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Enrollment
583
Middle
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH-WESTERN CITY·NCES 390448001668
Norton Middle School
215 Norton Rd, Columbus, OH 43228 · (614) 801-3700 · Franklin County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
470 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 7 | 290 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 293 | 50% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 54% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
35.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.8pp since 2021
Math
47.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 47.4% |
| 2022-23 | 41.8% | 44.8% |
| 2021-22 | 38.6% | 47.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Norton Middle School
Norton Middle School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Middle School this school | 583 | 80.6% | 42.3% |
| Galloway Ridge Intermediate School Galloway | 705 | 83.1% | 42.4% |
| Pleasant View Middle School Grove City | 651 | 81.1% | 51.3% |
| Holt Crossing Intermediate School Grove City | 733 | 77.6% | 47.1% |
| Finland Middle School Columbus | 673 | 87.8% | 52.1% |
| Franklin Woods Intermediate School Columbus | 666 | 85.0% | 41.4% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Norton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #314 of 316 | #32 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #532 of 637 ▼ 3 | #40 of 64 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #576 of 637 ▲ 11 | #49 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #130 of 629 | #16 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #209 of 654 | #36 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #164 of 577 | #22 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #7 of 579 | #3 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #16 of 319 | #5 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #159 of 169 | #25 of 26 |
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
583
-47 (-7%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 583 | 39.2 | 14.9:1 | 81% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 38.6 | 16.4:1 | 80% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 36.6 | 18.5:1 | 71% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 28 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 34.3 | 16.8:1 | 76% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 70% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 66% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 903 | 41 | 22.0:1 | 42% (379) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 39 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (577 to 583); teachers up 14% (34.3 to 39.2).
About Norton Middle School
Norton Middle School is a mid-sized middle school based in Columbus, Ohio. Enrollment totals 583 students across grades 7 through 8. On average, middle schools in Ohio enroll around 482, and this school is 21% above that mark.
Norton Middle School is part of a district of 33 schools: South-Western City, with 21,873 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Norton Middle School is White, with 35% of students. Other groups make up 32% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Franklin County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
A staff of 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.9:1. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio is 2.2 students per teacher. By family income, 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Franklin County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
Norton Middle School is a bottom-10% school in Ohio on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.3% against a predicted 58.4%.
For the population of Franklin County, median household income comes to about $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Franklin County's 402 public schools enroll about 195,359 students and include Norton Middle School.
Prairie Norton Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Norton Middle School. Norton Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 42.3% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 630 to 583, a 7% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.5:1 to 14.9:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South-Western City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Westland High SchoolHigh · 1,853 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
Other Norton Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Norton Middle. Norton Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Norton Middle SchoolNorton, OH · 655 students
- Norton MiddleNorton, MA · 527 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Norton Elementary School0.2 mi · 510
- Darby Woods Elementary School0.3 mi · 554
- Westland High School0.4 mi · 1,853
- Galloway Ridge Intermediate School0.7 mi · 705
- Prairie Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 515
- Stiles Elementary School0.9 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About Norton Middle SchoolHow many students attend Norton Middle School?
Norton Middle School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Norton Middle School serve?
Norton Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Norton Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Norton Middle School is approximately 14.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Norton Middle School?
Student demographics at Norton Middle School are roughly 35% White, 32% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Norton Middle School public or private?
Norton Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South-Western City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.