Brookfield

Set in Brockton, Massachusetts, Brookfield is a moderately sized elementary campus, overseen by Brockton. It works with 532 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 40% larger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Brockton runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 15,280 students. Brookfield is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Brookfield records that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 16% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

In terms of school funding signals, Brookfield shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Plymouth County put median household income runs about $114,201, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Brookfield is one of 141 public schools in Plymouth County (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ashfield Middle School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brookfield.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brookfield has ticked down 18%, going from 647 students in 2018 to 532 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Brookfield community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.