Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 02062 — Norwood, Massachusetts — cover 8 schools serving students from kindergarten through 12th grade: six elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with 3,446 students enrolled across the list. The Norwood district is ranked 234th of 351 districts in Massachusetts, at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars. Enrollment is weighted toward the upper grades: Norwood High holds about 28% of students, Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School about 23%, and the six elementaries together about 49%. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school here, limiting socioeconomic comparisons.
Among ranked schools, Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School stands out: 57th percentile with 3 stars in both 2025–2026 and 2024–2025, plus the largest positive subject gap in the data — 8th-grade civics at 51.81% versus the state's 39.77% (+12.04 points). Math is its weak spot: all-grades math was 30.06% versus state 41.11%. F A Cleveland was the elementary math standout, with all-grades math at 46.49% versus state 41.11% and district 32.28%, though its rank percentile fell from 73rd to 62nd to 48th. Cornelius M Callahan had exceptional 2024–2025 science at 55.81% versus state 41.51% (+14.30 points) and the highest per-student spending at $20,283. John P Oldham has the lowest student/teacher ratio (9.8) and math slightly above state at 41.67%. Norwood High has a 98.0% graduation rate, but its Biology End-of-Course was 24.33% versus state 37.68%. Balch is lowest at 30th percentile with 1 star, though improving from 18th.
Overall, Norwood's schools show a mixed picture. Math is a bright spot in some elementaries, but middle school math is weak and high school math is below state; ELA is below state everywhere except Norwood High, where it is essentially at state. Most schools declined in rank percentile from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026, though Coakley stayed stable and Balch improved from a low base. George F. Willett serves only K–1, so it has no test or rank data. The district's 33rd percentile sits below most individual school ranks, which average about 43rd percentile in 2025–2026.
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