Summary:
Schools in Norfolk, Massachusetts are made up of two elementary schools that split the grade levels between them: H Olive Day serves prekindergarten through 2nd grade, and Freeman-Kennedy School serves grades 3–6. Together they enroll 1,056 students — 477 at H Olive Day and 579 at Freeman-Kennedy. Both belong to the Norfolk district, which earns 4 stars and ranks 40th of 351 Massachusetts districts, placing it in the 89th percentile, near the top 11% of ranked districts.
Freeman-Kennedy School is the academic standout, and it is the only one of the two with test results, since MCAS begins after 2nd grade. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency rates were 58.72% in English language arts, 66.43% in mathematics, and 60.74% in science, all far above state rates of 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98% respectively. Mathematics is its strongest subject, with 3rd grade reaching 75.21% — 33.02 points above the state — while 5th grade ELA, at 51.20%, is the lowest result but still 13.05 points above the state. Every tested grade and subject beat the state. Science showed the biggest year-over-year gain, rising 4.05 points while the state slipped, and the school climbed 55 rank positions since 2023–2024, from the 80th to the 86th percentile.
H Olive Day cannot be compared on test scores, but it stands out on resources: its student-teacher ratio is 11.2 versus 12.4 at Freeman-Kennedy, and its per-student spending was $17,516 compared with $16,224. Note that spending data is from 2020–2021, and free/reduced lunch information is not reported for either school, so family economic context is unknown.
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