Norton High School in Norton, Massachusetts (MA)

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66 WEST MAIN STREET
Norton, MA 2766

County name: Bristol
School type: Regular School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade

Status: Operational
Phone: (508) 285-0160 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 41.963
Longitude: -071.193180

Enrollment in Norton High School

2007 Student Enrollment: 724
9th grade Enrollment : 212
10th grade Enrollment : 167
11th grade Enrollment : 191
12th grade Enrollment : 154

Male students (%): 48.5%

Here:	48.5%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 51.5%

Here:	51.5%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 96.4%

Here:	96.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 1.1%

This school:	1.1%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 0.70%

Here:	0.70%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.19%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.8%

Norton High School:	0.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

Genders in Norton High School

Grades in Norton High School

Races in Norton High School

First Language Not English # : 1
Special Education # : 110
Low-Income # : 82
Free Lunch # : 58
Reduced Lunch # : 24

First Language Not English %: 0.1%

Here:	0.1%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Special Education %: 15.2%

Here:	15.2%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 11.3%

Norton High School:	11.3%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 8.0%

This school:	8.0%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 3.3%

This school:	3.3%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 701
9th grade Enrollment : 186
10th grade Enrollment : 200
11th grade Enrollment : 172
12th grade Enrollment : 143

Male students (%): 48.8%

Here:	48.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 51.2%

This school:	51.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 97.4%

This school:	97.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Asian students (%): 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 0.60%

Here:	0.60%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.15%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.1%

Here:	0.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	1.6%

Genders in Norton High School

Grades in Norton High School

Races in Norton High School

First Language Not English # : 1
Special Education # : 122
Low-Income # : 52

First Language Not English %: 0.1%

This school:	0.1%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Special Education %: 17.4%

This school:	17.4%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 7.4%

Here:	7.4%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 718
9th grade Enrollment : 224
10th grade Enrollment : 179
11th grade Enrollment : 159
12th grade Enrollment : 156

White students (%): 97.4%

Here:	97.4%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 2.1%

Norton High School:	2.1%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 0.3%

This school:	0.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.6%

Here:	49.6%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.4%

Here:	50.4%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Norton High School

Races in Norton High School

Special Education # : 117
Low-Income # : 64

Special Education %: 16.3%

Here:	16.3%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 8.9%

Here:	8.9%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 679
9th grade Enrollment : 188
10th grade Enrollment : 180
11th grade Enrollment : 162
12th grade Enrollment : 149

White students (%): 97.3%

This school:	97.3%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 1.5%

This school:	1.5%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 50.1%

Norton High School:	50.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 49.9%

This school:	49.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Norton High School

Races in Norton High School

First Language Not English # : 1
Special Education # : 84
Low-Income # : 50

First Language Not English %: 0.1%

Here:	0.1%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Special Education %: 12.4%

Here:	12.4%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 7.4%

This school:	7.4%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 676
9th grade Enrollment : 194
10th grade Enrollment : 186
11th grade Enrollment : 157
12th grade Enrollment : 139

White students (%): 97.3%

This school:	97.3%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 1.6%

Here:	1.6%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 0.1%

Here:	0.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 51.8%

Here:	51.8%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 48.2%

Norton High School:	48.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Norton High School

Races in Norton High School

First Language Not English # : 2
Low-Income # : 62

First Language Not English %: 0.3%

Norton High School:	0.3%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Low-Income %: 9.2%

Here:	9.2%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 644
10th grade Enrollment : 188
11th grade Enrollment : 164
12th grade Enrollment : 151
Special grade Enrollment : 141

White students (%): 97.8%

Here:	97.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 1.6%

Here:	1.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Asian students (%): 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 50.0%

Norton High School:	50.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.0%

Here:	50.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Norton High School

Races in Norton High School

First Language Not English # : 1
Low-Income # : 37

First Language Not English %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1452 schools:	13.6%

Low-Income %: 5.7%

This school:	5.7%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 608
10th grade Enrollment : 173
11th grade Enrollment : 162
12th grade Enrollment : 152
Special grade Enrollment : 121

White students (%): 97.7%

Here:	97.7%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 1.5%

Norton High School:	1.5%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Asian students (%): 0.7%

This school:	0.7%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

This school:	0.20%
State average from 1664 schools:	0.32%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 48.7%

Norton High School:	48.7%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 51.3%

Here:	51.3%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Norton High School

Races in Norton High School

Low-Income # : 27

Low-Income %: 4.4%

Here:	4.4%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 2
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 106

Average number of Absences: 9.3

Here:	9.3
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 94.5%

This school:	94.5%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 712 schools:	5.5%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 14.6%

This school:	14.6%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 11
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 4

Average number of Absences: 24.0

This school:	24.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 3.4%

Here:	3.4%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.6%

Norton High School:	93.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 0.6%

Norton High School:	0.6%
State average from 690 schools:	5.9%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.9

Average number of Absences: 14.0

Norton High School:	14.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 1.9%

This school:	1.9%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.6%

Here:	93.6%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 12.1
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 4

Average number of Absences: 28.0

Here:	28.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 4.1%

Norton High School:	4.1%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 92.9%

Here:	92.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 0.6%

This school:	0.6%
State average from 629 schools:	6.6%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 12.1

Average number of Absences: 21.0

Here:	21.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 3.1%

Here:	3.1%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 92.9%

Here:	92.9%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Teacher Count in Norton High School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Norton High School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 44
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 37

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 94.3%

Here:	94.3%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 96.5%

Norton High School:	96.5%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 16.6

Here:	16.6
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 51
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 43

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 97.0%

Here:	97.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 96.5%

Here:	96.5%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.8

Here:	13.8
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 47
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 40

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 90.5%

Here:	90.5%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 88.7%

Here:	88.7%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 15.2

Here:	15.2
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 47
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 39

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 94.5%

This school:	94.5%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 97.5%

Here:	97.5%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.4

Here:	14.4
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Norton High School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 128

Reading: 503.0

Here:	503.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 504.0

Norton High School:	504.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 493.0

Here:	493.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 111

Reading: 508.0

Here:	508.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 498.0

Here:	498.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 504.0

Here:	504.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 524.0

Here:	524.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 521.0

Here:	521.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 119.0

Norton High School:	119.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Norton High School

2007 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 161
Warning / Failing - English : 1
Needs Improvement - English : 30
Proficiency - English : 94
Advanced - English : 36

Students Tested - Math : 160
Warning / Failing - Math : 5
Needs Improvement - Math : 35
Proficiency - Math : 59
Advanced - Math : 61

MCAS English Results - Norton High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 93.6

Here:	93.6
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 19.0%

Here:	19.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 58.0%

Norton High School:	58.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 22.0%

Here:	22.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Norton High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 89.7

Here:	89.7
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 22.0%

Here:	22.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 37.0%

This school:	37.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Advanced - Math (%): 38.0%

Here:	38.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

2006 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 157
Warning / Failing - English : 1
Needs Improvement - English : 27
Proficiency - English : 65
Advanced - English : 64

Students Tested - Math : 156
Warning / Failing - Math : 6
Needs Improvement - Math : 39
Proficiency - Math : 44
Advanced - Math : 67

MCAS English Results - Norton High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 93.6

Here:	93.6
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 1.0%

This school:	1.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 17.0%

Norton High School:	17.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 41.0%

Here:	41.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 41.0%

Here:	41.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Norton High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 87.3

Here:	87.3
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 4.0%

This school:	4.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 25.0%

Here:	25.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 28.0%

Norton High School:	28.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 43.0%

Here:	43.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

2004 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 161
Warning / Failing - English : 20
Needs Improvement - English : 50
Proficiency - English : 41
Advanced - English : 50

Students Tested - Math : 134
Warning / Failing - Math : 1
Needs Improvement - Math : 8
Proficiency - Math : 59
Advanced - Math : 66

MCAS English Results - Norton High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 78.3

This school:	78.3
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 12.0%

Here:	12.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 31.0%

Here:	31.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 25.0%

Here:	25.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 31.0%

Here:	31.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Norton High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 97.6

Here:	97.6
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 6.0%

Here:	6.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 44.0%

Here:	44.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 49.0%

Here:	49.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

2003 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 156
Warning / Failing - English : 2
Needs Improvement - English : 31
Proficiency - English : 77
Advanced - English : 46

Students Tested - Math : 161
Warning / Failing - Math : 18
Needs Improvement - Math : 42
Proficiency - Math : 59
Advanced - Math : 42

MCAS English Results - Norton High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 92.1

Here:	92.1
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 20.0%

This school:	20.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 49.0%

Norton High School:	49.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Advanced - English (%): 29.0%

Here:	29.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

MCAS Math Results - Norton High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 82.3

This school:	82.3
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 11.0%

Here:	11.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 26.0%

Norton High School:	26.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 37.0%

Here:	37.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 26.0%

Here:	26.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

2007 Participation - All students - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 165
Standard Assessment : 160
Alternate Assessment : 1
After October : 4