Norwood
1 high school and 5 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Norwood
Ranks #202 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Norwood is a suburban town located about 12 miles southwest of Boston in Norfolk County, and its public school district serves the town as a single-community district. The community is primarily residential, with a mix of neighborhoods, local business districts, and access to nearby commuter rail and major highways. Single-family assessed home values and per capita income in Norwood are both above the Massachusetts median. Norwood is known for its Norwood Hospital and for Dean College's location in the town's history, and the town's long-established civic and commercial center reflects its origins as a 17th-century settlement.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 35% of districts. 96.7% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 30% of districts.
- Trend: Math MCAS is down 7.9 points since 2023 (40.9777% to 33.0902%).
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 28.6% in 2022 to 25.4% in 2025.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Norwood
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 (Norwood High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.8% female · 50.2% male
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 331 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
13 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 7.4% missed 20% or more of school days
About Norwood
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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