Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Fairview School, Sylva, NC

Fairview School is a public elementary school in Sylva, part of Jackson County Public Schools. It enrolled 797 students in 2024-25, with 16.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 797
Teachers (FTE): 48.0
Students per teacher: 16.6
Grades: PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.2. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.6

District17.2

North Carolina16.3

United States15.3

School details

Address: 251 Big Orange Way, Sylva, NC 28779
Phone: (828)586-2819
District: Jackson County Public Schools
County: Jackson County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 370234001004

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 781
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 78198.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Jackson County Public Schools

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.