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What's one thing Northfield Community Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
397
Middle
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341179000215
Northfield Community Middle School
2000 NEW ROAD, NORTHFIELD, NJ 08225 · (609) 407-4008 · Atlantic County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of New Jersey public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
103 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 102 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 27% |
Student demographics
51%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
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
66.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
52.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.8% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 52.6% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 Middle School
Northfield Community Middle School's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield Community Middle School this school | 397 | 25.9% | 53.4% |
| Tinton Falls Middle School TINTON FALLS | 443 | 26.0% | 51.7% |
| Hazlet Middle School HAZLET | 376 | 25.0% | 34.7% |
| Lincoln Park Middle School LINCOLN PARK | 368 | 24.5% | 60.3% |
| Joyce Kilmer School Milltown | 444 | 21.8% | 39.3% |
| Great Meadows Regional Middle School GREAT MEADOWS | 361 | 21.9% | 48.2% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #149 of 433 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #161 of 437 ▼ 26 | #3 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #174 of 437 ▲ 6 | #4 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #315 of 445 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #92 of 417 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #251 of 419 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #244 of 436 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #234 of 282 | #10 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
397
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 397 | 41.5 | 9.6:1 | 26% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 40.5 | 9.7:1 | 21% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 37.9 | 11.1:1 | 24% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 36 | 11.7:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 39.8 | 10.3:1 | 22% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 50 | 8.4:1 | 22% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 16% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 14% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northfield Community Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (409 to 397); teachers up 4% (39.8 to 41.5).
About Northfield Community Middle School
The public middle school Northfield Community Middle School is located in NORTHFIELD, New Jersey. Students in grades 5 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 397 students. The average among middle schools in New Jersey is roughly 578 students; this school is 31% smaller than that.
Northfield City School District oversees Northfield Community Middle School and 1 other school, with 854 students in total.
At 67%, White students outnumber all other groups at Northfield Community Middle School combined. After that, the student body is 18% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Atlantic County, the White share is about 56%. By the diversity index, Northfield Community Middle School comes in at 51%.
Northfield Community Middle School operates with 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.6:1. That ratio is under the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Northfield Community Middle School reports 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Atlantic County is 33 points.
The allk12 Grade for Northfield Community Middle School is B+. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Northfield Community Middle School would score about 52.0%. It scores 53.4%, 1.4 points above that figure.
In the county around the school, Atlantic County, median household income is about $78,050, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Northfield Community Middle School is among the 77 public schools in Atlantic County.
The nearest public school is Northfield Community Elementary School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Northfield Community Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Northfield Community Middle School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Northfield Community Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Northfield Community Middle School had 421 students in 2020-21 and 397 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. The ratio was 11.7:1 in 2020-21 and 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in NORTHFIELD
- Northfield Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Northfield Community Elementary School0.0 mi · 457
- 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 Middle SchoolHow many students attend Northfield Community Middle School?
Northfield Community Middle School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Northfield Community Middle School serve?
Northfield Community Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Northfield Community Middle School?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at Northfield Community Middle School.
How diverse is Northfield Community Middle School?
Northfield Community Middle School reports a student body of 67% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Northfield Community Middle School?
Northfield Community Middle School is overseen by Northfield City School District in Atlantic County.
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