EDUCATION

Holland Hall - St. Olaf College

Known as a community that supports education, Northfield is home to two prestigious liberal arts colleges and supports its public and private schools.

NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

VISION: We will prepare every student for lifelong success within a world-class learning environment with a commitment to community partnerships and sustainability. Mission: to deliver educational excellence that empowers all learners to engage in our dynamic world. The district features many schools for you including three elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, an alternative high school and sponsors several charter schools. Community education is offered through Community Services and includes early childhood education, adult basic education and programs for adults with disabilities.

CHARTER SCHOOL

Arcadia is a public, project-based, progressive school serving students in grades 6-12. Arcadia’s mission is to prepare students to transition intellectually, emotionally, and ethically to higher education, future employment, and engaged

citizenship. Through collaboration and student-driven projects, students: express themselves creatively through the visual, literary, and performing arts; use technology with innovation, imagination, and responsibility; develop critical thinking and creative problem solving skills; construct knowledge and meaning for themselves; value, advocate, and strive for the wellness of the whole person; and are empowered to act as local citizens within a rapidly changing global community.

PRIVATE SCHOOL

St. Dominic School, Preschool-8 grade, inspires children to excel as confident leaders, critical thinkers, and responsible citizens, in a Catholic values-based community. St. Dominic School welcomes people of all faiths and backgrounds and teaches the whole child: mind body and spirit in a rightsized class setting. The school has partnerships with Groves Academy for grades Preschool-3rd in Literacy, Kahn Academy for grades 4-5 in Math, Bellevue University for all grades in Civics, and STEM with local partnerships in all grades.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Northfield is also home to two colleges, Carleton College and St. Olaf College. Carleton College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1866 when the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches unanimously accepted a resolution to locate a college in Northfield. The school was named for William Carleton who donated $50,000 to the institution in 1871. The 200 acre main campus in home to 2, 078 undergraduate students and employs 212 faculty members. St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers. The college is named after the King and the Patron Saint Olaf II of Norway and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Known as “the Hill,” St. Olaf is home to 3,040 undergraduate students and employs 246 faculty members.

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