Northfield Academy

Northfield Academy operates as a very small high school in Columbia, Tennessee, run under Maury County. Current enrollment sits at 74 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 754 students each, so Northfield Academy sits 90% leaner than that benchmark.

Maury County comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,098 students; Northfield Academy is among them.

On demographics, Northfield Academy reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Black, 12% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Maury County shows median household earnings sit near $76,130, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Maury County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,098 students), Northfield Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Virtual Academy of Maury County, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northfield Academy has edged up 48%, going from 50 students in 2018 to 74 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 2% to 12%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.