Regular local school district · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
Fairfield School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending
Fairfield School District runs 16 public schools with 9,139 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.6 students per teacher is 1.7 lower than the Connecticut figure of 12.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 9,139
- Teachers (FTE)
- 860
- Students per teacher
- 10.6
- CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 501 Kings Highway East, Fairfield, CT 06825
- Phone
- (203)255-8371
- County
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0901530
- State district ID
- CT-0510011
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,833
- School counselors (FTE)
- 31.0About 295 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 39.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.6
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (9,387), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $257.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.0 million
- State revenue
- $37.5 million
- Local revenue
- $215.3 million
- Total spending
- $242.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,825
- Salaries
- $123.0 million50.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $104.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 1.9%
- State: 14.5%
- Local: 83.5%
Connecticut overall
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 58.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,825
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826
Schools in Fairfield School District
By level: 2 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Burr Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 347 | 12.4 |
| Dwight Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 228 | 12.0 |
| Fairfield Ludlowe High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,367 | 11.1 |
| Fairfield Warde High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,308 | 10.6 |
| Fairfield Woods Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 715 | 9.8 |
| Holland Hill School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 385 | 12.8 |
| Jennings School | Elementary | K to 5 | 280 | 10.8 |
| McKinley School | Elementary | K to 5 | 470 | 11.2 |
| Mill Hill School | Elementary | K to 5 | 371 | 11.6 |
| North Stratfield School | Elementary | K to 5 | 408 | 13.2 |
| Osborn Hill School | Elementary | K to 5 | 446 | 13.9 |
| Riverfield School | Elementary | K to 5 | 406 | 13.1 |
| Roger Ludlowe Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 764 | 10.2 |
| Sherman School | Elementary | K to 5 | 385 | 13.8 |
| Stratfield School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 326 | 11.6 |
| Tomlinson Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 584 | 9.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
- Bridgeport School District 20,022 students
- Trumbull School District 6,943 students
- Stratford School District 6,578 students
- Monroe School District 3,458 students
- Easton School District 894 students
- Redding School District 855 students
- Capital Preparatory Harbor School District 775 students
- Cooperative Educational Services 757 students
- Regional School District 09 712 students
- Great Oaks Charter School District 662 students
- Park City Prep Charter School District 434 students
- New Beginnings Inc Family Academy District 431 students
- The Bridge Academy District 281 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.