About Northfield Public School District
Northfield Public School District is a public school system serving Rice County, Minnesota, based in Northfield. It serves 3,849 students across 12 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #56 largest of Minnesota’s 535 school systems.
Size and structure
Northfield Public School District enrolls 3,849 students in 12 schools — an average of about 321 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #56 of 535 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Northfield Public School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (3,849 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Northfield Public School District employs about 249 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.5:1 — above the Minnesota average of about 15.0:1. Total district staff is roughly 519.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Minnesota funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Northfield Public School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Minnesota’s accountability system, North Star, is published through the Minnesota Report Card, covering achievement, growth, graduation, progress toward English-language proficiency and consistent attendance rather than a single A–F grade. Look up Northfield Public School District on the Minnesota Report Card.
Accreditation status
Minnesota has no state accreditation requirement for public districts; where districts pursue voluntary accreditation they generally work with Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor. Look up Northfield Public School District in the free Cognia registry.
Northfield Public School District vs. Minnesota
See every Minnesota district side by side in the Minnesota directory.
Look up Northfield Public School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):