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Norton High
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 34 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Norton High
As a mid-sized four-year high school in Norton, Massachusetts, Norton High serves 685 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Norton.
Norton runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,346 students. Norton High is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Norton High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest looks like 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.
On the resource side, The school employs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Norton High tighter than the state norm the norm.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Bristol County put median household earnings sit near $85,625, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Bristol County's 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), Norton High is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Henri A. Yelle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Five-year trend. Norton High's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 744 (now 685). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 92% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.
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- Norton MiddleMiddle · 527 students
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- Norton MiddleMiddle · 527 students
- J C SolmoneseElementary · 491 students
- Henri A. YelleElementary · 371 students
- L G Nourse ElementaryElementary · 272 students
- Henri A. Yelle0.2 mi · 371
- Norton Middle0.9 mi · 527
- L G Nourse Elementary1.6 mi · 272
- J C Solmonese1.7 mi · 491
- Benjamin Friedman Middle4.1 mi · 701
- Joseph C Chamberlain4.3 mi · 496