Northfield Elementary School

Northfield Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Northfield, Vermont, run under Paine Mountain Union School District #68, with 263 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Vermont's public schools average about 213 students each, so Northfield Elementary School sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

Northfield Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Paine Mountain Union School District #68, a district that works with 1,009 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Northfield Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Washington County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Northfield Elementary School shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,449, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,465 students), Northfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Northfield Middle/High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

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