Northfield Community Schools

Northfield Community Schools
Address
2000 New Road Northfield , Atlantic County , New Jersey , 08225 United States
Coordinates	39°22′06″N74°33′39″W / 39.368229°N 74.560859°W / 39.368229; -74.560859
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	Pete Bretones
Business administrator	Linda Albright
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	919 (as of 2018–19) [1]
Faculty	82.9 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.1:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,292 24 $18,891 −13.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,260 18 14,159 −13.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,381 36 8,659 −3.2% 6 Support Services 1,293 5 2,167 −40.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,355 20 1,547 −12.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,161 11 1,612 −28.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 70 24 104 −32.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 56,030 15 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Northfield Community Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from the City of Northfield, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^[3]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 919 students and 82.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. ^[1]

The district had been 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. ^[4]

Students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Mainland Regional High School, which serves students from Linwood, Northfield and Somers Point. ^{[5] [6]} The high school is located in Linwood. For the 1997-98 school year, Mainland Regional High School was recognized by the United States Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School. ^[7] As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,171 students and 106.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1. ^[8]

Awards and recognition

SETDA, the State Educational Technology Directors Association, named the Middle School as the winner of its Student Voices Award, which honors "an outstanding K-12 school or district that has leveraged technology to dramatically improve the educational experiences and achievement of their students." Northfield was praised for "redesigning their school setting to invite innovative learning anywhere and anytime. Modeled from the d. School at Stanford University, the school implemented new furniture, whiteboards, bikes, turtles, and more ... Overall, this school has been transformed to a new digital learning environment that provides hands-on experiences for all learners."

In 2016, Principal Glenn Robbins was recognized by the National Association of Secondary School Principals as one of three top national Digital Principals for the innovative Design Thinking and Idea Street concepts in the Northfield Middle School. ^[9]

Karen Schroeder (née Weeks/Casselman), 7th grade math teacher at Northfield Community School, was named the 2009/2010 Atlantic County Teacher of the Year. ^[10]

Northfield Community School was named one of eight New Jersey Schools of Character. ^[11]

In 2008, Northfield Community School was named the Healthiest School in Atlantic County in AtlantiCare's Healthy Schools contest.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[12] ) are: ^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}

Elementary school

• Northfield Community Elementary School ^[17] with 505 students in grades K-4
  • Maureen Vaccaro, principal ^[18]

Middle school

• Northfield Community Middle School ^[19] with 409 students in grades 5-8
  • Kevin Morrison, principal ^[18]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[18] [20]}

• Pedro D. Bretones, superintendent ^[21]
• Linda Albright, business administrator ^[22]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. ^{[23] [24] [25]}

References

1. District information for Northfield City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Northfield Board of Education District Policy 9000.1 Identification, Northfield Community Schools, readopted October 24, 2011. Accessed January 26, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-K through 8 in the Northfield School District. Composition: The Northfield School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Northfield."
4. District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
5. Shott, Meghan. "Mainland Regional High School", SouthJersey.com, February 23, 2015. Accessed January 26, 2025. "Mainland Regional High School is a regional public high school serving students from the communities of Linwood, Northfield and Somers Point in Atlantic County."
6. One Family, One School, One Community, Mainland Regional High School. Accessed January 26, 2025. "The Mainland Regional High School District is a comprehensive, four-year public high school with an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students serving the communities of Somers Point, Northfield and Linwood, New Jersey. The District also participates in school choice, which permits 44 students that reside outside of the sending districts to attend Mainland Regional High School."
7. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed January 1, 2025.
8. School data for Mainland Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
9. 2016 Digital Principals of the Year, National Association of Secondary School Principals. Accessed October 10, 2016. "Glenn Robbins is the principal of Northfield Community Middle School in Northfield, NJ, where technology is a ubiquitous element of a larger culture of innovative, student-centered learning focused on the mantra 'Becoming Life Ready.'"
10. "County Teachers of the Year: Atlantic County".
11. 2016 New Jersey Schools of Character Recognition Ceremony Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional, and Character Development. Accessed October 10, 2016. "Northfield Middle School (’09) Northfield, NJ"
12. School Data for the Northfield Community Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
13. About Our School, Northfield Community Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020. "We have approximately 1,000 pupils, grades PK-8, housed in one building located on a site of 11.58 acres. Although we are located in one building, we have designated the downstairs of the building as the Northfield Community Elementary School for grades PK-4 and the upstairs of the building as the Northfield Community Middle School for grades 5-8."
14. Public School Directory 2023–2024, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
15. School Performance Reports for the Northfield Community Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
16. New Jersey School Directory data for the Northfield Community Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
17. Northfield Community Elementary School, Northfield Community Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
18. Staff Directory, Northfield Community School. Accessed May 12, 2020.
19. Northfield Community Middle School, Northfield Community Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
20. New Jersey School Directory for Atlantic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
21. Office of the Superintendent, Northfield Community Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
22. Business Administrator, Northfield Community Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
23. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
24. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Northfield City School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed May 1, 2024. "The City of Northfield School District is a Type II district located in the County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. A Superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades Pre-K-8. Students in grades 9-12 attend Mainland Regional High School." See "Roster of Officials" on page 15.
25. About Our Board, Northfield Community Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020. "A nine (9) member Board of Education elected by the qualified voters of the district, formulates policies to guide the operation of the schools."

External links

• Northfield Community Schools
• School Performance Reports for the Northfield Community Schools , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Northfield Community Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Mainland Regional High School website