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Schools in Norton Center

Norton Center’s public schools

Norton School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Norton Center. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools above Massachusetts’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Massachusetts’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
38%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.6K
▼ 22% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.9
MA 11.9
Schools in town
0
1,975 students on the public path
In brief

Norton Center’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Norton Center’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Norton High places highest (better than 76%); J C Solmonese lowest (30%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Norton Center, graded from C to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Norton High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Norton Center, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–32 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to B
6–8Norton Middlein NortonC+
9–12Norton Highin NortonA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Norton School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Norton School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,346 students · 11.9 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$20,573MA $26,530 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 43.7% · 1249 students tested
Math38%
State average 40.7% · 1239 students tested

Norton Center vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share Norton Center’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Norton Center—Norton

Every school in Norton Center

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Norton Centerin other towns
J C Solmonese
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Norton
C
491 students12:1Rate it →
L G Nourse Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Norton
B
272 students11:1Rate it →
Norton Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Norton
C+
527 students13:1Rate it →
Norton High
High · Grades 9–12 · Norton
A−
685 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Norton Center’s schools

Are Norton Center’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Norton Center. Norton School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Norton Center. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Norton Center in?

Norton School District.

Where do Norton Center kids go to high school?

Norton High.

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What Norton Center families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.