Summary:
The three public schools in zip code 67118 serve preschool through grade 12: Norwich Elementary School has 108 students, Norwich Middle School has 44, and Norwich High has 82. The schools’ results vary by subject and grade, with elementary leading in ELA and math and high school leading in science. The clearest concern is middle school, especially grade 8: its ELA, math, and science results are 15, 21, and 12 points below state figures, respectively.
Norwich Elementary School leads the group in all-grades ELA and math, with 56% proficiency in ELA and 47% in math—10 and 6 points above state. Norwich High leads in science at 52%, 14 points above state; it also has 43% math proficiency, 2 points above state, while its 45% ELA is about level with the state. Norwich Middle School is lowest in all three subjects, at 41% ELA, 33% math, and 27% science, each below state. SchoolDigger ranks High 55th out of 340 schools, at the 84th percentile with four stars; Middle is at the 33rd percentile with two stars.
Recent results show different directions across schools: from the prior year, Elementary’s ELA fell 4 points while math was nearly unchanged; High’s ELA fell 7 points and math 1 point; Middle’s ELA rose 3 points, but math fell 5 and science fell 19. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking for High rose from 68 to 84 over two years, while Middle’s fell from 45 to 33; Elementary’s ranking has fluctuated. High also combines a 100% graduation rate with the group’s highest chronic absenteeism, 29% versus 18% statewide. Student–teacher ratios are similar, from 9.2 to 9.5; free/reduced-lunch rates range from 38% at High to 50% at Middle, observations that do not by themselves explain achievement differences.
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