NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH

NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH is one of the large secondary schools in NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, part of NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,283 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH sits 246% larger than that benchmark.

NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,849 students; NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH reports that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Rice County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rice County) shows that median household earnings sit near $83,181, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Rice County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,301 students), of which NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH is one.

BRIDGEWATER ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 57.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 1,328 students in 2018 compared to 1,283 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 76% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.