Fairview Elementary

Located at 425 East Fairview Rd., in Bakersfield, California, Fairview Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus that teaches 552 students (grades K through 5), run under Greenfield Union.

Across the 13 schools in Greenfield Union (8,860 students total), Fairview Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Fairview Elementary reports that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fairview Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Fairview Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.6%, the actual is 28.4%, a residual of +6.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kern County) reports that median household earnings sit near $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Fairview Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

The closest other public school is Crescent Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fairview Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairview Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairview Elementary has increased 16%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 552 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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