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Brockton, Massachusetts - 24 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Brockton #168 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,147 per pupil, Brockton ranks #203 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
14,999
Total Enrollment
24
Schools
$21,147
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brockton operates 24 public schools serving 14,999 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined, 6 middle, 5 elementary, 4 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Plymouth County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,147 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 6.2% local, 76.3% state, and 17.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #168 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 24 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), a 175.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 35.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.5% African American, 21.4% Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Brockton Virtual Learning Academy, with a diversity index of 70.8/100.
Its largest campus is Brockton High, enrolling 3,598 students (24% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Huntington Therapeutic Day School, at 30 students, a 120x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Brockton High accounts for 23.6% of all Brockton student enrollment
That concentration means Brockton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
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 ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Brockton student-counselor ratio is 175:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Brockton chronic absenteeism rate is 35.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.