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Newton North High
A+

Newton North High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

457 Walnut Street, Newtonville, MA 02460 · (617) 559-6200 · Part of Newton School District

Newton’s School Grade A better than 90% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Photo: Nauticashades / Nauticashades · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
2,096
Students per teacher
11:1
Setting
City
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Newton North High

  • Its own letter, A+: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 44 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 38 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 11 students per teacher

On the path

Where Newton kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–84 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Newton North HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency81%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts87%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, A+, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

457 Walnut Street, Newtonville

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9476
Grade 10534
Grade 11528
Grade 12527
Ungraded31
Enrollment over time
2,073’20
2,098’21
2,099’22
2,118’23
2,096’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 58%Asian 18%Hispanic 12%Two or more races 7%Black 5%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Newton North High from Newton families.

Other schools in Newton School District

The district →
Newton Early Childhood Program
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Newton
173 students10:1
Cabot
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Newtonville
A−
414 students11:1
Zervas
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Waban
A−
399 students11:1
A E Angier
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Waban
A−
383 students10:1
Countryside
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Newton Highlands
A
369 students10:1
Horace Mann
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Newtonville
A
351 students11:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Newton’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.