CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL

CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, a mid-sized high school in CAMDEN, Arkansas, run under CAMDEN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 652 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 28% larger than typical.

CAMDEN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,995 students; CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL records that Black students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school reports 26% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Ouachita County as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ouachita County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ouachita County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,268 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Ouachita County (combined enrollment of about 3,268 students).

The closest other public school is FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.6 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 687 students in 2018 compared to 652 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 33% to 26%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.