Summary:
Norton, Massachusetts is served by five public schools — three elementary schools (J C Solmonese serving PK–3, Henri A. Yelle serving grades 4–5, and L G Nourse Elementary serving K–3), one middle school (Norton Middle, grades 6–8), and one high school (Norton High, grades 9–12) — with a combined enrollment of 2,346 students. The Norton district ranks 216 of 351 statewide, placing it in the 38th percentile with 2 stars. Elementary schools hold about 48% of enrollment, the high school about 29%, and the middle school about 22%.
Norton Middle posts the strongest current rank — 209 of 478, 56th percentile, 3 stars — though its percentile has slipped from 63 to 59 to 56 over three years. Its standout result is 8th-grade Civics at 49.43% proficient, roughly 10 points above the state's 39.77%. L G Nourse is the strongest elementary for English language arts, scoring 43.33% versus the state's 40.03%, and it has the smallest enrollment (272) and a low student-teacher ratio of 11.0. Norton High improved to the 50th percentile with 3 stars; its 10th-grade ELA is above state, and it reports a 93.0% graduation rate and a 5.3% dropout rate.
Math is the district-wide weak spot: in 2025–2026 every school's math result falls below the state, from about 4 points at Norton High and Henri A. Yelle to about 13 points at J C Solmonese, the lowest at 28.04%. Henri A. Yelle's bright spot is 4th-grade math at 45.56%, above both district and state, but its overall ELA and science trail the state; it also has the highest student-teacher ratio (13.5) and the highest per-student spending ($16,757). Spending figures are from 2020–2021, free/reduced lunch data is unavailable for every school, and only Norton High reports graduation data, so comparisons have real limits.
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