NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL

NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL is one of the compact secondary schools in NORWOOD, New York, overseen by NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 290 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 3 schools in NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (907 students total), NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL logs that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 2% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.5%; this one delivers 71.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Lawrence County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,850 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Lawrence County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), of which NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL is one.

NORWOOD-NORFOLK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.9%.

NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 266 students in 2018 compared to 290 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.