Fairfax Elementary

Fairfax Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school in San Bernardino, California, run under San Bernardino City Unified. The school caters to 359 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Fairfax Elementary is one of 72 schools operated by San Bernardino City Unified, a district that educates 44,080 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Fairfax Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Other groups include 7% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fairfax Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.6%; this one delivers 22.3%.

Zooming out to the county, San Bernardino County reports that median household income runs about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Fairfax Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pacific High, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fairfax Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 22.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairfax Elementary has grew 3%, going from 349 students in 2018 to 359 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 81% to 85%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.