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Norwood High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

245 Nichols St

Norwood MA, 02062, Norfolk County

Phone: 781-769-2333

Ranking:

(166 out of 298, bottom 44%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Norwood School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	79		81		77		74		74		71		71
Total Students:	1,037		1,113		1,060		1,031		1,043		1,017		1,092
Grade 9:	244	23.5%	267	24.0%	284	26.8%	256	24.8%	281	26.9%	224	22.0%	268	24.5%
Grade 10:	262	25.3%	288	25.9%	254	24.0%	285	27.6%	219	21.0%	263	25.9%	277	25.4%
Grade 11:	276	26.6%	263	23.6%	292	27.5%	226	21.9%	258	24.7%	275	27.0%	265	24.3%
Grade 12:	248	23.9%	289	26.0%	226	21.3%	257	24.9%	281	26.9%	248	24.4%	275	25.2%
Ungraded:	7	0.7%	6	0.5%	4	0.4%	7	0.7%	4	0.4%	7	0.7%	7	0.6%
Student By Gender:
Male:	530	51.1%	580	52.1%	546	51.5%	514	49.9%	513	49.2%	482	47.4%	505	46.2%
Female:	507	48.9%	533	47.9%	514	48.5%	517	50.1%	530	50.8%	535	52.6%	575	52.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	48	4.6%	32	2.9%	21	2.0%	21	2.0%	23	2.2%	24	2.4%	27	2.5%
Hispanic:	46	4.4%	49	4.4%	50	4.7%	44	4.3%	53	5.1%	49	4.8%	44	4.0%
Black:	113	10.9%	107	9.6%	79	7.5%	67	6.5%	73	7.0%	69	6.8%	83	7.6%
White:	821	79.2%	914	82.1%	898	84.7%	892	86.5%	887	85.0%	869	85.4%	930	85.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.7%	8	0.7%	11	1.0%	5	0.5%	6	0.6%	6	0.6%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	278	26.8%	228	20.5%	236	22.3%	205	19.9%	186	17.8%	163	16.0%	151	13.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	4.2%	37	3.3%	40	3.8%	45	4.4%	37	3.5%	46	4.5%	56	5.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.16		13.79		13.78		13.86		14.09		14.40		15.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCAS
2003	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	71.5%	69.7%	61%
2004	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	77%	77%	62%
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	83%	81%	65%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	84%	81%	70%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	81%	80%	71%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	83%	80%	74%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	88%	87%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	83%	81%	78%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	92%	91%	84%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	92%	91%	88%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	92%	92%	91%
2003	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	53.2%	52.2%	51%
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	64%	63%	57%
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	70%	69%	62%
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	75%	73%	67%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	74%	72%	69%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	71%	69%	72%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	75%	74%	75%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	79%	76%	75%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	79%	77%	74%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	81%	77%	78%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	85%	84%	80%
2008	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	57%	56%	57%
2009	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	57%	57%	61%
2010	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	64%	64%	65%
2011	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	66%	64%	67%
2012	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	68%	67%	69%
2013	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	65%	64%	71%
2007	Biology	End of course	% proficient	54%	53%	42%
2008	Biology	End of course	% proficient	78%	72%	55%
2009	Biology	End of course	% proficient	86%	81%	61%
2010	Biology	End of course	% proficient	89%	85%	63%
2011	Biology	End of course	% proficient	96%	92%	71%
2012	Biology	End of course	% proficient	89%	84%	72%
2013	Biology	End of course	% proficient	97%	95%	73%
2007	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	83%	82%	35%
2007	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	28%	28%	48%
2008	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	25%	24%	55%
2009	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	44%	43%	57%
2010	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	44%	42%	55%
2011	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	44%	42%	61%
2012	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	46%	46%	63%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Norwood High High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.