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Fairview Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5058^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 14% of California elementary schools

Summary

Fairview Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 543 students in the Hayward Unified district, operating in a high-need community where academic performance has historically been a significant challenge.

Academically, Fairview's test scores in English, Math, and Science are well below state averages, and chronic student absenteeism is a serious concern at over 30%. When compared to other local schools, Fairview performs better than some district peers like Harder Elementary and Cherryland Elementary, but lags behind others such as East Avenue Elementary. The contrast with schools in the neighboring Castro Valley Unified district is stark, with those schools ranking much higher statewide.

An interesting finding is that Fairview receives more funding per student than most nearby schools, including those in Castro Valley, yet this has not led to comparable academic results. The school has shown notable improvement in serving its special education students in recent years. However, performance for other groups of students has been inconsistent, and a nearby charter school, Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy, achieves better outcomes with similar student demographics and less funding, suggesting that factors beyond just resources are at play.

543

Students ?

25.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,657

Per pupil spending ?

73.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

23515 Maud Ave.
Hayward, CA 94541-4519

(510) 723-3830

District: Hayward Unified

Students who attend Fairview Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Bret Harte Middle
High:	Hayward High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

56.0%

Asian:

15.3%

African American:

13.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 31st percentile in 2019 → 14th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (21% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg25%

California avg41%

5,058^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 14%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 19Elementary Schools in the Hayward Unified

1268^th of 1,543Hayward Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	5058 of 5857	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	4352 of 5869	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.2	4721 of 5859	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.3	4216 of 5883	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.1	4008 of 5789	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.6	4115 of 5662	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.7	4541 of 5692	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.0	4180 of 5614	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.4	4687 of 5611	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	14.6	5071 of 5530	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	15.7	4918 of 5390	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	13.1	5065 of 5377	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	14.5	4929 of 5314	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	9.1	5036 of 5193	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	19.6	4367 of 5113	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	17.7	4461 of 5113	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	18.1	4129 of 4818	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	23.3	3747 of 4822	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	17.8	4132 of 4809	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.7	412 of 569	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	70.8	120 of 593	79.8%	★★★★☆
2023	58.2	217 of 661	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.8	169 of 663	74.5%	★★★★☆
2019	62.7	219 of 747	70.7%	★★★★☆
2018	48.4	313 of 700	55.3%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	23.8	1776 of 2128	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.4	2392 of 3162	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.4	2366 of 3245	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	3306 of 3311	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	36.6	2018 of 3275	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	15.9	3212 of 3246	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.3	4910 of 5597	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.8	4373 of 5612	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	4958 of 5609	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.2	3805 of 5635	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.2	3479 of 5492	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.5	3723 of 5413	31.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.3	4503 of 5107	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.4	4242 of 5107	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	4347 of 5087	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.7	3398 of 5084	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.7	3789 of 4963	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.1	3760 of 4830	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.7	4603 of 5460	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.0	4039 of 5517	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.1	4526 of 5363	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	4412 of 5264	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.7	3219 of 5173	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.8	3866 of 5084	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.2	4765 of 5628	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.7	4033 of 5643	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	3992 of 5638	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.5	4281 of 5663	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.5	4236 of 5510	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.2	4169 of 5431	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	2.1	663 of 669	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.3	1317 of 2847	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.8	1333 of 2635	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.6	2058 of 2420	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)54th percentile+40 vs school

African American (2025)28th percentile+14 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)24th percentile~ school

Disabled (2018)17th percentile-11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)16th percentile~ school

Male (2025)15th percentile~ school

Female (2025)12th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)12th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2023)1st percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy27%-22 vs state

Mathematics18%-20 vs state

Science9%-23 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Fairview Elementary	Public	K-6	23515 Maud Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3830	543	22	25.2	73.1%	30 (5.5%)	72 (13.3%)	304 (56.0%)	83 (15.3%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	48 (8.8%)	17.4	5058^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.6%		25.2	4352^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	25.8%	706	9.4	9.4	35.1	30.7	19.1	19.2	26.5	32.1	21.1	7.1	7.6	17.7			$23,657	$3,751	$19,906
East Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	2424 East Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3815	407	20	20.8	66.8%	39 (9.6%)	58 (14.3%)	204 (50.1%)	55 (13.5%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.4%)	36 (8.8%)	30.2	3947^th of 5857 public elementary schools	32.6%		29	4012^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.6%	65	26.3	26.3	11.4	50.9	33.3	31.9	33.0	13.6	48.3	16.7	15.9	24.0			$26,136	$3,078	$23,058
Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science	Public	K-8	1570 Ward St.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 889-7399	111	5	21.5	92.8%	4 (3.6%)	15 (13.5%)	72 (64.9%)	12 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	7 (6.3%)	13.3	5398^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.8%		6.1	5836^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.6%	438	23.1	23.1	10.5	25.0	28.6		20.4	5.6	12.5	14.3		9.6			$30,859	$3,673	$27,186
Independent Elementary	Public	K-5	21201 Independent School Rd.	Castro Valley	94552	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 537-9558	662	27	24.9	28.2%	105 (15.9%)	18 (2.7%)	103 (15.6%)	329 (49.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (16.0%)	87.7	792^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	86.5%		92.2	555^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.5%	237	55.9	55.9	61.5	65.7	73.0		67.2	64.4	74.0	66.4		68.1			$13,480	$176	$13,304
Marshall Elementary	Public	K-5	20111 Marshall St.	Castro Valley	94546	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 537-2431	515	21	24.5	44.5%	71 (13.8%)	20 (3.9%)	142 (27.6%)	213 (41.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	64 (12.4%)	86.2	870^th of 5857 public elementary schools	85.1%		89	746^th of 5869 public elementary schools	87.3%	124	56.3	56.3	72.1	58.3	73.4		68.2	77.9	53.6	62.5		64.7			$14,527	$549	$13,978
Palomares Elementary	Public	K-5	6395 Palo Verde Rd.	Castro Valley	94552	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 582-4207	135	6	22.5	36.3%	29 (21.5%)	3 (2.2%)	47 (34.8%)	22 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (25.2%)	68.5	1667^th of 5857 public elementary schools	71.5%		78.9	1201^st of 5869 public elementary schools	79.5%	466	44.0	44.0	24.0	74.1	72.0		57.1	40.0	60.7	56.0		52.6			$14,785	$101	$14,684
Vannoy Elementary	Public	K-5	5100 Vannoy	Castro Valley	94546	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 537-1832	536	22	24.3	29.5%	115 (21.5%)	9 (1.7%)	162 (30.2%)	164 (30.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	85 (15.9%)	83.9	969^th of 5857 public elementary schools	83.5%		87.3	843^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	85.6%	126	35.9	35.9	64.3	75.0	67.2		68.4	69.4	70.3	60.9		67.1			$13,383	$101	$13,282
Castro Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	20185 San Miguel Ave.	Castro Valley	94546	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 537-1919	502	21	23.9	55.0%	75 (14.9%)	30 (6.0%)	163 (32.5%)	160 (31.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	71 (14.1%)	74.8	1376^th of 5857 public elementary schools	76.5%		75.3	1356^th of 5869 public elementary schools	76.9%	20	43.2	43.2	54.1	64.1	67.6		62.0	59.5	51.9	47.3		52.9	97.5	98.3	$13,871	$538	$13,333
Cherryland Elementary	Public	K-6	456 Laurel Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3810	855	36	24.0	83.2%	14 (1.6%)	33 (3.9%)	712 (83.3%)	49 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.6%)	25 (2.9%)	13.1	5413^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.6%		14.4	5361^st of 5869 public elementary schools	8.7%	52	14.6	14.6	11.6	17.6	28.4	30.7	22.5	10.7	10.8	12.5	11.1	11.3			$21,523	$2,871	$18,652
Harder Elementary	Public	K-6	585 Willow Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3840	671	30	22.6	80.3%	8 (1.2%)	49 (7.3%)	482 (71.8%)	79 (11.8%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.5%)	21 (3.1%)	10.4	5609^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.2%		10.9	5633^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	4.0%	24	12.6	12.6	21.4	13.0	16.2	19.8	17.8	18.4	7.5	7.9	11.0	11.4			$20,551	$2,871	$17,680

Frequently Asked Questions about Fairview Elementary

What district is Fairview Elementary in?

Hayward Unified

How many students attend Fairview Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 543 students attended Fairview Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Fairview Elementary?

Students at Fairview Elementary are 56% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 13% African American, 9% Two or more races, 6% White.

What schools do graduates of Fairview Elementary attend?

Students who attend Fairview Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bret Harte Middle
High : Hayward High

Is Fairview Elementary a good school?

Fairview Elementary ranks in the bottom 13.6% of California elementary schools.

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