Enrollment
290
High
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362136003045
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL
7852 STATE HWY 56, NORWOOD, NY 13668 · (315) 353-6631 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
154 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 72 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 79 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 65 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 74 | 26% |
Student demographics
8%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 SCHOOL
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL this school | 290 | 53.1% | 71.3% |
| MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PORT HENRY | 292 | 53.8% | 35.5% |
| WARRENSBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WARRENSBURG | 262 | 52.7% | 43.7% |
| WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHITEHALL | 325 | 53.2% | 49.3% |
| DUNDEE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DUNDEE | 281 | 53.7% | 47.3% |
| SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL TURIN | 272 | 55.1% | 74.0% |
Matched among New York high 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 SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In St. Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #320 of 1,135 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #129 of 1,109 ▼ 6 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #488 of 1,135 ▼ 130 | #6 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #939 of 1,216 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #202 of 1,058 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.0% | #1,033 of 1,070 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #662 of 1,167 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #162 of 339 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
290
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 659
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 290 | 30.8 | 9.4:1 | 53% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 29.7 | 10.5:1 | 56% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 29.8 | 10.5:1 | 59% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 24 | 12.5:1 | 46% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 266 | 22 | 12.1:1 | 46% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 16 | 17.8:1 | 50% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 34% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 40% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 659 | 51 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL.
About NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in NORWOOD, New York. The school's 290 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 907 students spread across 3 schools.
White students make up 96% of enrollment at NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 2% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 8%, meaning two students picked at random have an 8% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL employs 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 9.4:1. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 53% in 2024-25.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.3% and a predicted 55.5%.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL is located in St. Lawrence County, where the median household income is $62,850, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in the county.
NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL's average proficiency of 71.3% compares with 57.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 290, a 3% decrease from 299 in 2020-21. The ratio was 12.5:1 in 2020-21 and 9.4:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORWOOD-NORFOLK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 341 students
- NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 276 students
Other schools in NORWOOD
- NORWOOD-NORFOLK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 341 students
- NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 276 students
Nearby schools
- NORWOOD-NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 276
- 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 JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.1 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOLHow large is NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL?
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL serve?
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL.
How diverse is NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL?
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL reports a student body of 96% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL?
NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL is overseen by NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in St. Lawrence County.
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