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Schools in Northfield

Northfield’s public schools

Whitehall School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Northfield. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Wisconsin’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Wisconsin’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
30%
2021–22
Math proficiency
40%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.9K
▼ 3% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
760 students on the public path
In brief

Northfield’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Northfield’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Whitehall Memorial Elementary places highest (better than 55%); Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High lowest (33%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Northfield, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Whitehall Memorial Elementaryin WhitehallB
7–12Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior Highin WhitehallC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Whitehall School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Whitehall School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 760 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$15,885WI $16,459 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading30%
State average 38.1% · 401 students tested
Math40%
State average 38.7% · 402 students tested

Northfield vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Northfield’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Northfield—Whitehall
HaleC+Whitehall PK–12 · Osseo-Fairchild PK–12
Garden Valley—Alma Center
Garfield—Osseo-Fairchild
Curran—Blair-Taylor PK–12 · Black River Falls PK–12
Sumner—Osseo-Fairchild
PigeonCWhitehall

2 of the 6 neighbors share Whitehall with Northfield, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Northfield

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Northfieldin other towns
Whitehall Memorial Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Whitehall
B
439 students13:1Rate it →
Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Whitehall
C
321 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Northfield’s schools

Are Northfield’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Northfield. Whitehall School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Northfield. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Northfield in?

Whitehall School District.

Where do Northfield kids go to high school?

Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.