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Fairview Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

332^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 383 Mississippi Elementary Schools

Better than 13% of Mississippi elementary schools

Summary

Fairview Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 229 students in grades PK-5 in Columbus, Mississippi, which is part of the Columbus Municipal School District. The school has consistently been ranked in the bottom third of Mississippi elementary schools over the past 10 years, receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fairview Elementary faces significant challenges, including very high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 18% to 30.1% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average and other nearby schools in the district. The school's test scores on the MAAP exams are also consistently well below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025 projected scores, Fairview's 3rd grade ELA proficiency is 19.2% compared to the state average of 49.4%. Additionally, 100% of Fairview's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a very high-poverty student population.

When compared to other elementary schools in the Columbus Municipal School District, such as Franklin Academy, Cook Elementary, Sale Elementary, and Stokes Beard Elementary, Fairview Elementary significantly underperforms, with lower test scores and higher chronic absenteeism. The performance gap is even more pronounced when comparing Fairview to high-performing schools outside the district, such as Caledonia Elementary in the Lowndes County School District.

244

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,216

Per pupil spending ?

99.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

225 Airline Road
Columbus, MS 39702

(662) 241-7140

District: Columbus Municipal School District

Students who attend Fairview Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Columbus Middle School
High:	Columbus High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

98.0%

Two or more races:

1.2%

White:

0.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 10th percentile in 2015 → 13th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Mississippi average (32% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Science scores 25 pts below the Mississippi average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

District avg35%

Mississippi avg54%

332^nd of 383

Mississippi public elementary schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 10% (2015) to bottom 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 5Elementary Schools in the Columbus Municipal School District

119^th of 130Columbus Municipal School District among Mississippi 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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Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Mississippi percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	332 of 383	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.2	262 of 390	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	15.9	334 of 377	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	342 of 382	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.9	297 of 381	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.1	291 of 397	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.0	296 of 404	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.2	330 of 406	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.9	312 of 394	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.2	361 of 402	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	45.0	223 of 394	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	35.2	284 of 408	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	21.9	361 of 414	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	45.1	243 of 418	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2010	47.4	227 of 403	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	65.5	124 of 392	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	75.4	83 of 394	78.9%	★★★★☆

By subject vs Mississippi (2024-2025) ?

Science41%-25 vs state

Mathematics31%-22 vs state

English Language Arts30%-22 vs state

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Schools Near Fairview Elementary School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP English Language Arts (2025)				MAAP Mathematics (2025)				MAAP Science (2025)	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	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Science 5th Grade	Total
Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	225 Airline Road	Columbus	39702	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7140	244	16	15.4	99.6%	2 (0.8%)	239 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	18.9	332^nd of 383 public elementary schools	13.3%		35.2	262^nd of 390 public elementary schools	32.8%	70	19.2	44.7	29.5		21.3	50.0	25.0		40.9	$12,216
Sale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	520 Warpath Road	Columbus	39702	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7260	290	18	16.4	100.0%	7 (2.4%)	271 (93.4%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	27.6	287^th of 383 public elementary schools	25.1%		26.9	297^th of 390 public elementary schools	23.8%	10	28.3	34.9	42.5		30.5	39.5	37.5		62.5	$12,394
Stokes Beard Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	311 Martin Luther King Dr	Columbus	39701	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7270	369	26	14.4	100.0%	6 (1.6%)	353 (95.7%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	17.8	338^th of 383 public elementary schools	11.7%		21.3	320^th of 390 public elementary schools	17.9%	18	16.4	32.5	47.3		19.6	42.5	31.5		39.4	$11,893
Franklin Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	501 3rd Avenue N	Columbus	39701	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7150	231	17	13.9	100.0%	13 (5.6%)	195 (84.4%)	6 (2.6%)	6 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.8%)	27.9	286^th of 383 public elementary schools	25.3%		19.7	335^th of 390 public elementary schools	14.1%	49	13.3	31.0	40.5		31.1	51.7	35.1		67.5	$12,114
Cook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2217 7th Street N	Columbus	39701	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7180	415	29	14.2	99.8%	18 (4.3%)	358 (86.3%)	25 (6.0%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	23	313^th of 383 public elementary schools	18.3%		27.6	294^th of 390 public elementary schools	24.6%	19	34.8	33.4	36.5		21.5	44.4	42.3		40.4	$12,452
New Hope Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	199 Enlow Road	Columbus	39702	Lowndes County	Lowndes County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 244-4760	1,191	85	14.0	66.8%	603 (50.6%)	527 (44.2%)	13 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.8%)	54.4	175^th of 383 public elementary schools	54.3%		52.7	187^th of 390 public elementary schools	52.1%	12	44.9	60.1	59.2		46.5	61.4	46.8		56.2	$10,482
West Lowndes Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1000 Gilmer Wilburn Road	Columbus	39701	Lowndes County	Lowndes County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 244-5050	276	25	11.1	98.6%	3 (1.1%)	268 (97.1%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	23.1	312^th of 383 public elementary schools	18.5%		43.4	225^th of 390 public elementary schools	42.3%	87	21.6	34.3	38.5	30.3	37.8	25.7	30.8	54.6	42.3	$15,813
Caledonia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9509 Wolfe Rd	Caledonia	39740	Lowndes County	Lowndes County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 356-2050	1,070	76	14.0	51.2%	777 (72.6%)	165 (15.4%)	58 (5.4%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (6.2%)	86.3	39^th of 383 public elementary schools	89.8%		89.5	25^th of 390 public elementary schools	93.6%	14	65.9	72.2	70.5		75.3	74.1	72.2		79.5	$9,899
East Side Elementary School	Public	PK-K	1039 E Broad Street	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-4691	251	16	15.8	92.4%	28 (11.2%)	207 (82.5%)	9 (3.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)								(n/a)										$11,511
Church Hill Elementary School	Public	1-2	2050 W Church Hill Road	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-5900	379	27	14.1	89.4%	57 (15.0%)	300 (79.2%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.9%)								(n/a)										$11,772

Frequently Asked Questions about Fairview Elementary School

How many students attend Fairview Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 244 students attended Fairview Elementary School.

Is Fairview Elementary School a good school?

Fairview Elementary School ranks in the bottom 13.3% of Mississippi elementary schools.

What district is Fairview Elementary School in?

Columbus Municipal School District

What is the racial makeup of Fairview Elementary School?

Students at Fairview Elementary School are 98% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Fairview Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Fairview Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Columbus Middle School
High : Columbus High School

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