Fairview Elementary

Fairview Elementary, a mid-sized elementary campus in Orland, California, part of Orland Joint Unified, enrolls 458 students, covering grades 3 through 5.

Orland Joint Unified runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,191 students. Fairview Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Fairview Elementary reports that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 24% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Glenn County as a whole is about 45% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Fairview Elementary logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Glenn County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

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 28.9%, the actual is 17.3%, a residual of -11.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Glenn County put the typical household earns roughly $67,139 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Glenn County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,252 students), Fairview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Price Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairview Elementary at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairview Elementary has ticked down 3%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 458 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.