Adlai E. Stevenson School

Located at 15 KNOLL ROAD, in FAIRFIELD, New Jersey, Adlai E. Stevenson School is a close-knit elementary school that enrolls 312 students (grades pre-K through 2), part of Fairfield Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 405.

Fairfield Public School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 713 students; Adlai E. Stevenson School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Adlai E. Stevenson School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 4% of students at Adlai E. Stevenson School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, census data for Essex County shows median household income runs about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Adlai E. Stevenson School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Winston S. Churchill School, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Adlai E. Stevenson School has contracted 24%, going from 408 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 87% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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