Fairfield Woods Middle School

Fairfield Woods Middle School operates as a mid-tier middle school in Fairfield, Connecticut, operated by Fairfield School District. Current enrollment sits at 715 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 37% larger than the state mean of about 521.

Within Fairfield School District, which oversees 16 schools and 8,790 students, Fairfield Woods Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Fairfield Woods Middle School logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $89,667, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fairfield Woods Middle School is one of 91 public schools in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jennings School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 24%: 941 students in 2018 compared to 715 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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