Norton

Schools in Norton serve roughly 2,346 students across five schools — three elementary, one middle, and one high school — covering pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in the Norton district, which is rated 2 stars and ranked 216 out of 351 statewide (38th percentile). The elementary level includes J C Solmonese (PK–3, 491 students), Henri A. Yelle (grades 4–5, 371), and L G Nourse Elementary (K–3, 272). Norton Middle serves grades 6–8 with 527 students, and Norton High serves grades 9–12 with 685.

For the strongest results, L G Nourse Elementary leads the elementary schools: 46.15% ELA proficiency, above both the district (38.39%) and state (41.53%), plus 42.31% in math, and the smallest classes in the district at an 11.0 student-teacher ratio. Norton Middle shines in 8th grade Civics at 49.43%, about 9.66 points above the state, with ELA also slightly above state. Norton High posts 46.5% in 10th grade ELA, a 93.0% graduation rate, and a 5.3% dropout rate.

Math is the shared weak spot: every school's overall or 10th grade math score falls below the state, from 39.1 at the high school to 28.04% at J C Solmonese, the lowest in the district, where ELA also trails state. Henri A. Yelle is mixed — 4th grade math is above state at 45.56%, but overall ELA and science are below. Science is below state at the high school, middle school, and Yelle. Spending and staffing don't track neatly with outcomes: Yelle has the highest per-student spending ($16,757) and largest classes (13.5), while Solmonese spends the least ($15,541). Spending figures date to 2020–2021, and free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all five schools.