New Fairfield High School - New Fairfield, Connecticut/CT

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New Fairfield High School

54 Gillotti Rd., New Fairfield, CT, 06812-2525 -

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Definition of Terms

New Fairfield High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Fairfield County, CT

Students & Faculty

Total Students

694 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

66 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 18 students

Grade 10 - 232 students

Grade 11 - 231 students

Grade 12 - 213 students

This School

(CT) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:11

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CT) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	4%	13%
% Black	1%	16%
% White	94%	67%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CT) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

19%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(CT) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

New Fairfield School District

This School's Agency

(CT) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	4	6
Number of Students Managed	3,135 students	2,969 students
District Total Revenue	$35,069,000	$38,028,000
District Expenditure	$33,374,000	$36,375,000
District Revenue / Student	$11,186	$12,808
District Expenditure / Student	$10,646	$12,252
District Graduation Rates	97%	79%

Wave Runners Sweep Meet (The New Milford Times)
posted on October 9, 2009 at 04:46:52 pm
The New Milford cross country program just keeps up its frenetic pace.
State's stricter teen driving laws mark first anniversary (The News-Times)
posted on September 26, 2009 at 10:58:09 pm
It's been just over a year since Connecticut passed the new, stricter teen driving laws and, as of October 1, 2009, an additional testing requirement will be put into place before teens can become licensed.By and large, Danbury-area parents and teen drivers seem to be embracing the new laws.
Lake Report On Runoff (The Brookfield Journal)
posted on September 11, 2009 at 02:14:48 pm
A recent report indicates that rain runoff poses dangers to Candlewood Lake, an issue that at least one official hopes might prompt three of the municipalities bordering the 81-year-old lake to follow New Milford and Brookfield's efforts to revise their zoning regulations.
Danbury hoops coach takes Division I softball job (The News-Times)
posted on September 9, 2009 at 11:58:13 pm
DANBURY -- Tom Pardalis is letting go of one dream to fulfill another. After 13 seasons in charge of the Danbury High School boys basketball team, Pardalis, 59, resigned last week to become the head softball coach at Manhattan College in New York, a Division I program.
Newquist's Cityscapes In Exhibit at the Gunn (Litchfield County Times)
posted on September 3, 2009 at 03:58:28 pm
WASHINGTON-For centuries, artists have fled the jostling flurry of the city to country retreats in Connecticut, where inspiration abounds in the artistic mind's eye.

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New Fairfield High School is the only secondary school within New Fairfield, Connecticut. It enrolls approximately 900 students annually. The current principal of New Fairfield High School is Mariana Coelho, who is taking over for Alicia Roy, the new assistant superintendent of school. The school was constructed in the 1970s with open classrooms that were retrofitted with walls in the 1980s. New Fairfield was ranked by Newsweek on its list of the top 1300 public high schools in the U.S. for 2007.
Notable alumni
Jennifer Rizzotti is a graduate of New Fairfield High School. Rizzotti is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. From 1992-
Rigor
New Fairfield High School constantly pushes students to take AP courses. These courses are even favored next to honors. The fact for this is that the school's ranking is often based just off of the number of students taking these high level courses.
Athletics
See also
New Fairfield Middle School
External links
New Fairfield High School Website
[1] New Fairfield High School "Strategic School Profile 2005-2006 from state Department of
[2] School's main Web page at Great Schools Web site]

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