Summary:
Norton, Massachusetts has one middle school: Norton Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 527 students as part of the Norton district. The school holds a 3-star rating and ranks 209th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools — the 56th percentile — for 2025–26. The district overall earns 2 stars and ranks 216th of 351, or the 38th percentile. The student-teacher ratio is 12.7, and per-student spending was $16,070 in 2020–21. Free/reduced lunch data is blank, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed.
Norton Middle's standout strength is 8th-grade Civics: 49.43% proficient, about 9.7 points above the state (39.77%) and above the district (47.31%) — and it was also strong the prior year at 48.10%. 7th-grade ELA is above state at 43.23% versus 39.91%, and 8th-grade Math is essentially at the state average (40.68% vs. 41.67%). The school generally outperforms its district, though it slightly trails the district in all-grade Math.
The clearest challenge is math, especially in 6th grade: all-grade math is 33.40% proficient, 7.7 points below the state (41.11%), and 6th-grade math is 28.41%, 14.2 points below the state and the lowest score reported for the school. ELA and Math both declined from the prior year, while Science and Civics improved. The school's rank percentile has slipped from 63rd to 59th to 56th over three years, though it remains in the top half of Massachusetts middle schools.
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