Norton Middle School

Norton Middle School is a middle school of reasonably sized scale in Columbus, Ohio, overseen by South-Western City, hosting 583 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Norton Middle School sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 33 schools in South-Western City (21,873 students total), Norton Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Norton Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 32% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Norton Middle School shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Norton Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.4%; this one comes in at 42.3%, -16.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Franklin County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Norton Middle School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

The closest other public school is Prairie Norton Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Norton Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

Norton Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 577 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Norton Middle School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.