Fairview High School is a public, coeducational, comprehensive BVSDsecondary school located in Boulder, Colorado, 26 miles (40 km) northwest of Denver. Nearly two thousand students attend the school. It is in the 5A category of the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA). The school's enrollment was 1,977 in the 2024–25 school year.
Demographics
2012–2013 academic year
Percent
Female
52
Male
48
Native American/Alaskan
0.2
Asian
10
Black/African-American
0.5
Hispanic/Latino
7
White/Caucasian
77
Two or more ethnicities
5
Free/reduced lunch
7
Reading proficient/advanced
88
Mathematics proficient/advanced
74
Academics
View of the BoulderFlatirons from Fairview High School. February 7, 2019.
In 2020, Fairview was ranked 249th by U.S. News & World Report in their National High School Rankings; 7th best high school in Colorado, also by US News; 2nd best public high school in Colorado by Niche; and best college prep public high school in Colorado, also by Niche. The school offers kids help with college preparation through its college and Career Center. Fairview has a reputation for being academically demanding.
On November 22, 2019, the Fairview High School football team's star quarterback and three star Northwestern recruit, Aidan Atkinson, was arrested on three counts of sexual assault, five counts of unlawful sexual misconduct, and one count of attempted sexual assault after he turned himself in to police. In December 2019, he was notably excluded from Northwestern's early signees in the 2020 recruiting class. The alleged sexual assault occurred aboard a party bus on September 15, 2018. A victim alleged that Atkinson began to touch her inappropriately after she became intoxicated and was incapacitated. She also alleged that his behavior continued throughout the night. More charges were added three months later after other allegations of inappropriate conduct were brought to police. At the time, Atkinson and all victims were minors. During the fallout of the scandal, a social worker at the school was charged with failing to report child abuse after it was alleged that a victim had told her about the assaults, though she was later acquitted by jury. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Atkinson's trial was postponed from November 9, 2020, to February 1, 2021. The case was reported on by the USA Today, the Denver Post, and the Boulder Daily Camera, among other publications.
As of December 14, 2020, Atkinson still holds multiple Colorado state football records including, but not limited to, most career passing completions; most passing yards in a game; most passing touchdowns in a game; most career touchdowns; most career passing yards; and first and second most passing touchdowns in a season.
Notable alumni
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Jessica Biel (born 1982, class of 2000) - actress in films and television, played Mary Camden in TV series 7th Heaven, married to singer-actor Justin Timberlake; Biel never fully attended Fairview, she was only tutored there, though she did attend feeder school Southern Hills Middle.
Ace Young (born 1980, class of 1999) - American Idol finalist
Sean Foreman (Born 1985, class of 2003) - Vocalist for the electronic pop duo 3OH!3.
Josh Andres Rivera (Born 1995, class of 2012) - Actor, known for West Side Story, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and American Sports Story.
Tony Boselli (born 1972, class of 1991) - Hall of FameNFL offensive tackle selected 2nd overall in 1995 NFL Draft and first overall in 2002 NFL Expansion Draft; five-time Pro Bowler (1996–2000); three-time All-Pro (1997–99); career cut short due to injuries following 2002 season
Tom Chambers (born 1959, class of 1977) - basketball player, selected 8th overall in 1981 NBA draft, four-time All-Star, played for 1992-93 Phoenix Suns team that went 62-20 and lost to Chicago Bulls in NBA Finals
^Garcia, Keith. "From Felicity to Foxy Brown, Five Colorado Actresses Who Made Their Name in Hollywood", Westword, January 30, 2015. Accessed May 4, 2017. "Sheryl Lee Perhaps the Fairview High grad with the most obsessive fans around the world is Lee, whose big break came when auteur David Lynch cast the aspiring actress as the doomed Laura Palmer in the most talked-about TV show in years, Twin Peaks."
^Joe BarryArchived 26 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine, USC Trojans football. Accessed May 4, 2017. "He was a 2-time (1987–88) All-Colorado pick at Fairview High in Boulder after earning All-Iowa second team honors as a 1986 sophomore at Ames (Ia.) High."
^Nguyen, Joe. "Former Fairview star WR Kenny Bell drafted by Tampa Bay", Denver Post, May 2, 2015. Accessed May 4, 2017. "Former Fairview High School star wide receiver Kenny Bell was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round with the 162nd pick in the 2015 NFL draft."
^Clarke, Norm. "Colorado's All Time Top Prep Star? Tom Chambers - By A Spurt", The Seattle Times, February 25, 1990. Accessed May 4, 2017. "Midway through high school, Tom Chambers gave little indication he was destined to become the greatest basketball player ever to come out of Colorado. 'After his sophomore season, he was a 6-2 guard,' remembers Tom McCracken, Chambers' coach at Fairview High School in Boulder."
^Daryl Dickey, Florida State Seminoles football. Accessed May 4, 2017. "He played high school football at Buchholz High in Gainesville, Fla., but graduated from Fairview High in Boulder, Colo."
^Renck, Troy E. "John Mozeliak of Boulder rose quickly to GM of St. Louis Cardinals", Denver Post, October 28, 2013, updated April 28, 2016. " John Mozeliak entered Major League Baseball through a side door as the assistant of anything available. Two decades later, the Fairview High School graduate is at the center of everything with the St. Louis Cardinals."
