FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in FORT SMITH, Arkansas, operated by FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 582 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 39% larger than typical.

Within FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 27 schools and 14,164 students, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Sebastian County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sebastian County (around 65%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.3%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of +4.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Sebastian County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,790 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 44 public schools in Sebastian County (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students).

RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 27.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 591 students in 2018 compared to 582 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.