Tomlinson Middle School, built in 1925, is the oldest of the town's three public middle schools, and it used to be a high school.
Tomlinson Middle School underwent a $30 million renovation from 2004 to 2007 and its bricks-and-mortar capacity is 700 students.
Enrollment at Tomlinson Middle School in 2009-10 is 774 students (March 2010 figure), and enrollment was projected on Nov. 30, 2009 to peak at 871 students in 2012-13. Enrollment in 2014-15 is projected to drop to 852 students.
The town in the spring of 2010 is wrestling with how to accommodate its growing middle school population, and plans have been brought forward to expand Fairfield Woods Middle School.
The enrollment projections at Tomlinson assume the "feeder pattern" of students from elementary schools to middle schools doesn't change and that the Board of Education does not approve a redistricting plan.
Tomlinson Middle School is located across Unquowa Road from the Fairfield Railroad Station and is a short walk away from downtown Fairfield and the Fairfield Public Library.
Students who graduate from Tomlinson Middle School attend Fairfield Ludlowe High School.
Tomlinson Middle School's principal is Connee Dawson, and the school's mascot is the thunderbird.