Enrollment
276
Middle
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362136005581
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL
7852 STATE HWY 56, NORWOOD, NY 13668 · (315) 353-6631 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
158 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 28% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 42.3% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 276 | 57.2% | 46.3% |
| SOUTH LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOL TURIN | 311 | 58.5% | 55.6% |
| NEWARK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWARK VALLEY | 278 | 54.0% | 32.2% |
| CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL CATTARAUGUS | 234 | 56.8% | 47.4% |
| PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL PENN YAN | 288 | 52.1% | 52.5% |
| LITTLE FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL LITTLE FALLS | 233 | 54.1% | 57.5% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In St. Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #499 of 766 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #489 of 768 ▲ 92 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #460 of 768 ▲ 201 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #606 of 796 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #127 of 683 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.4% | #681 of 688 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.2% | #364 of 773 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #309 of 524 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
276
-17 (-6%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 292
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 276 | 30.6 | 9.0:1 | 57% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 30.3 | 9.7:1 | 60% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 28.1 | 10.5:1 | 64% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 27 | 10.8:1 | 61% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 308 | 18 | 17.1:1 | 59% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 14 | 21.1:1 | 56% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 46% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school in NORWOOD, New York. The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 276 students. The school is 48% below the average for middle schools in New York.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL is in NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 907 students across 3 schools.
At NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL, 97% of students are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 6%.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1, with 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in St. Lawrence County is 45%.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of New York public middle schools.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.3%) and its predicted rate (53.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
The school's county is St. Lawrence County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $62,850, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 40 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,653, NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL is 7th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 293 to 276. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.8:1 in 2020-21, and 9.0:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
St. Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students
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- NORWOOD-NORFOLK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 341 students
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- NORWOOD-NORFOLK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 341 students
- NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOLHigh · 290 students
Nearby schools
- NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL0.0 mi · 290
- NORWOOD-NORFOLK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 341
- A A KINGSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL6.8 mi · 393
- LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.9 mi · 526
- POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 373
- MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.1 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 276 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 9.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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