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Norwood High
B+

Norwood High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

245 Nichols Street, Norwood, MA 02062 · (781) 769-2333 · Part of Norwood School District

Norwood’s School Grade B− better than 49% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
966
Students per teacher
12:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Norwood High

  • Its own letter, B+: better results than 67% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 6 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 13 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 12 students per teacher

On the path

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

6–8Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School807 students
9–12Norwood HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency43%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts62%
State average 49.3%

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

Location

Directions ↗

245 Nichols Street, Norwood

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9259
Grade 10239
Grade 11219
Grade 12246
Ungraded3
Enrollment over time
973’20
987’21
941’22
951’23
966’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 56%Hispanic 23%Black 13%Asian 4%Two or more races 3%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 Norwood High from Norwood families.

Other schools in Norwood School District

The district →
Little Mustangs Preschool Academy (LMPA)
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Norwood
129 students17:1
George F. Willett
Elementary · Grades K · Norwood
256 students11:1
F A Cleveland
Elementary · Grades 1–5 · Norwood
B
339 students11:1
Balch
Elementary · Grades 1–5 · Norwood
C
303 students10:1
Charles J Prescott
Elementary · Grades 1–5 · Norwood
A−
267 students11:1
John P Oldham
Elementary · Grades 1–5 · Norwood
C+
261 students10:1

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; Norwood’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.