Fairview Elementary School

Fairview Elementary School is a close-knit elementary school in Richmond, Indiana, operated by Richmond Community Schools. The school teaches 259 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 41% smaller than typical.

Across the 10 schools in Richmond Community Schools (4,454 students total), Fairview Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Fairview Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder looks like 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Fairview Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fairview Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.2%, the actual is 24.8%, a residual of +0.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household income runs about $55,692, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Wayne County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,696 students), Fairview Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Crestdale Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fairview Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairview Elementary School has ticked down 16%, going from 309 students in 2018 to 259 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 8% to 15%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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