Fairfield Township School District


The Fairfield Township School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Fairfield Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 576 students and 50.0 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Cumberland Regional High School, which also serves students from Deerfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township. As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,127 students and 78.5 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 14.4:1.

Schools

Fairfield Township School opened on September 7, 2006, and serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The new school replaced two antiquated facilities and consolidated all grades into one building located at 375 Gouldtown-Woodruff Road in the Gouldtown section of the township. The school had an enrollment of 573 students as of the 2017-18 school year.
Core members of the district's administration are:
The district's board of education has nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held as part of the November general election.