Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon

Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon is an one-room-style elementary school in Brookline, Massachusetts, part of Brookline. The school serves 47 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 88% below the state mean of about 381.

Brookline comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,056 students; Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon reports that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 38% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Norfolk County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Norfolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,739, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Norfolk County runs 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), of which Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon is one.

Lawrence is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 60 students in 2018 compared to 47 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 27% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.