey capital of Michigan, and the local economy leans on tourism services, seasonal activity, and the natural surroundings rather than any large private employer.

The student body is small, with roughly two dozen students per grade level. It is nearly entirely white, with only a handful of students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the limited economic base of this remote area. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here.

On state assessments, Fairview's results paint a mixed but uneven picture. English language arts is the school's clear relative strength. Proficiency in the upper elementary and middle grades runs from moderate to quite strong, with eighth grade standing out as a high point. Science results are also solid across the tested grades. Social studies lands in a moderate range. Mathematics is the soft spot. Proficiency swings widely from grade to grade, with some grades showing only a small fraction of students reaching proficiency, while others land near the middle of the pack. The lowest results appear in third grade and eighth grade math. A parent weighing this school may want to look into how math instruction is sequenced and supported across the grades, particularly in the early elementary years and again at the middle school transition.

When measured against the other districts in Oscoda County, Fairview's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits in the top position of a very small cohort. That comparison set includes only two districts, so it should be read as a narrow local context rather than a broad benchmark. No graduation rate, chronic absenteeism, or trend data was available for this school, so those dimensions remain unaddressed. The absence of graduation data is worth noting, though the school does serve high school grades and the gap likely reflects reporting rather than the nature of the school. We looked for the district's strategic priorities and recent changes but found little, so we left it out rather than guess.

The housing market in the Fairview area is distinctly affordable. Typical home values sit well below both the Michigan and national benchmarks, and the price-to-income ratio is low relative to national norms. Rental data was not available. The community has seen modest year-over-year home value appreciation. There is no traditional downtown or walkable commercial district. Civic life centers on the highway intersection and school-based events like the Eagle Festival, a fall fundraiser with a parade and car show, along with the Mennonite Relief Expo and Fair. No public transit serves the area, and the built environment is scattered residential and small commercial development along the highways.

What Fairview offers is a tight-knit, small-scale educational setting in a deeply rural place where the school is the center of community life. Families drawn to outdoor living and a quiet, remote setting may find it fits. The academic program shows genuine strength in reading and science, while mathematics is an area where a prospective parent would want to ask questions. The small size means individual attention is likely but program breadth may be limited, though no course catalog data was provided to confirm that either way.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

60-79%Cohort of 17 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,027 schools plotted. 80 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 316%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 26 pts below state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 8 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 316%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 22 pts below state median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 648%

School 48% · District 48%

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 750%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 872%

School 72% · District 72%

▲ 9 pts above state median

Science

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 38%

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 1 pts above state median

This schoolFairview Area School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income38%Higher-income70%33 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income25%Higher-income60%35 pp gap