Fairview Elementary School

Fairview Elementary School is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in Columbus, Mississippi, one of the schools within Columbus Municipal School District, serveing 244 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 446.

Columbus Municipal School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,011 students. Fairview Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Fairview Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, On paper, Fairview Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lowndes County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, Lowndes County reports that the typical household earns roughly $53,812 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Lowndes County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,512 students), of which Fairview Elementary School is one.

Columbus High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairview Elementary School has declined 14%, going from 285 students in 2018 to 244 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.