Northfield Elementary

Northfield Elementary operates as a large K-5 school in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, part of Murfreesboro. Current enrollment sits at 711 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 51% larger than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Northfield Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Murfreesboro, a district that teaches 9,342 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northfield Elementary logs that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rutherford County put median household earnings sit near $85,470, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Northfield Elementary is one of 69 public schools in Rutherford County (combined enrollment of about 61,904 students).

Mitchell-Neilson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northfield Elementary.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northfield Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 720 students in 2018 to 711 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 56% to 47%.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.