Riverfield School

Riverfield School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Fairfield, Connecticut, run under Fairfield School District. The school hosts 406 students in grades K through 5.

Riverfield School is one of 16 schools operated by Fairfield School District, a district that enrolls 8,790 students overall.

On demographics, Riverfield School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder comes out to 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 56% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Greater Bridgeport Planning Region) shows that the typical household earns roughly $89,667 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region runs 91 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students), of which Riverfield School is one.

The closest other public school is Fairfield Ludlowe High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverfield School.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 413 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.