FAIRVIEW EL

Set in SHERMAN, Texas, FAIRVIEW EL is a tight-knit K-5 school, overseen by SHERMAN ISD. It enrolls 382 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so FAIRVIEW EL sits 26% below that benchmark.

SHERMAN ISD runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,788 students. FAIRVIEW EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, FAIRVIEW EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 36% White, 11% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, FAIRVIEW EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FAIRVIEW EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Grayson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, FAIRVIEW EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 45.6%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the area at large, Grayson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,182 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. FAIRVIEW EL is one of 68 public schools in Grayson County (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students).

FRED DOUGLASS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FAIRVIEW EL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FAIRVIEW EL has contracted 9%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 382 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the FAIRVIEW EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.