Summary:
The 02766 zip code area is home to 5 schools, including 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school, all part of the Norton school district. While the district as a whole is ranked 222 out of 348 in Massachusetts and rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, a few schools stand out in the area.
L.G. Nourse Elementary has consistently outperformed the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics on the MCAS Next Generation assessments. In 2024-2025, 46.15% of its students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 38.39% for the district and 41.53% for the state. In Mathematics, 42.31% of its students were proficient or better, compared to 34.26% for the district and 40.74% for the state. Additionally, Henri A. Yelle Elementary has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 10.3, lower than the other schools in the district, and higher spending per student at $16,757, compared to the district average of around $16,000 per student.
While the district as a whole performs below the state averages on the MCAS Next Generation assessments, Norton High School stands out with a 92.6% four-year graduation rate in 2023-2024, above the state average, and a 3.4% dropout rate, slightly lower than the state average. The data also suggests that resource allocation may be an important factor in driving school performance, as the variation in spending per student and student-teacher ratios across the schools indicates.
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