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Fairview Elementary

Public Grades 3-5

5448^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of California elementary schools

Summary

Fairview Elementary is a public school serving 458 students in grades 3 through 5 in the Orland Joint Unified School District, which serves a community with high economic need, as reflected in the 85% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with student proficiency in English, math, and science far below state averages and showing a declining trend over the past decade. For example, only about 1 in 5 students meet standards in English, and math proficiency drops sharply to under 10% by 5th grade. This low performance is a district-wide pattern, as seen at its feeder school, Mill Street Elementary. Interestingly, Fairview spends more per student than some nearby higher-performing schools like Plaza Elementary and Lake Elementary, yet their students achieve proficiency rates over three times higher.

Despite these academic struggles, the school has made notable progress in one key area: getting students to attend class. Chronic absenteeism has been dramatically reduced from over 30% to just 8.9%, which is less than half the state average. This success shows the school can implement effective programs, but those efforts have not yet translated into improved test scores. The contrast with nearby high-performing schools like Nord Country suggests that factors beyond funding, such as instructional methods or curriculum, are critical for turning attendance into academic achievement.

458

Students ?

22.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,952

Per pupil spending ?

84.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1308 Fairview St.
Orland, CA 95963-1992

(530) 865-1235

District: Orland Joint Unified

Students who attend Fairview Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Price Intermediate
High:	Orland High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.4%

White:

24.5%

Asian:

2.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 21st percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (17% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg18%

California avg41%

5,448^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1439^th of 1,543Orland Joint 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	12.7	5448 of 5857	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.0	5479 of 5869	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.3	5195 of 5859	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.7	5558 of 5883	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	1282 of 1417	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.7	5009 of 5789	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	5228 of 5662	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	14.1	5187 of 5692	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	16.2	4943 of 5614	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	21.8	4450 of 5611	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	24.7	4417 of 5530	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	23.5	4415 of 5390	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	24.0	4403 of 5377	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	29.4	3892 of 5314	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	13.4	4833 of 5193	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	18.6	4428 of 5113	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	22.4	4100 of 5113	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	27.1	3510 of 4818	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	21.9	3835 of 4822	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	22.6	3735 of 4809	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.0	1920 of 2227	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.4	205 of 293	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.3	1886 of 2585	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.9	1348 of 2128	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	24.8	2851 of 3162	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	33.6	2265 of 3245	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.3	2582 of 3311	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.6	390 of 602	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.6	2365 of 3275	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	2559 of 3246	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.9	5043 of 5597	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	5137 of 5612	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.7	4822 of 5609	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.1	5424 of 5635	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.9	1195 of 1267	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	4884 of 5492	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.0	4909 of 5413	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.2	4740 of 5107	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	4871 of 5107	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	4586 of 5087	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.6	4923 of 5084	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	4458 of 4963	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.8	4569 of 4830	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	11.8	355 of 364	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.5	5091 of 5460	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.0	5208 of 5517	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	4698 of 5363	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	4841 of 5264	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.6	966 of 1110	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.0	4504 of 5173	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.1	4785 of 5084	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.1	5376 of 5628	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.4	5353 of 5643	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	5074 of 5638	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.1	5290 of 5663	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.2	1081 of 1272	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.7	4689 of 5510	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.0	5093 of 5431	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	2644 of 2847	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	2371 of 2635	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	1921 of 2420	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	3.9	2543 of 2598	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.9	2528 of 2651	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	2490 of 2661	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	2584 of 2726	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.2	2552 of 2834	10.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.3	2554 of 2737	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)14th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)10th percentile+3 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)10th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)7th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile~ school

Male (2025)4th percentile-3 vs school

Homeless (2024)2nd percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)2nd percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy21%-27 vs state

Mathematics15%-23 vs state

Science13%-20 vs state

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Fairview Elementary	Public	3-5	1308 Fairview St.	Orland	95963	Glenn County	Orland Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1235	458	20	22.4	84.9%	112 (24.5%)	2 (0.4%)	318 (69.4%)	10 (2.2%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	12.7	5448^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.0%		13	5479^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.6%	31																									13.1		13.1	19.6	24.7	20.3				21.5	16.5	18.1	9.2				14.5							$18,952	$2,175	$16,777
Mill Street Elementary	Public	K-2	102 Second St.	Orland	95963	Glenn County	Orland Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1240	521	27	19.3	86.9%	121 (23.2%)	3 (0.6%)	374 (71.8%)	7 (1.3%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)								(n/a)																																										93.6		98.4	94.7	97.9	98.4	$18,596	$2,886	$15,710
Lake Elementary	Public	K-8	4672 County Road North	Orland	95963	Glenn County	Lake Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1255	196	10	20.6	43.4%	124 (63.3%)	1 (0.5%)	66 (33.7%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	59.1	2112^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.9%		69.9	1602^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	72.7%	510																									24.0	50.0	34.9	71.4	54.6	24.0	89.5	81.0	88.9	65.9	81.0	40.9	12.0	73.7	28.6	55.6	46.8							$15,741	$1,506	$14,235
Plaza Elementary	Public	K-8	7322 County Road 24	Orland	95963	Glenn County	Plaza Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1250	215	10	21.5	29.8%	123 (57.2%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (37.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.6%)	76.9	1287^th of 5857 public elementary schools	78.0%		76.5	1317^th of 5869 public elementary schools	77.6%	30																									56.5	52.6	54.8	69.6	77.3	69.6	30.4	71.4	70.0	64.4	87.0	81.8	39.1	39.1	71.4	52.6	61.8							$14,088	$1,760	$12,328
Capay Joint Union Elementary	Public	K-8	7504 Cutting Ave.	Orland	95963	Tehama County	Capay Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1222	211	10	21.1	41.2%	118 (55.9%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (43.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	39.7	3237^th of 5857 public elementary schools	44.7%		66.2	1769^th of 5869 public elementary schools	69.9%	1468																									23.5	15.8	19.4	34.8	40.9	17.7	33.3	41.2	21.1	31.9	60.9	31.8	23.5	41.2	23.5	10.5	33.0							$16,093	$2,001	$14,092
Kirkwood Elementary	Public	K-8	2049 Kirkwood Rd.	Corning	96021	Tehama County	Kirkwood Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 824-7773	105	5	21.0	41.0%	90 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																										23.1	34.8		15.4				53.9	40.9		30.8				15.4	31.8							$14,802	$433	$14,369
Hamilton Elementary	Public	K-8	277 Capay Ave.	Hamilton City	95951	Glenn County	Hamilton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 826-3474	393	22	18.1	91.3%	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	364 (92.6%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	16.2	5169^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.7%		20.6	4798^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.2%	371	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	0.8	14.8	11.1	11.1	13.6	8.3	11.8	3.7	19.2	3.7	4.6	4.2	7.1	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	1.6	12.8	17.4	15.1	10.2	7.8	22.2	32.6	32.6	13.3	19.4	26.5	11.8	10.9	32.6	11.6	15.2	18.2							$15,211	$1,019	$14,192
Columbia Academy	Public	K-8	1785 Columbia Ave.	Corning	96021	Tehama County	Corning Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 824-7797	8	2	3.9		3 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (62.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																																																$70,168	$2,439	$67,729
Nord Country	Public, Charter	K-8	5554 California St.	Chico	95973	Butte County	Nord Country District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3138	213	10	22.3	15.0%	174 (81.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.7%)	89.1	710^th of 5857 public elementary schools	87.9%		85.1	946^th of 5869 public elementary schools	83.9%	236																									72.0	71.4	71.7	70.8	68.0	96.0	56.5	42.9	81.0	69.8	75.0	84.0	72.0	43.5	9.5	42.9	56.1							$14,578	$825	$13,753
Olive View Elementary	Public	K-6	1402 Fig St.	Corning	96021	Tehama County	Corning Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 824-7715	549	23	23.8	89.6%	104 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	433 (78.9%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	17.1	5089^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.1%		17.9	5036^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.2%	53																									13.6		13.6	19.7	31.6	22.5	14.9			22.9	29.9	25.0	8.0	20.4			20.3	95.9	96.9			96.9	96.9	$17,747	$2,503	$15,244

Frequently Asked Questions about Fairview Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Fairview Elementary?

Students at Fairview Elementary are 69% Hispanic, 24% White, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

How many students attend Fairview Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 458 students attended Fairview Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Fairview Elementary attend?

Students who attend Fairview Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Price Intermediate
High : Orland High

Is Fairview Elementary a good school?

Fairview Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.0% of California elementary schools.

What district is Fairview Elementary in?

Orland Joint Unified

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