📍 3955 Gerstner Mem. Drive, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, 70607
Fairview Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish. The school has 558 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Calcasieu Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Fairview Elementary School enrolls 558 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 29% Black or African American and 7.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 338 | 61% |
| Black or African American | 164 | 29% |
| White | 44 | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
304 of the school's 558 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 293 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fairview Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-30, state senate district 25, state house district 34.
Fairview Elementary School is one of 58 schools in Calcasieu Parish, based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The district serves 27,851 students district-wide and employs 1,917 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 558 students, Fairview Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 480 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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