Norton Community Schools

Norton Community Schools includes three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Eisenhower Elementary (PK–6), Norton Junior High (grades 7–8), and Norton High (grades 9–12). The clearest academic contrast is between high school’s above-state 10th-grade scores and junior high’s substantial ELA shortfalls: high school is 6 points above the state in 10th-grade ELA, while junior high is 17 points below in both 7th- and 8th-grade ELA.

Norton High leads the reported all-grades ELA and math results, at 47% and 42%, respectively; Eisenhower follows at 45% in ELA and 40% in math. Norton Junior High is lowest in those subjects, with 26% in ELA and 32% in math. Its ELA score is 21 points below the highest school’s. In science, junior high and Eisenhower are nearly tied at 35%, while high school scores 29%. SchoolDigger ranks high school at the 65th percentile (3 stars), Eisenhower at the 38th (2 stars), and junior high at the 23rd (1 star).

Math shows the broadest recent improvement: all three schools increased from 2024–25 to 2025–26, and their unweighted average rose 8 points, narrowing its gap with the state from 9 points to 3. ELA trends vary: high school gained 10 points, junior high gained 2, and Eisenhower fell 5. High school also has the lowest student-teacher ratio, 9.8, compared with 11.8 at junior high and 15 at Eisenhower; its free/reduced-lunch rate is 46%, versus 48% at junior high and 56% at Eisenhower. These are context measures, not explanations for results. Chronic absenteeism is below the state’s 18% at all three schools, ranging from 7% at Eisenhower to 12% at high school. School-level scores combine different grade spans, so grade-matched state comparisons are more useful when comparing academic performance.