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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341179000217
Northfield Community Elementary School
2000 NEW ROAD, NORTHFIELD, NJ 08225 · (609) 407-4005 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
120 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (93).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Northfield Community Elementary School→Northfield Community Middle School
Based on grade levels within Northfield City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
55.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.2% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 52.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Northfield Community Elementary School
Northfield Community Elementary School's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield Community Elementary School this school | 457 | 26.3% | 54.1% |
| Strathmore Elementary School ABERDEEN | 481 | 23.9% | 54.2% |
| Laura Donovan School FREEHOLD | 441 | 21.8% | 53.3% |
| Taunton Elementary School HOWELL | 389 | 24.7% | 40.7% |
| Rolling Hills Primary School VERNON | 431 | 28.5% | 48.3% |
| Ravine Drive Elementary School MATAWAN | 395 | 28.6% | 50.7% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Northfield Community Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #445 of 1,290 | #5 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #487 of 1,319 ▲ 17 | #5 of 38 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #524 of 1,319 ▲ 136 | #6 of 38 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #526 of 1,562 | #21 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #156 of 1,390 | #11 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #804 of 1,392 | #27 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #916 of 1,481 | #40 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #484 of 798 | #17 of 27 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
457
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 457 | 50 | 9.1:1 | 26% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 48.5 | 9.3:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 40.2 | 11.1:1 | 26% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 22% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 43.6 | 11.5:1 | 21% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 24% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 17% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 11% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northfield Community Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (500 to 457); teachers up 15% (43.6 to 50).
About Northfield Community Elementary School
At 2000 NEW ROAD in NORTHFIELD, New Jersey, Northfield Community Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 457 students, spread over pre-K through 4.
Northfield City School District is the local district for Northfield Community Elementary School. It runs 2 schools with 854 students.
About 68% of the student body at Northfield Community Elementary School is White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Atlantic County residents are about 56% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 50 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. At Northfield Community Elementary School, 26% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Atlantic County average 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Northfield Community Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 62% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
In New Jersey, Northfield Community Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 54.1% actual against a predicted 51.8%.
In the surrounding county, Atlantic County, the median household earns about $78,050 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Northfield Community Elementary School, Atlantic County has 77 public schools.
The closest school to Northfield Community Elementary School is Northfield Community Middle School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Northfield Community Elementary School at 3rd of 8.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 457, starting from 460. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.1:1) than in 2020-21 (11.8:1).
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Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northfield City School District
- Northfield Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 397 students
Other schools in NORTHFIELD
- Northfield Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Northfield Community Middle School0.0 mi · 397
- Bargaintown Preschool1.2 mi · 258
- Mainland Regional High School1.7 mi · 1,160
- Belhaven Middle School2.0 mi · 347
- South Main Street Elementary School2.1 mi · 455
- Principle Academy Charter School2.5 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Northfield Community Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northfield Community Elementary School?
Northfield Community Elementary School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Northfield Community Elementary School serve?
Northfield Community Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Northfield Community Elementary School?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at Northfield Community Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northfield Community Elementary School?
At Northfield Community Elementary School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Northfield Community Elementary School?
Northfield Community Elementary School is overseen by Northfield City School District in Atlantic County.
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