Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School

Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School is a primary school of tight-knit scale in Campti, Louisiana, run under Natchitoches Parish, works with 278 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School sits 39% below that benchmark.

Natchitoches Parish comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 4,792 students; Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School is among them.

On demographics, Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School lists that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 44% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Natchitoches Parish as a whole is about 40% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.8%, the actual is 23.3%, a residual of +3.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Natchitoches Parish) logs that the typical household earns roughly $46,292 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Natchitoches Parish runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,064 students), of which Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School is one.

Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 19.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School has ticked down 3%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 59% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.