Norwell High

Norwell High is a high school with a street address in Norwell, Massachusetts. It teaches 601 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Massachusetts have about 777 students on average; enrollment here is 23% lower.

Norwell operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,194 students.

Norwell High is 91% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Plymouth County's population at about 77%. The diversity index for Norwell High is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The school had 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. The school's 11.7:1 compares with an average of 23.4:1 for high schools in Massachusetts.

Census data for Plymouth County show the median household earns about $114,201 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Norwell High, Plymouth County has 141 public schools.

A public school about 1.0 miles away, Norwell Middle School, is the closest to Norwell High. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Norwell High.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.

The school's student count decreased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.4 in 2020-21.

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