FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a compact elementary campus in TEXARKANA, Arkansas, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 246 students from grades K through 5, part of TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 41% smaller than that benchmark.

TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,830 students. FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Miller County (around 80%), the school's rate is meaningfully 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 22.3%, the actual is 29.0%, a residual of +6.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Miller County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,836 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Miller County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,217 students), of which FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 296 students in 2018 compared to 246 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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