Norfolk County Agricultural
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #214 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grade 10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Norfolk County Agricultural High School is a public school district serving students from across Norfolk County, Massachusetts, a region of suburban towns just south and west of Boston. The school is located in Walpole, a town of roughly 25,000 residents on the Neponset River, and draws students from multiple communities in the county. Its origins are rooted in the agricultural education tradition, and it has long offered a specialized curriculum in agriculture and related vocational fields alongside its academic program. Its campus includes working farm facilities that give students hands-on experience in animal science, horticulture, and land management.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 13% of districts. 98.5% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Math MCAS ranks in the bottom 17% of districts.
- Trend: Math MCAS is down 18 points since 2023 (44% to 26%); statewide it fell 6 points.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 25.7% in 2022 to 19.9% in 2025.
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Schools in Norfolk County Agricultural
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Norfolk County Agricultural). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
64.4% female · 32.6% male · 3% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 58 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
11.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.5% missed 20% or more of school days