Summary:
The city of Northfield, Illinois is home to 3 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 1 elementary school, 1 middle school, and 1 alternative high school. The standout school in the area is Sunset Ridge Elementary School, a middle school that has consistently ranked among the top 26 middle schools in Illinois over the past 3 years and earned a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Sunset Ridge Elementary School has demonstrated exceptional academic performance, with high proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. In contrast, the alternative school, New Trier Township H S Northfield, had a relatively low dropout rate of 2.4% for the 2024-2025 school year. However, all three schools in the area had high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 25.4%, which is an area of concern that the district may want to investigate further.
The schools in Northfield also varied in their spending per student, with Sunset Ridge Elementary School spending the most at $33,175 per student, followed by New Trier Township H S Northfield at $29,481 and Middlefork Primary School at $26,751. The student-teacher ratios ranged from 7.5 at Sunset Ridge Elementary School to 11.3 at New Trier Township H S Northfield, indicating relatively small class sizes across the district.
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