Grades K-8 Business administrator Linda Albright Student-teacher ratio 11.7:1 Number of students 980 (2013–2014) Faculty 84.1 | Superintendent Pete Bretones Enrollment 980 (as of 2013-14) District Factor Group DE Schools 2 | |
The Northfield Community Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from the City of Northfield, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
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Map of Northfield City, NJ, USA
As of the 2013-14 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 940 students and 84.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest 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.
Students in ninth through twelfth grades attend the Mainland Regional High School, which serves students from Linwood, Northfield and Somers Point. The high school is located in Linwood. For the 1997-98 school year, Mainland Regional High School was recognized by the United States Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,356 students and 119.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
Awards and recognition
SETDA, the State Educational Technology Directors Association, named the Middle School as the winner of its Student Voices Award, which honors "an outstanding K-12 school or district that has leveraged technology to dramatically improve the educational experiences and achievement of their students." Northfield was praised for "redesigning their school setting to invite innovative learning anywhere and anytime. Modeled from the d. School at Stanford University, the school implemented new furniture, whiteboards, bikes, turtles, and more ... Overall, this school has been transformed to a new digital learning environment that provides hands-on experiences for all learners."
In 2016, Principal Glenn Robbins was recognized by the National Association of Secondary School Principals as one of three top national Digital Principals for the innovative Design Thinking and Idea Street concepts in the Northfield Middle School.
Karen Weeks, 7th grade math teacher at Northfield Community School, was named the 2009/2010 Atlantic County Teacher of the Year.
In 2009, Northfield Community School was named one of eight New Jersey Schools of Character.
In 2008, Northfield Community School was named the Healthiest School in Atlantic County in AtlantiCare's Healthy Schools contest.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2013-14 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are: