NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in NORWOOD, New York, NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small intermediate school, operated by NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 276 students across grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 48% smaller than typical.

NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 907 students. NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Lawrence County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.3%.

In the area at large, census data for St. Lawrence County shows median household income runs about $62,850, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in St. Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students).

NORWOOD-NORFOLK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 61.0%.

NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 308 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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