Other / mixed grade configuration · Brookfield, MA

Brookfield Elementary

Federal NCES profile for Brookfield Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 39/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 250312000413
0/100100/10039/100
👥 S:T ratio
50
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
42
📋 Attendance
35
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Brookfield Elementary earns 39/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Massachusetts median.

39
Resource Index · Typical
12.6:1
students per teacher
289
students enrolled

Brookfield Elementary has class sizes near the Massachusetts median. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

School address

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

+11 students YoY

Brookfield Elementary held near 302 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+11 headcount).

Teacher FTE added 23.9 → 26.0 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

+11 students YoY 250312000413 · Brookfield, MA Other · SMALL · TRAD

289 enr · 12.6:1 · RII 39

Nearest enrollment peer: Ah Watwood Elementary School (289 students)

Brookfield Elementary held near 302 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+11 headcount). Teacher FTE added 23.9 → 26.0 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Massachusetts schools → · Find another →

How Brookfield Elementary compares

Brookfield Elementary held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 12.6:1 ▲ 2% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 289 top 73% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

12.6:1
Leaner classes than 70% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
289
Bigger than 31% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
12.6:1
students per teacher - 2% above state mean
Top 62% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 38% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
26.0%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$17,285
per pupil, district-wide - below Massachusetts avg of $23,695
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 289 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 84.8%
Hispanic or Latino 7.6%
Two or More 4.8%
African American 2.4%
Asian 0.3%

Largest group: White at 84.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 27.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 27.2, Brookfield Elementary is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

District finance for Brookfield reports $17,285 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Brookfield Elementary

How many students attend Brookfield Elementary?

Brookfield Elementary has 289 students enrolled. It is a public school in Brookfield, MA. CCD year-over-year: 291 (2022-23) → 302 (2023-24), nearly flat (+11).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Brookfield Elementary?

The student-teacher ratio at Brookfield Elementary is 12.6:1, which is 2% higher than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 20% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Brookfield Elementary?

The largest demographic group at Brookfield Elementary is White at 84.8% of enrollment, in Brookfield, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Brookfield Elementary?

Brookfield Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 39/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Brookfield?

None reported; Brookfield operates only Brookfield Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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