Original Research by School Decision on Fairview Daep
Fairview DAEP is an alternative school serving grades nine through eleven in Miles ISD, located in the San Angelo area of West Texas. As a disciplinary alternative education program, it serves a small population of students who have been removed from the traditional school setting due to behavioral or disciplinary issues. The school's enrollment is minimal, with just a handful of students across the three grade levels it serves.
State testing data for the school is not available. The school reported one student tested in the most recent assessment year, which falls below the threshold for releasing proficiency results in Texas. This is typical for alternative schools and special-population settings, where enrollment may be too small or the student composition too specialized for standardized assessment results to be disclosed. A parent interested in the school's academic performance and approach would benefit from speaking directly with the school's administration about curriculum, credit recovery options, and the support structure for re-engaging students in their education.
The student body at the school is small and reflects two students, evenly split between Hispanic and white backgrounds. Demographic details such as special education enrollment, English learner status, and free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility are not reported, likely because of the school's tiny enrollment size.
Miles ISD, the district housing this school, encompasses portions of Runnels and Tom Green Counties and called a bond election in November 2024 carrying a stated property tax increase, intended to support school building construction and improvement across the district. A family considering the area should be aware of this facilities investment and its local tax implications.
San Angelo itself, where the school is situated, is a mixed-use West Texas city anchored by military presence (Goodfellow Air Force Base being the largest employer), healthcare, state education, and government. The central downtown sits along the Concho River and is walkable via a multiuse trail system. Housing in the area is moderately priced compared to state and national benchmarks, with the median home value slightly above the state average and rental costs rising. Homeownership is the predominant tenure pattern in the city, and new single-family development is occurring on the city's edges while downtown is seeing adaptive reuse and new affordable senior housing.
Fairview DAEP serves a specialized enrollment and is structured as a placement school rather than a choice school. Its role is to provide an alternative pathway for students who have not thrived in or are excluded from traditional settings. Understanding the school's daily schedule, counseling and mentoring support, pathways back to mainstream high schools, and credit-earning structure is essential for any parent whose child might be referred there. Those details would come best from direct contact with the school and district.
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