Summary:
ZIP code 02766 covers Norton, Massachusetts, where five public schools serve grades PK–12 within the single Norton district. The town's 2,346 students attend Norton High (grades 9–12), Norton Middle (6–8), and three elementaries: J C Solmonese (PK–3), Henri A. Yelle (4–5), and L G Nourse Elementary (K–3). Because the early grades are split across three buildings, no single elementary school covers the full K–5 span.
L G Nourse Elementary posts the ZIP's best test results, with ELA proficiency of 43.33 — above both the district (37.20) and the state (40.03) — and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 11.0. Norton Middle ranks highest by percentile at 56th (3 stars) and stands out in 8th grade civics, where its 49.43 sits roughly 9.7 points above the state. Norton High raised 10th grade math from 34.42 to 39.10, roughly halving its gap to the state, ranks at the 50th percentile (3 stars), and graduates 93.0% of its students.
Math is the shared weakness: every school trails the state, by 4 to 13 points. J C Solmonese is the lowest performer overall, with math proficiency of 28.04 and 26.32 in the last two years, and it is also the largest elementary school (491) and the lowest-funded per student ($15,541). At Henri A. Yelle, 4th grade math (45.56) beats the state while 5th grade math (29.41) falls nearly 10 points short. Norton Middle's percentile has slipped three years running (63rd to 59th to 56th). All five schools carry the same district rating of 2 stars, and free/reduced-price lunch data is not reported for any school.
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