Northfield Community Middle School

Northfield Community Middle School is a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in NORTHFIELD, New Jersey, run under Northfield City School District. The school serves 397 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Within Northfield City School District, which oversees 2 schools and 854 students, Northfield Community Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Northfield Community Middle School lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 18% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, On paper, Northfield Community Middle School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Atlantic County (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Northfield Community Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 53.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Atlantic County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $78,050 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Northfield Community Middle School is one of 77 public schools in Atlantic County (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students).

Northfield Community Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northfield Community Middle School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northfield Community Middle School has fell 3%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 78% to 67%.

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