Fairfield Warde High School

Fairfield Warde High School
Fairfield Warde High School's front entrance in 2024
Location
755 Melville Avenue Fairfield , Fairfield County , Connecticut United States
Coordinates	41°11′15″N73°14′03″W / 41.1876°N 73.2341°W / 41.1876; -73.2341
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Welcoming, Academic, Respectful, Dynamic, Ethical (formerly Friendship, Honor, Scholarship)
Established	1956(70 years ago) (1956)
School district	Fairfield Public Schools
CEEB code	070186
Principal	Paul Cavanna
Faculty	197
Teaching staff	123.35 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,370 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	11.11 [1]
Houses	Fitts, Pequot, and Townsend
Colors	Red, white, black
Athletics	Football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, baseball, swimming, wrestling, golf, tennis, fencing, dance, cross-country, track, sailing, cheerleading, volleyball
Mascot	Mustang
Nickname	Warde
Rival	Fairfield Ludlowe High School
Yearbook	Equus (formerly Farfieldiana, formerly Flame)
Year-round schedule	No
Website	fwhs.fairfieldschools.org

Fairfield Warde High School is a co-educational secondary school located in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The Fairfield Warde Mustangs play in the FCIAC division of the CIAC. As of 2025, it is ranked 28th in the state by U.S. News & World Report, with an overall score of 91.18/100. ^[2]

Notable people

• Richard Belzer (1962), actor, author and stand-up comedian ^[3]
• Linda Kozlowski (1976), actress ^[4]
• Tatiana Foroud (1983), genetic researcher ^[5]
• David Pittu (1985), actor, writer and director ^[6]
• Eliot A. Jardines (1989), founder of the National Open Source Enterprise ^[7]
• J. J. Henry (1993), professional golfer ^[8]
• Thomas Blake (1994), professional tennis player ^[9]
• John Mayer (1995), musician ^[10]
• Matt Morgan (1995), professional wrestler ^[11]
• James Blake (1997), professional tennis player ^[12]
• Raviv "Ricky" Ullman (2004), actor ^[13]
• Kristen Santos (2012), Olympic short track Speedskater ^[14]
• Jack Baran (2014), YouTuber ^[15]
• Mariam Mamadashvili (2023), child singer ^[16]

References

1. "Fairfield Warde High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
2. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/connecticut/districts/fairfield-school-district/fairfield-warde-high-school-4452
3. "'Law and Order: SVU' star Richard Belzer under fire over unreturned phone call to Shamsher Wadud". New York Daily News . January 31, 2011.
4. "Remember Crocodile Dundee ?". March 15, 2019.
5. "Andrew Warde High School Class of 1983 Alumni, Fairfield, CT".
6. "Bridgeport Sunday Post, April 9, 1972". The Bridgeport Post. April 9, 1972. p. 41.
7. Bean, Hamilton (2011). No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence. Santa Barbara: Praeger. p. 37 ISBN 978-0-313-39155-2
8. Best, Kenneth (June 24, 2001). "Fairfield Golfer is Making a Name Nationally". The New York Times.
9. "Blake Stands Out on and off the Court | Sports | the Harvard Crimson".
10. "Mayer Booted from School". Rolling Stone . December 27, 2004.
11. "Fairfield native turned pro wrestler shows wannabe the ropes". September 3, 2011.
12. "James Blake, tennis pro and former Fairfielder, wrongly cuffed by NY cops". September 10, 2015.
13. "Archived copy". www.jewishledger.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
14. "2 Fairfield Natives Competing In Beijing Winter Olympics". February 4, 2022.
15. "YouTube Changes the Lives of Many | the Eagle's Eye".
16. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

External links

• Official website