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Northfield Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Northfield Public School District runs 12 public schools with 3,849 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 3,849
- Teachers (FTE)
- 249
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 201 Orchard Street S, Northfield, MN 55057
- Phone
- (507)663-0629
- County
- Rice County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2723880
- State district ID
- MN-010659
- Total staff (FTE)
- 519
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 481 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.5
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,988), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $68.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.4 million
- State revenue
- $41.2 million
- Local revenue
- $22.5 million
- Total spending
- $73.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,343
- Salaries
- $35.9 million49.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $62.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.5%
- State: 60.5%
- Local: 33.0%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,343
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Northfield Public School District
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Big 9 Online Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 0 | |
| Big 9 Online High School | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Big 9 Online Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 0 | |
| Bridgewater Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 564 | 14.1 |
| Greenvale Park Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 488 | 11.9 |
| Northfield Area Learning Center | High | 6 to 12 | 107 | 21.4 |
| Northfield Community Education Cntr | Prekindergarten | PK | 117 | 7.3 |
| Northfield Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 845 | 19.2 |
| Northfield Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,283 | 21.0 |
| Out of State Care and Treatment | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| School Readiness Plus | Elementary | PK to K | 0 | |
| Spring Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 445 | 12.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rice County
- Faribault Public School District 3,106 students
- Cannon River STEM School 224 students
- Minnesota State Academies 134 students
- Arcadia Charter School 116 students
- Nerstrand Charter School 102 students
- Cannon Valley Special Education Coo 97 students
- Surad Academy 77 students
- Discovery Public School - Faribault 45 students
More in Minnesota
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.