Norwell High School in Norwell, Massachusetts (MA)

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City-data.com school rating (using weighted 2007 test average as compared to other schools in Massachusetts) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) is 76.

18 SOUTH STREET
Norwell, MA 2061

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

Status: Operational
Phone: (781) 659-8810 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.157
Longitude: -070.835080

Enrollment in Norwell High School

2007 Student Enrollment: 641
9th grade Enrollment : 168
10th grade Enrollment : 158
11th grade Enrollment : 149
12th grade Enrollment : 164
Special grade Enrollment : 2

Male students (%): 55.5%

Here:	55.5%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 44.5%

Norwell High School:	44.5%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 94.4%

Here:	94.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 1.2%

Norwell High School:	1.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 1.4%

Here:	1.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 2.8%

Here:	2.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Norwell High School:	0.20%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

Genders in Norwell High School

Grades in Norwell High School

Races in Norwell High School

First Language Not English # : 4
Limited English Proficient # : 1
Special Education # : 113
Low-Income # : 22
Free Lunch # : 18
Reduced Lunch # : 4

First Language Not English %: 0.6%

This school:	0.6%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

Norwell High School:	0.2%
State average from 1385 schools:	7.6%

Special Education %: 17.6%

Here:	17.6%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 3.4%

Here:	3.4%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 2.8%

Norwell High School:	2.8%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 604
9th grade Enrollment : 158
10th grade Enrollment : 144
11th grade Enrollment : 165
12th grade Enrollment : 134
Special grade Enrollment : 3

Male students (%): 52.8%

Here:	52.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 47.2%

Here:	47.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 94.5%

Here:	94.5%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 1.2%

Here:	1.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 3.1%

Here:	3.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

This school:	0.20%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Genders in Norwell High School

Grades in Norwell High School

Races in Norwell High School

First Language Not English # : 1
Limited English Proficient # : 1
Special Education # : 95
Low-Income # : 14

First Language Not English %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1328 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 15.7%

This school:	15.7%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 2.3%

Here:	2.3%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 574
9th grade Enrollment : 150
10th grade Enrollment : 164
11th grade Enrollment : 131
12th grade Enrollment : 129

White students (%): 95.1%

Here:	95.1%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 1.2%

Here:	1.2%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 2.8%

Here:	2.8%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Norwell High School:	0.20%
State average from 1746 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 52.1%

This school:	52.1%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 47.9%

Here:	47.9%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Norwell High School

Races in Norwell High School

First Language Not English # : 4
Limited English Proficient # : 1
Special Education # : 71
Low-Income # : 8

First Language Not English %: 0.7%

This school:	0.7%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

This school:	0.2%
State average from 1217 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 12.4%

Here:	12.4%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 1.4%

Here:	1.4%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 563
9th grade Enrollment : 162
10th grade Enrollment : 135
11th grade Enrollment : 130
12th grade Enrollment : 136

White students (%): 96.4%

Here:	96.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 0.4%

This school:	0.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 2.3%

Here:	2.3%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 53.5%

Here:	53.5%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 46.5%

Here:	46.5%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Norwell High School

Races in Norwell High School

First Language Not English # : 5
Special Education # : 59
Low-Income # : 9

First Language Not English %: 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Special Education %: 10.5%

Here:	10.5%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 1.6%

Here:	1.6%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 529
9th grade Enrollment : 132
10th grade Enrollment : 129
11th grade Enrollment : 138
12th grade Enrollment : 130

White students (%): 96.4%

This school:	96.4%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 1.1%

Here:	1.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 2.3%

Here:	2.3%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 52.9%

Here:	52.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 47.1%

Here:	47.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Norwell High School

Races in Norwell High School

First Language Not English # : 5
Low-Income # : 1

First Language Not English %: 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Low-Income %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 522
10th grade Enrollment : 133
11th grade Enrollment : 132
12th grade Enrollment : 128
Special grade Enrollment : 129

White students (%): 96.7%

Here:	96.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 1.0%

This school:	1.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 1.9%

Here:	1.9%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 52.5%

This school:	52.5%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 47.5%

Here:	47.5%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Norwell High School

Races in Norwell High School

First Language Not English # : 1

First Language Not English %: 0.2%

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

2001 Student Enrollment: 556
10th grade Enrollment : 140
11th grade Enrollment : 140
12th grade Enrollment : 132
Special grade Enrollment : 144

White students (%): 97.7%

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

African American students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 0.4%

Norwell High School:	0.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 1.6%

Here:	1.6%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 52.5%

Here:	52.5%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 47.5%

Here:	47.5%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Norwell High School

Races in Norwell High School

Low-Income # : 2

Low-Income %: 0.4%

This school:	0.4%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 9
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 26

Average number of Absences: 8.3

Here:	8.3
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 95.4%

This school:	95.4%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 1.4%

Here:	1.4%
State average from 712 schools:	5.5%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 4.1%

Norwell High School:	4.1%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 9.3

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.8%

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

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 7.9

In-School Suspensions Rate: 95.5%

Here:	95.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 7.5
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 1

Average number of Absences: 1.0

This school:	1.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 0.2%

Norwell High School:	0.2%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 95.8%

Here:	95.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 629 schools:	6.6%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 13

In-School Suspensions Rate: 92.7%

Here:	92.7%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Teacher Count in Norwell High School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Norwell High School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 43
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 38

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 95.8%

This school:	95.8%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 92.6%

Here:	92.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 15.1

Here:	15.1
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 42
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 37

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 99.0%

Here:	99.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 98.9%

Here:	98.9%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.5

This school:	14.5
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 39
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 32

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 97.4%

Here:	97.4%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 96.8%

Here:	96.8%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.8

Here:	14.8
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 41
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 38

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 99.5%

Here:	99.5%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 93.1%

Here:	93.1%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.6

This school:	13.6
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Norwell High School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 168

Reading: 537.0

Here:	537.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 542.0

Here:	542.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 551.0

Here:	551.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 135

Reading: 552.0

This school:	552.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 556.0

Here:	556.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 564.0

Here:	564.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 565.0

Here:	565.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 577.0

This school:	577.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 119.0

Here:	119.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Norwell High School

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

Students Tested - English : 160
Warning / Failing - English : 1
Needs Improvement - English : 19
Proficiency - English : 68
Advanced - English : 72

Students Tested - Math : 159
Warning / Failing - Math : 3
Needs Improvement - Math : 14
Proficiency - Math : 33
Advanced - Math : 109

MCAS English Results - Norwell High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 95.3

Here:	95.3
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 (%): 12.0%

Here:	12.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 43.0%

Norwell High School:	43.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 45.0%

Here:	45.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Norwell High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 95.6

Norwell High School:	95.6
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 9.0%

This school:	9.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 21.0%

Here:	21.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Advanced - Math (%): 69.0%

Here:	69.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

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

Students Tested - English : 161
Warning / Failing - English : 1
Needs Improvement - English : 10
Proficiency - English : 69
Advanced - English : 81

Students Tested - Math : 161
Warning / Failing - Math : 2
Needs Improvement - Math : 5
Proficiency - Math : 42
Advanced - Math : 112

MCAS English Results - Norwell High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 98.4

Here:	98.4
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 6.0%

Here:	6.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 43.0%

Norwell High School:	43.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 50.0%

This school:	50.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Norwell High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 97.8

Norwell High School:	97.8
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 3.0%

Norwell High School:	3.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 26.0%

Norwell High School:	26.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 70.0%

Here:	70.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

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

Students Tested - English : 134
Warning / Failing - English : 2
Needs Improvement - English : 11
Proficiency - English : 36
Advanced - English : 85

Students Tested - Math : 273
Warning / Failing - Math : 9
Needs Improvement - Math : 49
Proficiency - Math : 135
Advanced - Math : 80

MCAS English Results - Norwell High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 95.7

This school:	95.7
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 1.0%

This school:	1.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 8.0%

Norwell High School:	8.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 27.0%

Norwell High School:	27.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 63.0%

Here:	63.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Norwell High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 92.1

Here:	92.1
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 3.0%

Norwell High School:	3.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 18.0%

This school:	18.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 49.0%

Here:	49.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 29.0%

Here:	29.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

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

Students Tested - English : 127
Warning / Failing - English : 4
Needs Improvement - English : 10
Proficiency - English : 76
Advanced - English : 37

Students Tested - Math : 127
Warning / Failing - Math : 4
Needs Improvement - Math : 7
Proficiency - Math : 49
Advanced - Math : 67

MCAS English Results - Norwell High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 95.3

Here:	95.3
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 8.0%

Here:	8.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 60.0%

Here:	60.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Advanced - English (%): 29.0%

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

MCAS Math Results - Norwell High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 96.1

This school:	96.1
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 6.0%

Here:	6.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 39.0%

Here:	39.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 53.0%

Here:	53.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

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

Enrollment : 161
Standard Assessment : 160
After October : 1