Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull, Easton, Connecticut, Easton, Weston, Connecticut, W ...

has a total of 16 public schools. There are a total of seven private elementary schools, two private high schools, and two private universities located in Fairfield.

Fairfield public schools

Fairfield's public schools are governed by a large administrative body, as well as a nine-member elected Board of Education.

Elementary schools

* Burr Elementary School - Established 2004 * Holland Hill School * Jennings School - Established 1967 * McKinley School * Mill Hill School - Established 1956, Reopened 1991 * North Stratfield School * Osborn Hill School - Established 1957, Closed 1981, Reopened 1997. * Riverfield School - Established 1962 * Roger Sherman School * Stratfield School * Timothy Dwight School

Middle schools

* Fairfield Woods Middle School - Established 1955 as Fairfield Woods School * Roger Ludlowe Middle School - Established 1998 * Tomlinson Middle School

High schools

* Fairfield Ludlowe High School - ''Roger Ludlowe Senior High School'' Closed 1987, Reopened 2003 as FLHS * Fairfield Warde High School - Established 1956 as ''Andrew Warde Senior High School''

Private and parochial schools

Primary schools

* Eagle Hill - Southport *

Fairfield Country Day School Fairfield Country Day School (FCDS) is a private, all-boys day school in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1936 by Laurence W. Gregory, the School prepares boys in Grades K-9 for secondary school success. Athletics Athletics are ...

* Hillel Academy * Holy Family School - closed by the

Diocese of Bridgeport The Diocese of Bridgeport () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the southwestern part of the state of Connecticut in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical provin ...

at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year * Our Lady of the Assumption School * Pear Tree Point School * St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School * The Unquowa School

Secondary schools

Fairfield College Preparatory School Fairfield College Preparatory School (Fairfield Prep) is a Jesuit preparatory school located on the campus of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. It is an all-male school of about 800 students, founded by the Society of Jesus in ...

, located on the campus of

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2023, the university had about 5,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,200 gra ...

* Notre Dame Catholic High School

Universities

Sacred Heart University Sacred Heart University (SHU) is a private, Roman Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1963 by Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sacred Heart was the first Catholi ...

History

The limited in-person instruction and online education during the

COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. state of Connecticut was confirmed on March 8, although there had previously been multiple people suspected of having COVID-19, all of which eventually tested negative. , there were ...

prompted some parents in the Farfield school district, along with some parents in other school districts, to switch to private schools with full in-person education and/or homeschooling.

References

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External links

Fairfield, CT Directory of Schools

Official Website of the Fairfield Public Schools
Education in Fairfield County, Connecticut Fairfield, Connecticut