Normandin Middle School

Normandin Middle School is a public middle-grades school in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 990 students. Middle schools in Massachusetts have about 547 students on average; enrollment here is 81% higher.

New Bedford operates 24 schools. Combined enrollment is 12,505 students.

The biggest share of students at Normandin Middle School, 43%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 39% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Bristol County's population at about 77%. The diversity index for Normandin Middle School is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

A staff of 83.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.8:1. The 11.5:1 average for middle schools in Massachusetts is close to this figure.

Among Massachusetts public middle schools, Normandin Middle School outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.

In Bristol County, median household income comes to about $85,625, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 142, with about 80,897 students.

Normandin Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Jireh Swift, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Normandin Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools.

Federal data place Normandin Middle School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school's student count decreased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 11.8 students per teacher, compared with 13.9 in 2020-21.

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