Fairview PK-8

Fairview PK-8 is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in DENVER, Colorado, one of the schools within Westminster Public Schools, with 397 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Fairview PK-8 is one of 18 schools operated by Westminster Public Schools, a district that serves 7,724 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fairview PK-8 reports that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% White, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the resource side, On paper, Fairview PK-8 has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Fairview PK-8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 13.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.7%.

Across the wider county, Adams County reports that the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Fairview PK-8 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Metropolitan Arts Academy, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairview PK-8 at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Fairview PK-8's enrollment has ticked up 31% since 2018, when it stood at 302 (now 397). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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