North Fairview

North Fairview, a reasonably sized elementary campus in Topeka, Kansas, overseen by Seaman, works with 278 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 7 schools in Seaman (3,692 students total), North Fairview accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, North Fairview logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Shawnee County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Fairview sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 52.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Shawnee County shows median household earnings sit near $67,104, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. North Fairview is one of 54 public schools in Shawnee County (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students).

Nearest neighbor: Seaman Middle School, around 3.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Fairview. On composite proficiency, North Fairview comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.8%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. North Fairview's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 278). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.