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Pre-K has most students with 28, far more than Kind and Grade 5 at 3 and 1.

Year Founded

1997

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Student Body

Total Students

32 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

100%

State avg.: 39%

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Total Classroom Teachers

4 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

8:1

National avg.: 11:1

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None / Rolling

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Northern Lights School, steeped in Waldorf practices and philosophy, strives to engage the mind, ignite the imagination and strengthen the will as children develop initiative, creativity and life skills.
Northern Lights meets the challenges of an ever-changing world with an education that addresses the whole human being.
This approach supports each stage of development with academic, artistic, physical and social activities that draw forth each child's unique capacities.
It is recognized that the Waldorf School movement comes closer than any other educational philosophy to realizing these ideals in our children.

Northern Lights School, steeped in Waldorf practices and philosophy, strives to engage the mind, ignite the imagination and strengthen the will as children develop initiative, creativity and life skills. Northern Lights meets the challenges of an ever-changing world with an education that addresses the whole human being. This approach supports each stage of development with academic, artistic, physical and social activities that draw forth each child's unique capacities. It is recognized that the Waldorf School movement comes closer than any other educational philosophy to realizing these ideals in our children.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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