Enrollment
246
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051311001072
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
820 E 17TH STREET, TEXARKANA, AR 71854 · (870) 774-9241 · Miller County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
246 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
22.8%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
28.5%
AR avg 38.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.8% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 29.8% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 246 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLARENDON | 240 | 100.0% | 14.3% |
| IVORY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL CAMDEN | 286 | 99.0% | 18.1% |
| AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUGUSTA | 184 | 100.0% | 20.0% |
| EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER JONESBORO | 315 | 99.0% | N/A |
| C.B. PARTEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRINKLEY | 262 | 100.0% | 18.6% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Miller County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #321 of 461 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #316 of 465 ▼ 22 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #365 of 465 ▼ 26 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #445 of 531 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #48 of 480 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #133 of 480 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #74 of 513 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #132 of 311 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
246
-35 (-12%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 246 | 18.2 | 13.6:1 | 100% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 236 | 20.8 | 11.3:1 | 100% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 233 | 16.6 | 14.0:1 | 100% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 100% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 17.3 | 17.1:1 | 35% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | 82% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 90% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 81% (221) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 20 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TEXARKANA, Arkansas, is home to FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. School enrollment was 246 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Arkansas is roughly 418 students; this school is 41% smaller than that.
TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,830 students in 8 schools, including FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Black students make up 54% of the student body. Next come 34% White, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 26% Black. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.6 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas have 16.0:1, compared with 13.6:1 here. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Miller County, the average is 80%.
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (28.1%) and its predicted rate (22.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Miller County, the median household income is $48,836, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. In all, Miller County has 16 public schools and roughly 6,217 students.
Of nearby public schools, ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 23.0% proficiency; FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 28.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment dropped from 281 in 2020-21 to 246 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.6:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
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Miller County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,360
Census ACS
Median income
$48,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,092 students
- ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 842 students
- EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- COLLEGE HILL HARMONY LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 391 students
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 243 students
Other schools in TEXARKANA
- ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,092 students
- ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 842 students
- EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- COLLEGE HILL HARMONY LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 391 students
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- GENOA CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 365 students
Other Fairview Elementary schools
62 other US public schools in 28 states are named Fairview Elementary. FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 54th largest of the 63.
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT SMITH, AR · 582 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLROGERS, AR · 580 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCAMDEN, AR · 523 students
- Fairview ElementaryModesto, CA · 786 students
- Fairview ElementaryFairfax Station, VA · 751 students
Nearby schools
- ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,092
- Highland Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 427
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF TEXARKANA1.1 mi · 67
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 373
- NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 243
- COLLEGE HILL PRE-K CENTER1.7 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 246 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 34% White, 7% Hispanic, 54% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT in Miller County.
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