Fairview Elementary School

416 Fairview Street

School District

Mclean County Community Unit 5
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

School Map for Mclean County Community Unit School District 5

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Reviews

Submitted by other on August 14, 2020

5 stars out of 5. Teachers are dedicated to the needs of the students.
Submitted by parent on May 10, 2018

The teachers and staff are wonderful at Fairview. They have wonderfully creative ways of making learning fun and engaging for the students. My daughter loves school so much. As a parent, I have been super happy with the ease of communication and opportunities for involvement at school. We have loved being a part of the Fairview community!
Submitted by parent on May 31, 2016

My kids are having a great experience at Fairview. I like the communication between parents and teachers.
Submitted by parent on April 11, 2016

Our family attended Fairview from 2003 until 2015. You will not find a harder working staff than at Fairview. The diverse student population includes single family home neighborhoods like Collie Ridge and Savannah Green all the way to transient students who move frequently. My children excelled at Fairview and made the transition to jr. high very easily. I also love that it's a smaller school, it has a neighborhood feel. My best advice is to get involved! I still volunteer there even though my kids have moved on. Under the direction of a new principal, Fairview still has the same feeling of believing that every student is capable of success.
Submitted by parent on August 15, 2010

I have been a Fairview parent for 6 years. We have a wonderful, hardworking principal & teachers. My kids have made great friends & love their teachers. As a parent, you get out of your childs school how much you put in. Yes, the parental involvement is low. That's the only problem...the lack of parenting. Fairview is a great, little, hard working school.
Submitted by parent on June 26, 2010

Parents, this school is a terrible environment for children. There was a teacher who actually told a child to not tell her mother things that happened in school. Just think about that alone for a moment and how that would impact a child in the future. Parents who prefer to shield their kids from more adult matters should be aware that other students are very influential with extremely adult and/or inappropriate subjects. Teaching isn't nearly challenging enough and can even hold students with the potential to skip grades behind. The things they say about this school should not be ignored because most of the time they're unbelievably accurate statements. Perhaps the only good thing about this school is the principal, Dr. Shaw. He is good-natured and relatively fair to students. Overall, I wouldn't send my dog to this madhouse.
Submitted by parent on March 18, 2010

We were nervous about sending our daughter here because of bad things that we had heard about it. We are no longer nervous! Our daughter has excelled at Fairview and I find it to be an amazing environment for growth and learning. We moved away from the school for a period of time and made sure that when we came back that she was in Fairview's district.
Submitted by parent on September 27, 2007

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