Normandin Middle School

Normandin Middle School is a middle-grades school of substantial scale in New Bedford, Massachusetts, one of the schools within New Bedford, enrolling 990 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 81% above the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.

New Bedford runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 12,505 students. Normandin Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Normandin Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 39% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bristol County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Normandin Middle School has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bristol County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Bristol County runs 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), of which Normandin Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jireh Swift, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 1,254 students in 2018 compared to 990 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.