Fairview High School

Fairview High School operates as a roomy 9-12 campus in BOULDER, Colorado, run under Boulder Valley School District No. Re2. Current enrollment sits at 1,863 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 197% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Within Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, which oversees 56 schools and 27,988 students, Fairview High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Fairview High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 12% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Fairview High School has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Fairview High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 14% of students at Fairview High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Boulder County (around 33%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Fairview High School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 57.9%; actual is 75.8%, +17.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Boulder County put the typical household earns roughly $103,994 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Fairview High School is one of 86 public schools in Boulder County (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students).

Nearest neighbor: Southern Hills Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairview High School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 72.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 2,226 students in 2018 compared to 1,863 in 2025.

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