Summary:
Norton, Massachusetts has exactly one high school at the high-school level: Norton High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 685 students at 66 West Main Street. It is part of the Norton district. Because there is only one high school in the area, there are no cross-school comparisons within Norton; the most useful comparisons are Norton High over time and Norton High against its district and the state.
On MCAS Next Generation percent-proficient results, Norton High is the district's academic leader, scoring above the district on all eight listed measures, with gaps ranging from +0.41 to +1.66 percentage points. ELA is a relative strength: the school was above the state in 10th-grade ELA in both years, at 52.29 vs. 50.66 in 2024–2025 and 46.5 vs. 45.48 in 2025–2026. End-of-Course Biology in 2025–2026 was nearly level with the state, 37.5 vs. 37.68. Math is the weakest area relative to the state — 34.42 vs. 44.6 in 2024–2025 and 39.1 vs. 43.73 in 2025–2026 — though the school did improve from 34.42 to 39.1. Tenth-grade science slipped from 44.08 to 36.42, moving further below the state.
Rank history shows a middle-of-the-pack school with a recent rebound: 2 stars and 46th percentile in 2024–2025, then 3 stars and 50th percentile (176 of 353) in 2025–2026, higher than the district's 216 of 351, 38th percentile, 2 stars. Norton High reports a 93.0% graduation rate and a 5.3% dropout rate for 2024–2025, identical to the district. The student-teacher ratio is 10.9, and per-student spending was $16,338 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch percentage is not available for 2024–2025.
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