Is Fairview Elementary a good school?

Fairview Elementary ranks in the bottom 3.9% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Fairview Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 564 students attended Fairview Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Fairview Elementary?

Students at Fairview Elementary are 73% Hispanic, 10% White, 9% African American, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Fairview Elementary attend?

Students who attend Fairview Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Crystal Middle High : Armijo High

Fairview Elementary

Summary:

Fairview Elementary is a public elementary school located in Fairfield, CA, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 561 students. It is part of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, which is ranked 996 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fairview Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of California elementary schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 5633 out of 5862 schools and a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school significantly underperforms the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas in the Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST Science exams. In 2023-2024, only 14.65% of Fairview students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 40.36% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, only 13.19% of Fairview students were proficient or better, compared to 27.54% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Fairview Elementary also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, rising from 16.0% in 2017-2018 to 43.4% in 2022-2023, which is substantially higher than the district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools in the district, Fairview Elementary's academic performance is consistently lower, with the highest-performing school in the area being K.I. Jones Elementary, which ranked in the top 20% of California elementary schools and had significantly higher proficiency rates in ELA, Math, and Science. The Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun, a public virtual school, also outperformed Fairview Elementary across all subject areas and grade levels. Fairview's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, who rank in the bottom 10-15% of their respective statewide subgroups.

Detail:

Public K-5

830 First St.
Fairfield, CA 94533-4724

(707) 421-4165

District: Fairfield-Suisun Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5633^rd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,447

Students who attend Fairview Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Crystal Middle
High:	Armijo High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.5

Number of students: 564

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

72.5%

White:

9.6%

African American:

8.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Fairview Elementary ranks worse than 96.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 15^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.78. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (72.5%), White (9.6%), African American (8.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 86.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fairview Elementary is 24.5. 9 elementary schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fairview Elementary is $6,447, which is the 3^rd highest among 17 elementary schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fairview Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Fairview Elementary 5633^rd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Fairview Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Fairfield-Suisun Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Fairfield-Suisun Unified 996^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Fairview Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Fairview Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	14.98	4345^th	4809	9.6%
2005	15.43	4295^th	4822	10.9%
2006	15.64	4313^th	4818	10.5%
2007	13.68	4733^rd	5113	7.4%
2008	13.62	4742^nd	5113	7.3%
2009	7.99	5080^th	5193	2.2%
2010	11.83	5062^nd	5314	4.7%
2011	22.72	4485^th	5377	16.6%
2012	30.42	3917^th	5390	27.3%
2013	23.15	4522^nd	5530	18.2%
2015	20.19	4606^th	5611	17.9%
2016	16.92	4874^th	5614	13.2%
2017	20.18	4678^th	5692	17.8%
2018	27.74	4015^th	5662	29.1%
2019	19.04	4895^th	5789	15.4%
2022	15.37	5333^rd	5883	9.3%
2023	12.44	5531^st	5874	5.8%
2024	10.78	5633^rd	5862	3.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Fairview Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.71	2072^nd	3246	36.2%
2019	27.60	2661^st	3275	18.7%
2022	30.75	2550^th	3311	23.0%
2023	33.57	2276^th	3250	30.0%
2024	31.98	2421^st	3160	23.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Fairview Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	17.66	2340^th	2420	3.3%
2024	18.31	2479^th	2634	5.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fairview Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.98	3093^rd	5084	39.2%
2019	25.98	4160^th	5173	19.6%
2022	16.99	4844^th	5264	8.0%
2023	12.42	5190^th	5374	3.4%
2024	12.11	5313^th	5511	3.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Fairview Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.71	3627^th	5413	33.0%
2019	19.01	4711^th	5492	14.2%
2022	16.89	5008^th	5635	11.1%
2023	12.92	5332^nd	5617	5.1%
2024	13.29	5259^th	5605	6.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Fairview Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	28.76	1503^rd	2128	29.4%
2019	36.35	1454^th	2585	43.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Fairview Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.48	4149^th	5431	23.6%
2019	21.55	4514^th	5510	18.1%
2022	15.51	5170^th	5663	8.7%
2023	13.10	5309^th	5650	6.0%
2024	9.95	5487^th	5636	2.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Fairview Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.34	193^rd	700	72.4%
2019	63.61	214^th	747	71.4%
2022	28.26	496^th	663	25.2%
2023	12.18	655^th	662	1.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fairview Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.33	2774^th	4830	42.6%
2019	23.83	4119^th	4963	17.0%
2022	19.26	4559^th	5084	10.3%
2023	15.29	4779^th	5098	6.3%
2024	12.16	4916^th	5102	3.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Fairview Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	313	111	26	110	3	n/a	n/a	0	563
1989	291	122	34	136	5	n/a	n/a	0	588
1990	314	129	42	133	1	n/a	n/a	0	619
1991	327	120	49	150	3	n/a	n/a	0	649
1992	288	113	55	168	4	n/a	n/a	0	628
1993	282	117	56	143	11	n/a	n/a	0	609
1994	276	100	59	152	8	n/a	n/a	0	595
1995	332	114	44	207	1	n/a	n/a	0	698
1996	332	114	44	207	1	n/a	n/a	0	698
1997	277	127	41	203	1	n/a	n/a	0	649
1998	268	153	38	228	4	n/a	n/a	0	691
1999	242	186	44	247	5	n/a	n/a	2	726
2000	228	182	36	294	8	n/a	n/a	13	761
2001	225	186	43	324	12	n/a	n/a	0	790
2002	197	169	53	413	7	n/a	n/a	0	839
2003	197	169	53	413	7	n/a	n/a	0	839
2004	179	177	53	434	9	n/a	n/a	2	854
2005	162	157	53	410	12	n/a	n/a	2	796
2006	135	148	49	413	8	n/a	n/a	0	753
2007	104	89	30	326	8	n/a	n/a	1	558
2008	93	81	38	361	5	n/a	n/a	0	578
2009	72	88	35	355	6	4	3	0	563
2010	32	31	27	368	5	1	116	0	580
2011	79	68	30	360	3	1	26	0	567
2012	77	78	25	384	4	4	28	0	600
2013	78	82	26	377	4	3	26	0	596
2014	74	76	30	391	3	6	45	0	625
2015	69	70	29	402	2	4	36	0	612
2016	68	69	24	396	1	5	36	0	599
2017	56	72	23	407	3	5	22	0	588
2018	50	79	23	390	3	4	21	0	570
2019	51	76	30	392	3	8	27	0	587
2020	41	75	40	390	3	8	32	0	589
2021	41	60	35	379	1	7	35	0	558
2022	42	54	20	377	0	1	20	0	514
2023	43	55	35	404	0	0	24	0	561
2024	54	48	37	409	1	0	15	0	564

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fairview Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	563	26.7	21.0	n/a
1989	588	26.5	22.1	n/a
1990	619	29.7	20.8	n/a
1991	649	32.0	20.2	n/a
1992	628	32.5	19.3	41.2
1993	609	27.0	22.6	47.9
1994	595	26.0	22.9	43.4
1995	698	34.0	20.5	42.4
1996	698	34.0	20.5	42.4
1997	649	31.0	20.9	61.3
1998	691	33.0	20.9	67.3
1999	726	38.5	18.9	58.7
2000	761	43.4	17.5	57.9
2001	790	44.0	18.0	68
2002	839	43.3	19.4	72.9
2003	839	43.3	19.4	72.9
2004	854	46.4	18.4	73.1
2005	796	46.0	17.3	67.8
2006	753	39.0	19.3	67.1
2007	558	32.0	17.4	77.9
2008	578	37.0	15.6	76.1
2009	563	33.0	15.2	84.9
2010	580	36.0	16.1	60.5
2011	567	n/a	n/a	82.2
2012	600	28.0	21.4	n/a
2013	596	27.5	21.6	92.1
2014	625	30.0	20.8	90.9
2015	612	30.0	20.4	89.2
2016	599	23.0	26.0	87.5
2017	588	22.0	26.7	88.1
2018	570	21.0	27.1	91.1
2019	587	21.5	27.3	86.2
2020	589	n/a	n/a	84.6
2021	558	22.0	25.3	84.8
2022	514	22.0	23.3	60.3
2023	561	24.0	23.3	68.6
2024	564	23.0	24.5	86.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fairview Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	563	26.7	21.0	n/a
1989	588	26.5	22.1	n/a
1990	619	29.7	20.8	n/a
1991	649	32.0	20.2	n/a
1992	628	32.5	19.3	41.2
1993	609	27.0	22.6	47.9
1994	595	26.0	22.9	43.4
1995	698	34.0	20.5	42.4
1996	698	34.0	20.5	42.4
1997	649	31.0	20.9	61.3
1998	691	33.0	20.9	67.3
1999	726	38.5	18.9	58.7
2000	761	43.4	17.5	57.9
2001	790	44.0	18.0	68
2002	839	43.3	19.4	72.9
2003	839	43.3	19.4	72.9
2004	854	46.4	18.4	73.1
2005	796	46.0	17.3	67.8
2006	753	39.0	19.3	67.1
2007	558	32.0	17.4	77.9
2008	578	37.0	15.6	76.1
2009	563	33.0	15.2	84.9
2010	580	36.0	16.1	60.5
2011	567	n/a	n/a	82.2
2012	600	28.0	21.4	n/a
2013	596	27.5	21.6	92.1
2014	625	30.0	20.8	90.9
2015	612	30.0	20.4	89.2
2016	599	23.0	26.0	87.5
2017	588	22.0	26.7	88.1
2018	570	21.0	27.1	91.1
2019	587	21.5	27.3	86.2
2020	589	n/a	n/a	84.6
2021	558	22.0	25.3	84.8
2022	514	22.0	23.3	60.3
2023	561	24.0	23.3	68.6
2024	564	23.0	24.5	86.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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