The Fairfield Township School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Fairfield Township

Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Fairfield Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

, in Cumberland County

Cumberland County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

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. As of the 2005-06 school year, the district had a combined enrollment of 524 students.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 609 students and 44.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 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.

For grades 9-12, students attend Cumberland Regional High School

Cumberland Regional High School

Cumberland Regional High School is a comprehensive regional public high school and school district, serving students in grades 9 through 12 from seven communities in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States...

, which serves students from Deerfield Township

Deerfield Township, New Jersey

Deerfield Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Milleville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township

Greenwich Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Greenwich Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

, Hopewell Township

Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

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, Shiloh Borough

Shiloh, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Shiloh is a borough in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

, Stow Creek Township

Stow Creek Township, New Jersey

Stow Creek Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

 and Upper Deerfield Township

Upper Deerfield Township, New Jersey

Upper Deerfield Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

. The high school is located in Upper Deerfield Township and is part of the Cumberland Regional High School District.

Schools

• Fairfield Township School opened on September 7, 2006, and serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The new school consolidates all grades into one building located at 375 Gouldtown-Woodruff Road in the Gouldtown section of the township. The school had an enrollment of 609 students as of the 2007-08 school year.
  • Tanya Clark - Principal
  • Alesha Taylor - Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• John Klug, Superintendent
• Janecia Smith, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Fairfield Township School District
• Cumberland County web page for the Fairfield Township School District
• Data for the Fairfield Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Cumberland Regional High School