Summary:
ZIP code 08225 has one elementary school, Northfield Community Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 4 with 457 students in the Northfield City School District. Since it is the only school listed, there is no school-to-school comparison; the test results cover grades 3 and 4. Most important, Northfield’s 2025–2026 two-grade ELA average was above the state’s (52% versus 47%), while its math average was nearly even with the state’s (47.9% versus 48.0%).
Within Northfield’s latest results, grade 3 math was the highest-scoring grade-subject result: 54% proficient, 5 points above the state. Grade 4 math was the lowest, at 42%, 5 points below the state, and was the clearest current concern. The grade difference was much larger in math than in ELA: math proficiency was 12 points higher in grade 3 than grade 4, while ELA results were 53% in grade 3 and 51% in grade 4. Both ELA results exceeded their respective state rates—by 4 points in grade 3 and 5 points in grade 4.
Results fell overall between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, especially in math: proficiency dropped 8 points in each grade, and the two-grade math average moved from 56% above the state by 8 points to near parity. The ELA average fell 6 points, with a sharper decline in grade 4, but remained 5 points above the state. SchoolDigger ranked Northfield 573 of 1,338 schools (57th percentile) in 2023–2024, 496 of 1,347 (63rd percentile) in 2024–2025, and 622 of 1,331 (53rd percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. Context figures include a 9.1 student-teacher ratio and 26% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these describe the school but do not establish why results changed.
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