NCES CCD 2024-25 25 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Brockton, MA

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25 public K-12 schools in Brockton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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25
Schools
15,989
Students
40.4/100
Avg Resource Index
15.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Brockton has more public-school enrollment than 90% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Brockton sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

10 of Brockton's 25 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 62-point gap between Huntington Therapeutic Day School and Promise College and Career Academy shows the range hidden by Brockton's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 10%
School count
Top 11%
Resource Index average
47th percentile
Teacher staffing
51st percentile

Brockton High accounts for 22.5% of all Brockton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Brockton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brockton school enrollment varies 120× across entities

Brockton school enrollment ranges from 30 students (lowest) to 3,598 students (highest), a spread of 3,568 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brockton student-teacher ratio is 15.3:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Brockton is typically wider than the Brockton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Huntington Therapeutic Day School 70
2. Brockton Virtual Learning Academy 68
3. Brockton Champion High School 66
4. Barrett Russell Early Childhood Center 50
5. Brockton High 49
6. North Middle School 48
7. Ashfield Middle School 46
8. South Middle School 45
9. East Middle School 43
10. West Middle School 42
11. Brookfield 40
12. Louis F Angelo Elementary 38
13. New Heights Charter School of Brockton 38
14. Plouffe Middle School 38
15. Manthala George Jr. School 35
16. John F Kennedy 34
17. Edison Academy 34
18. Mary E. Baker School 33
19. Hancock 33
20. Dr W Arnone Community School 32
21. Gilmore Elementary School 32
22. Edgar B Davis 31
23. Oscar F Raymond 30
24. Downey 28
25. Promise College and Career Academy 8

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Brockton

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Brockton Virtual Learning Academy 70.8/100
  2. 2 Mary E. Baker School 64.3/100
  3. 3 Hancock 63.9/100
  4. 4 Brookfield 62.7/100
  5. 5 Huntington Therapeutic Day School 62.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Brockton?

Which Brockton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Huntington Therapeutic Day School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Brockton schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Brockton, MA? ▼

Brockton has 25 public schools with a total enrollment of 15,989 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.