FAIRVIEW ELEM.

Set in CARTHAGE, Missouri, FAIRVIEW ELEM. is a reasonably sized elementary campus, one of the schools within CARTHAGE R-IX. It enrolls 444 students across grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 41% bigger than the state mean of about 315.

Across the 10 schools in CARTHAGE R-IX (5,070 students total), FAIRVIEW ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, FAIRVIEW ELEM. records that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 33% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jasper County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, FAIRVIEW ELEM. shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jasper County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jasper County put median household earnings sit near $60,694, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jasper County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,177 students), FAIRVIEW ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PAT CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FAIRVIEW ELEM. has held roughly steady, going from 445 students in 2018 to 444 in 2025.

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