Timothy Dwight School, built in 1962, is one of the town's 11 public elementary schools and is also the public school…More with the fewest number of students in the 2009-10 school year.</p> <p>Timothy Dwight's 319 students (March 2010 figure) attend classes in 21 permanent classrooms, and the school's bricks-and-mortar capacity is 378 students. Timothy Dwight's enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to be at its peak in 2009-10 and to drop to 283 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Students who graduate from Timothy Dwight School attend Tomlinson Middle School.</p> <p>Timothy Dwight School's principal is Brenda Anziano.</p>

Founded in 1917, The Unquowa School is an independent day school which incorporates a traditional liberal arts…More curriculum with a progressive approach for students from PreK-3 through eighth grade. Both class and school size are kept small to maintain a close community of children, faculty and parents and to ensure individual attention is given to each boy and girl. Habitat preservation and a sustainable nutrition are the main components of the school wide environmental program. Fine arts and foreign language (Mandarin and Spanish) begin in early childhood whereas physical education occurs daily in each grade. The upper schoolers participate in sports through the Fairchester Athletic League.  High school placement service begins in late seventh grade for both day and boarding high schools. The school is committed to preparing students academically, athletically and socially.</p> <ul> </ul>

Fairfield Warde High School, whose building was built in 1955, has been three public high schools over the past 55…More years.</p> <p>The high school was known as Andrew Warde High School from 1956 to 1986 when it was one of two public high schools in town.</p> <p>When the town closed Roger Ludlowe High School in 1987, leaving the town with only one public high school, Andrew Warde High School was renamed Fairfield High School.</p> <p>In the late 1990s, the town, reacting to enrollment projections that forecast 2,600 to 2,800 public high school students in 2012-13, decided to reopen the old Roger Ludlowe High School in 2003, and Fairfield High School was renamed Fairfield Warde High School.</p> <p>Enrollment at Fairfield Warde High School is 1,280 students (March 2010 figure) and is projected to peak at 1,513 students in 2015-16. The capacity at Fairfield Warde High School is listed at 1,400 students.</p> <p>Some of the notable alumni of the high school include Richard Belzer, an actor and graduate of Andrew Warde High School in 1962; J.J. Henry, a professional golfer who graduated from Fairfield High School in 1993; John Mayer, a musician who graduated from Fairfield High School in 1995; and James Blake, a professional tennis player who graduated from Fairfield High School in 1997.</p> <p>Advanced placement classes at the high school in 2009-10 included computer science, economics (micro and macro), English language and composition, English literature and composition, calculus AB, calculus BC, statistics, environmental science, biology, chemistry, physics, U.S. history, modern European history, U.S. government and politics, American studies, French, Latin, Spanish and studio art.</p> <p>The mascot at Fairfield Warde High School is the mustang.</p>

Roger Ludlowe Middle School, built in 2003, is the town's newest and largest middle school and was built so the town…More could reopen a high school in the building that used to house Roger Ludlowe Middle School.</p> <p>From 1998 to 2003, Roger Ludlowe Middle School operated in the former Roger Ludlowe High School building, which, in 2003, became Fairfield Ludlowe High School.</p> <p>Roger Ludlowe Middle School, built to house 875 students, is now next door to Fairfield Ludlowe High School on the 50-acre Ludlowe campus, which also includes Sturges Park, a 12-acre town-owned property which is used by the girls' softball team at Fairfield Ludlowe High School and which features Brown's Hill, a popular venue for sledding.</p> <p>Roger Ludlowe Middle School's enrollment in 2009-10 is 966 students (March 2010 figure) and enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to peak at 1,063 students in the 2012-13 school year and to drop to 1,040 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>The town in the spring of 2010 is wrestling with how to accommodate its growing middle school population, and plans have been brought forward to expand Fairfield Woods Middle School, which is the smallest of the town's three middle schools.</p> <p>Roger Ludlowe Middle School's enrollment projections assume the "feeder pattern" of students from elementary schools to middle schools does not change and that the Board of Education does not approve a new redistricting plan.</p> <p>Fifty-four percent of students who graduate from Roger Ludlowe Middle School attend Fairfield Ludlowe High School next door; the remaining 46 percent attend Fairfield Warde High School on Melville Avenue.</p> <p>Roger Ludlowe Middle School's principal is Glenn Mackno, and the school's mascot is the bulldog.</p>

Mill Hill School, built in 1955, is one of the town's 11 public elementary schools and is also among the town's…More public elementary schools with the highest number of students.</p> <p>Mill Hill's 478 students (March 2010 figure) attend classes in 20 permanent classrooms and five portable classrooms. The school's bricks-and-mortar capacity is 378 students.</p> <p>Mill Hill's enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to peak at 485 students in 2010-11 and to drop to 460 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Students who graduate from Mill Hill School attend Tomlinson Middle School.</p> <p>Mill Hill School's principal is Kevin Chase.</p>

Riverfield School, built in 1959, is one of the town's 11 public elementary schools.

Riverfield School has a…More bricks-and-mortar capacity of 399 students, and the school's 466 students (March 2010 figure) attend classes in 22 permanent classrooms and five portable classrooms.</p> <p>Riverfield's enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to be at its peak in the 2009-10 school year and to drop to 409 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Students who graduate from Riverfield School attend Roger Ludlowe Middle School.</p> <p>Riverfield School's principal is Paul M. Toaso.</p>

North Stratfield School, built in 1964, is the largest of the town's older public elementary schools, with a…More bricks-and-mortar capacity of 462 students.</p> <p>North Stratfield School's 477 students (March 2010 figure) attend class in 26 permanent classrooms. The school's enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to peak at 484 students in 2011-12 and to drop to 446 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Students who graduate from North Stratfield School attend Fairfield Woods Middle School.</p> <p>North Stratfield School's principal is Deborah K. Jackson.</p>

McKinley School, 60 Thompson St., is one of the town's newest and largest elementary schools.

McKinley…More School is also the town's most diverse elementary school - so much so, that the state Board of Education in 2006 ordered the Fairfield Board of Education to reduce the percentage of minority students at McKinley School so the percentage would be more comparable to the town's other 10 public elementary schools.</p> <p>Built in 2003, McKinley School has 470 students (March 2010 figure), which includes 20 in a pre-kindergarten program, and a bricks-and-mortar capacity of 504 students.</p> <p>Enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to be at its peak in the 2009-10 school year and was projected to drop to 393 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Students who graduate from McKinley School attend Roger Ludlowe Middle School.</p> <p>McKinley School's principal is Dale Bernardoni.</p>

Fairfield Country Day School, a private day school for boys in kindergarten through ninth-grade, is located on a…More 25-acre campus in Fairfield's Greenfield Hill neighborhood.</p> <p>FCDS was founded in 1936 and originally was located on Unquowa Road in downtown Fairfield. In 1949, FCDS needed more space and acquired the Bronson estate on Bronson Road, which is the current home of the school. The school's historic main building was originally the home of Timothy Dwight, who was a minister at Greenfield Hill Congregational Church and then president of Yale University. A public elementary school in Greenfield Hill that was built in 1962 is named after Timothy Dwight.</p> <p>Fairfield Country Day School is incorporated in the state of Connecticut and is governed by a 22-member board of trustees. Tuition at the school, in 2009-10 was $28,200 a year for kindergarten through third-graders, $29,000 a year for fourth- through sixth-graders, and $30,200 a year for seventh- through ninth-graders. Financial aid is available.</p> <p>The school's mascot is the crusader.</p>

Osborn Hill School, 760 Stillson Road, is one of the town's 11 public elementary schools.

Built in 1957,…More Osborn Hill School has 22 permanent classrooms and a bricks-and-mortar capacity of 420 students.</p> <p>The town in late 2009 installed a pre-fabricated addition of five classrooms onto Osborn Hill School to accommodate its growing enrollment, which was identified as 547 students as of March 2010.</p> <p>The most recent projections (November 2009) estimate Osborn Hill School's enrollment will peak at 568 students in the 2011-12 school year and then fall to 547 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Osborn Hill is the elementary school with the highest number of students in the 2009-10 school year. Students who graduate from Osborn Hill School attend Roger Ludlowe Middle School.</p> <p>The principal at Osborn Hill School is Alan Lipman.</p>

Stratfield School, built in 1929, is one of the town's 11 public elementary schools and is also the town's oldest…More public elementary school.</p> <p>Stratfield School is now undergoing an $18 million expansion and renovation. Before the expansion, Stratfield School had a bricks-and-mortar capacity of 399 students, 21 permanent classrooms and four portable classrooms. The expansion is designed to add eight classrooms onto Stratfield School and to increase its capacity to 500 students.</p> <p>Stratfield School's enrollment in the 2009-10 school year is 494 students (March 2010 figure) and its enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to peak at 496 students in the 2010-11 school year. Enrollment in 2014-15 is projected to be 453 students.</p> <p>Students who graduate from Stratfield School attend Roger Ludlowe Middle School.</p> <p>Stratfield School's principal is Thomas Pesce.</p>

Jennings School, built in 1966, is among the smallest of the town's 11 public elementary schools. Jennings…More School's 351 students (March 2010 figure) attend class in 23 permanent classrooms and one portable classroom.</p> <p>Jennings' enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to peak at 359 students in 2010-11 and to drop to 325 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Students who graduate from Jennings School attend Fairfield Woods Middle School.</p> <p>The principal of Jennings School is Tony Vuolo.</p>

Holy Family School opened in 1960 due to the growing population of Holy Family Church and the need for a Catholic…More learning environment within the parish and surrounding population. The school is open to students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grades.</p> <p>Holy Family School, which is overseen by a School Advisory Board under the authority of the Office for Education of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, is designed to provide children with a values-based education that helps them build moral and spiritual character. The school offers a curriculum that is designed to promote academics and physical, emotional and spiritual growth.</p> <p>Holy Family School's School Advisory Board is charged with providing long-term strategic planning, direction and financial stability while representing the rights of parents and others who have a voice in the operation of the school.</p>

Eagle-Hill Southport, which opened in 1985 in a building that formerly housed Pequot School, a public elementary…More school, is a school designed for bright, capable students who are experiencing academic difficulties because of a specific learning disability. The school is designed to offer these children a chance to develop a foundation of academic competence, enhance their self esteem and interact successfully with their peers.</p> <p>Eagle-Hill Southport is in a building owned by the Southport Conservancy, a neighborhood group, and the school has students from 22 communities, with Darien, Fairfield, New Canaan, Norwalk, Weston, Westport and Wilton having the largest representation.</p> <p>Tuition in 2009-10 is $38,350, and financial aid is available.</p> <p>Pequot School closed in 1972.</p>

Roger Sherman School, built in 1963, is one of the town's 11 public elementary schools and is the only public…More elementary school that is south of the Post Road. The town used to have two elementary schools south of the Post Road, but the building that housed Oldfield School is now occupied by the Fairfield Senior Center.</p> <p>Roger Sherman School's 474 students (March 2010 figure) attend classes in 19 permanent classrooms and a pre-fabricated six-classroom addition that was installed by the town in late 2009. Roger Sherman's bricks-and-mortar capacity, without the six-classroom addition, is 357 students.</p> <p>Roger Sherman School's enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to peak at 478 students in 2011-12 and to then drop to 466 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Students who graduate from Roger Sherman School attend Tomlinson Middle School.</p> <p>Roger Sherman School's principal is Eileen O. Roxbee.</p>

Burr Elementary School, built in 2003, is one of the town's 11 public elementary schools and is also one of the…More town's newest and largest elementary schools, with a bricks-and-mortar capacity of 504 students.</p> <p>Burr Elementary School is also noteworthy for the large amount of glass on the school's exterior, which was designed to enable the school to blend in with its rural surroundings in the town's scenic Greenfield Hill neighborhood.</p> <p>Burr Elementary has 27 permanent classrooms and an enrollment of 418 students (March 2010 figure), which include 17 students in a pre-kindergarten program.</p> <p>Burr Elementary's enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to be at its peak in the 2009-10 school year and to drop to 358 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Students who graduate from Burr Elementary School attend Fairfield Woods Middle School.</p> <p>Burr Elementary School's principal is Gary A. Kass.</p>

Holland Hill School, built in 1955, is the smallest of the town's 11 public elementary schools, with a…More bricks-and-mortar capacity of 315 students.</p> <p>Holland Hill's 337 students (March 2010 figure) attend class in 20 permanent classrooms and three portable classrooms.</p> <p>Holland Hill's enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to be at its peak of 337 students in 2011-12 and was projected to decline to 313 students in 2014-15.</p> <p>Students who graduate from Holland Hill School attend Tomlinson Middle School.</p> <p>Holland Hill School's principal is Frank Arnone.</p>

Hillel Academy, established in 1958, is designed to integrate academic, extra-curricular and Jewish learning for…More children from nursery-school age through eighth grade.</p> <p>Hillel Academy, located on 4.6 acres on Stratfield Road, is a modern Orthodox school open to all streams of Judaism, with a large percentage of students from homes that are Conservative, Reform or unaffiliated.</p> <p>The school is on the same property as Congregation Ahavath Achim, the only orthodox synagogue in Fairfield, and students attend Hillel Academy from as far north as New Haven and as far south as Yonkers, N.Y.</p>