The Northfield Community Schools are a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from the City of Northfield, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,060 students and 79.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.30.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
Students in grades 9 - 12 attend the Mainland Regional High School, which serves students from Linwood, Northfield and Somers Point. The high school is located in Linwood.
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