Other / mixed grade configuration · Brockton, MA

Hancock

Federal NCES profile for Hancock, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 33/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 250309000396
0/100100/10033/100
👥 S:T ratio
30
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
32
📋 Attendance
41
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Hancock earns 33/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 95% of Massachusetts schools.

#7 of 10
schools in Brockton · Resource Index
33
Resource Index · Typical
17.4:1
large classes for Massachusetts
680
students enrolled

Hancock has class sizes larger than 95% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Hancock ranks #7 of 10 schools in Brockton, MA.

School address

Enrollment

680

Massachusetts · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

39.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

17.4:1

vs 12.3:1 Massachusetts avg

+41% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Hancock compares with Massachusetts and U.S. medians

Larger classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Hancock

Hancock is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Brockton, Massachusetts, enrolling 680 students.

Class loads run heavy: 17.4:1 is larger than about 95% of Massachusetts schools and 41% above the 12.3:1 state mean, so each teacher carries more students than is typical.

Enrollment of 680 puts it in the larger third of Massachusetts schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,831 scored Massachusetts schools.

Its student body is led by African American (52%) and Hispanic or Latino (25%) (diversity index 64/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 340 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 23.7% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 17.5% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Brockton's public schools, it stands alongside Oscar F Raymond (864 students): Hancock is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs heavier classes (17.4:1 vs 16.9:1).

Brockton also operates Brockton High (3,598 students) and Edgar B Davis (1,009 students) alongside Hancock.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Hancock compares

Hancock on the metrics families compare, against Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 17.4:1 ▲ 41% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 680 top 19% - -

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

17.4:1
Leaner classes than 28% of US schools, heavier class loads than most.
680
Bigger than 79% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
17.4:1
students per teacher - 41% above state mean
Top 95% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 5% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
23.7%
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
$21,147
per pupil, district-wide - below Massachusetts avg of $22,458
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 340 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

African American 52.2%
Hispanic or Latino 25.4%
White 14.3%
Two or More 5.4%
Asian 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.1%

Largest group: African American at 52.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 63.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 63.9, Hancock is more mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Brockton, which includes Hancock.

$21,147
Per student
-6%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $22,458
+27%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 6.2%
State 76.3%
Federal 17.5%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Hancock Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Brockton High Larger No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio
Edgar B Davis Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Louis F Angelo Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Oscar F Raymond Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Manthala George Jr. School Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Hancock's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Brockton · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools in Brockton

6 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Massachusetts, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Hancock's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Hancock

How many students attend Hancock?

Hancock has 680 students enrolled. It is a public school in Brockton, MA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Hancock?

The student-teacher ratio at Hancock is 17.4:1, which is 41% higher than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 11% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Hancock?

The largest demographic group at Hancock is African American at 52.2% of enrollment, in Brockton, MA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 63.9/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Hancock?

Hancock has a Resource Investment Index of 33/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Hancock rank among schools in Brockton?

By Resource Investment Index, Hancock ranks #7 of 10 schools in Brockton, MA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Brockton on the city page.

Is Hancock a good school?

Hancock earns 33/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 95% of Massachusetts schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Brockton?

Besides Hancock, Brockton also operates Brockton High (3,598 students), Edgar B Davis (1,009 students), and Louis F Angelo Elementary (875 students). See the Brockton district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 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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