Northern Hills Academy

As a rural-scale multi-level school in SPARTA, New Jersey, Northern Hills Academy serves 44 students from grades pre-K through 12, part of Sussex County Educational Services Commission. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 934 students each, so Northern Hills Academy sits 95% below that benchmark.

Northern Hills Academy sits inside Sussex County Educational Services Commission, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Northern Hills Academy shows that 80% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Northern Hills Academy has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.1:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, census data for Sussex County shows the typical household earns roughly $116,186 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sussex County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), Northern Hills Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sussex County Technical School, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northern Hills Academy.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northern Hills Academy has held roughly steady, going from 44 students in 2018 to 44 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 5.5:1 in 2018 to 4.1:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.