Fairview Attendance Center

Fairview Attendance Center operates as a tiny K-5 school in Golden, Mississippi, part of Itawamba County. Current enrollment sits at 120 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 73% smaller than the state mean of about 446.

Itawamba County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,275 students. Fairview Attendance Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Fairview Attendance Center reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school records 4% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Itawamba County's rate of about 69%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Itawamba County indicate median household income runs about $55,546, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Itawamba County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,275 students), of which Fairview Attendance Center is one.

The closest other public school is Tremont Attendance Center, roughly 9.2 miles away.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fairview Attendance Center's enrollment has shrank 39% since 2018, when it stood at 197 (now 120). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Fairview Attendance Center typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.