FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in CAMDEN, Arkansas, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 523 students from grades K through 3, operated by CAMDEN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 418.

FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by CAMDEN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 1,995 students overall.

Demographically, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Ouachita County as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ouachita County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.5%, the actual is 15.3%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ouachita County) reports that median household income runs about $49,268, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Ouachita County (combined enrollment of about 3,268 students).

CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 23.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 7%, going from 490 students in 2018 to 523 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 20% across the same window.

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