Norton School Committee
Town of Norton, Massachusetts

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Norton Public Schools Statistics with State Rankings

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
  Rank: 99 out of 328 districts

3,230

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

 

  African-American

1.5%

  Asian

0.9%

  Hispanic

0.6%

  Native American

0.2%

  White

96.8%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

 

  Boys

52.2%

   

Girls

47.8%

Students whose first language is not English
  Rank: 276 out of 328 districts

0.1%

Students with limited English proficiency
  Rank: 216 out of 328 districts

0%

Students in special education
  Rank: 28 out of 328 districts

22.1%

Students from low-income families
  Rank: 183 out of 328 districts

9.7%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
  Rank: 185 out of 256 districts

3.1

Average number of absences per student

7

Percent of days an average student attended school
  Rank: 100 out of 328 districts

95.6%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

1.3%

Students who received one or more out-of-school suspensions

4.6%

Students who repeated a grade
  Rank: 46 out of 327 districts

3%

 

Plans of high school graduates

 

  4-yr private college

25%

  4-yr public college

32.1%

  2-yr private college

3.6%

  2-yr public college

16.4%

  Other education

7.9%

  

  Joined workforce

12.1%

  Military service

2.1%

  Other

0.7%

  Unknown

0%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

202

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
  Rank: 306 out of 328 districts

16.0 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
  Rank: 162 out of 328 districts

96.9%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

97.8%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
  Rank: 272 out of 328 districts

$45,608

Total school spending (FY04)

$22,127,949

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
  Rank: 290 out of 325 districts
  Bottom 5 among K-12 systems

$6,946

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
  Rank: 277 out of 308 districts

$5,675

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
  Rank: 316 out of 325 districts

$10,196

Number of students per computer
  Rank: 298 out of 327 districts

10.2

Classrooms on the Internet
 

100%

Source:   Boston Globe

 

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Last Updated:  12/28/2008