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Fairfax Elementary

Public Grades K-6
3543rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 39% of California elementary schools
Summary

Fairfax Elementary serves 359 students in grades K–6 in San Bernardino, within the San Bernardino City Unified area. Its 2025–2026 English language arts (ELA) and math results were the strongest among the nearby K–6 schools, but science was a marked exception. The clearest concern is science: Fairfax’s proficiency was below nearby-school, district, and state results.

Fairfax’s ELA proficiency was 41% and math proficiency was 31%, compared with nearby K–6 averages of 32% and 23%, respectively. The school also exceeded the district in ELA by 2 percentage points and math by 5 points, though it remained below state results by 8 points in each subject. Science proficiency was 13%, below the nearby average of 17%, the district’s 25%, and the state’s 36%; those gaps were 4, 12, and 23 points. Grade results vary, too: third-grade ELA reached 55%, the highest among nearby schools reporting that grade, while sixth-grade ELA was 24%, 17 points below the district and 24 below the state.

ELA and math have improved since 2022–2023: ELA rose from 28% to 41%, and math from 25% to 31%; both subjects also narrowed their gaps with the state. Science did not show sustained improvement, falling from 14% to 13% over the same period after a 28% result in 2024–2025. SchoolDigger gave Fairfax a 39th-percentile statewide rank and 2 stars in 2025–2026, up from the 19th percentile in 2023–2024 and the highest percentile among nearby schools ranked that year. Its student–teacher ratio was 23.1 in 2024–2025, and 97% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism fell from 50% in 2021–2022 to 32% in 2025–2026, but remained 14 points above the state. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness ranking for English learner students was notably strong at the 76th percentile in 2023–2024, compared with Fairfax’s overall 19th percentile that year; its Hispanic-student ranking rose from the 29th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 53rd in 2025–2026.

359
Students ?
23.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,284
Per pupil spending ?
97.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 1362 Pacific St.
       San Bernardino, CA  92404-6226

(909) 381-1283

District: San Bernardino City Unified


Students who attend Fairfax Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Golden Valley Middle
High:    Pacific High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
85.0%
African American:
7.2%
White:
3.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 16th percentile in 2015 → 39th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 23 percentile points since 2015
✓Among the top-ranked schools in San Bernardino City Unified
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (33% vs 42% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 18% California)
!Science scores 23 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school33%
District avg31%
California avg42%
3,543rd of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 39%▲ up 22 pts since 2016
From bottom 17% (2016) to bottom 39% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
13th of 53Elementary Schools in the San Bernardino City Unified
727th of 968San Bernardino City 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202635.53543 of 580439.0%★★☆☆☆
202529.83973 of 585732.2%★★☆☆☆
202421.24755 of 586919.0%★☆☆☆☆
202327.34139 of 585929.4%★☆☆☆☆
202226.24235 of 588328.0%★☆☆☆☆
201919.54839 of 578916.4%★☆☆☆☆
201828.03999 of 566229.4%★☆☆☆☆
201721.64555 of 569220.0%★☆☆☆☆
201619.64661 of 561417.0%★☆☆☆☆
201518.94737 of 561115.6%★☆☆☆☆
201337.23506 of 553036.6%★★☆☆☆
201226.14243 of 539021.3%★☆☆☆☆
201133.43729 of 537730.6%★★☆☆☆
201030.03852 of 531427.5%★☆☆☆☆
200922.24273 of 519317.7%★☆☆☆☆
200828.13738 of 511326.9%★☆☆☆☆
200725.13932 of 511323.1%★☆☆☆☆
200524.43668 of 482223.9%★☆☆☆☆
200422.33754 of 480921.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201926.6580 of 74722.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202459.2763 of 316275.9%★★★★☆
202339.61854 of 324542.9%★★☆☆☆
202262.6679 of 331179.5%★★★★☆
201829.32443 of 324624.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202637.93253 of 556941.6%★★☆☆☆
202529.53886 of 559730.6%★★☆☆☆
202420.14707 of 561216.1%★☆☆☆☆
202323.14421 of 560921.2%★☆☆☆☆
202221.94519 of 563519.8%★☆☆☆☆
201917.84807 of 549212.5%★☆☆☆☆
201821.54413 of 541318.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202649.02383 of 508553.1%★★★☆☆
202544.62677 of 510747.6%★★☆☆☆
202431.43635 of 510728.8%★☆☆☆☆
202341.12822 of 508744.5%★★☆☆☆
202241.92756 of 508445.8%★★☆☆☆
201931.33595 of 496327.6%★☆☆☆☆
201840.02867 of 483040.6%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202637.7239 of 36634.7%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202648.02577 of 541252.4%★★★☆☆
202541.03093 of 546043.4%★★☆☆☆
202427.74179 of 551724.3%★☆☆☆☆
202338.33197 of 536340.4%★★☆☆☆
202239.73028 of 526442.5%★★☆☆☆
201927.84039 of 517321.9%★☆☆☆☆
201838.03168 of 508437.7%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202633.53577 of 559036.0%★★☆☆☆
202531.23755 of 562833.3%★★☆☆☆
202423.94382 of 564322.3%★☆☆☆☆
202332.83557 of 563836.9%★★☆☆☆
202232.93548 of 566337.3%★★☆☆☆
201922.54427 of 551019.7%★☆☆☆☆
201835.63309 of 543139.1%★★☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2024)76th percentile+57 vs school
Hispanic (2026)53rd percentile+14 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)52nd percentile+13 vs school
Female (2026)42nd percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)36th percentile-3 vs school
Homeless (2026)35th percentile-4 vs school
African American (2019)22nd percentile+6 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy41%-8 vs state
Mathematics31%-8 vs state
Science12%-23 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 359 students attended Fairfax Elementary.

Fairfax Elementary ranks 3543rd of 5804 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Fairfax Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Golden Valley Middle
High : Pacific High

Students at Fairfax Elementary are 85% Hispanic, 7% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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