Fairview School

Fairview School is an elementary school with a street address in Fairview, Montana. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 134 students.

Fairview Elem runs 2 schools with a combined 193 students. Fairview School is one of them.

At Fairview School, White students make up 81% of the student body. Smaller groups are 7% Native American, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Black. County-wide, 90% of Richland County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Fairview School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.

Fairview School operates with 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Montana average 11.9:1. About 49% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Richland County averages 37%, lower than here.

Fairview School is located in Richland County, where median household income is about $73,084, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 15 public schools in Richland County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,845.

Of nearby public schools, Fairview High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools.

Fairview School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.

Fairview School saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.7:1 to 9.8:1 over the same years.

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