Summary:
Norwell has one middle school: Norwell Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 with 509 students as part of the Norwell district. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there is no local peer comparison to make — instead, the school's results stand out against its district and the state overall. The Norwell district is ranked 31st of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 91st percentile with 5 stars.
On 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation testing, the school performed well above the state in every reported subject and grade. All-grade ELA reached 68.29% proficiency and all-grade Math 69.35%, compared with state rates of 40.03% and 41.11%. Grade-level peaks include 7th-grade Math at 73.58% and 7th-grade ELA at 72.50%. The smallest school-vs-state margin was ELA 6th grade at +21.40 points, and the largest was Math 7th grade at +36.10 points. Science was the relative weak spot in the all-grade rollup at 62.73%, just below the district's 64.09% — though the 8th-grade Science row shows the school slightly above the district (62.73% vs. 61.96%).
Year over year, ELA rose 2.95 points and Science 4.65 points, while Math dipped 1.28 points — a smaller decline than the district's 2.47-point drop. 8th-grade Civics jumped from 54.55% to 71.43%, but the district rose similarly, so this may reflect a broader trend rather than a school-only change. In 2025–2026 the school ranked 40th of 478 Massachusetts schools, the 92nd percentile with 5 stars, recovering from 60th of 484 the prior year. Enrollment is 509 students, the student-teacher ratio is 11.5:1, and per-student spending was $16,680 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for 2024–2025 and is treated as unknown.
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