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Fairfield, Connecticut has a total of 16 public schools. There is a total of seven private elementary schools, two private high schools, and two private universities located in Fairfield.
Fairfield's public schools are governed by a large administrative body, as well as a nine-member elected Board of Education. [1]
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In 1695, Fairfield opened its first grammar school. In 1712, the Connecticut General Assembly, ordered that the town's schools should be transferred over to the town's church parishes, besides the town's grammar school. In 1795, there was a new regulation regarding the creation of four school societies to operate the schools. These were the Village of Fairfield School Society, the Greenfield School Society, the Green's Farms School Society and the Stratfield School Society. Fairfield's first unified school district was created in 1887, when there was a merger of individual districts. [2]
The limited in-person instruction and online education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut prompted some parents in the Farfield school district, along with some parents in other school districts, to switch to private schools with full in-person education and/or homeschooling. [3]
