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Brookline High
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 517 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 578 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 523 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 548 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 1% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2018, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 83.0% |
| 2021-22 | 82.0% | 82.0% |
| 2020-21 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
| 2018-19 | 84.0% | 83.0% |
Where Brookline High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Norfolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #6 of 327 ▲ 14 | #3 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #11 of 326 ▲ 23 | #4 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #55 of 315 | #7 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,181 | #12 of 379 | #1 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #206 of 325 | #16 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #28 of 325 | #6 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #90 of 133 | #9 of 12 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,181 | 183.5 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 2,173 | 188.7 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 2,087 | 195.2 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 2,035 | 194 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,080 | 181.2 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 1,957 | 162 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 1,756 | 150 | 11.7:1 | 14% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 1,860 | N/A | N/A | 8% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 1,798 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (2,080 to 2,181); teachers up 1% (181.2 to 183.5).
About Brookline High
Brookline High is a large high school in Brookline, Massachusetts, under Brookline. It reported 2,181 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Massachusetts have about 777 students on average; enrollment here is 181% higher.
The district for Brookline High is Brookline, with 13 schools and 7,056 students.
White students are 53% of those enrolled at Brookline High. The remaining shares are 18% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Norfolk County's population at about 70%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Brookline High has 183.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. The school's 11.9:1 compares with an average of 23.4:1 for high schools in Massachusetts.
In the wider Norfolk County area, median household income comes to about $130,739, roughly 59% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Norfolk County counts 198 public schools with about 101,300 students.
Brookline Early Education Program at Clark Road is about 0.2 miles from Brookline High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
For locale, NCES codes Brookline High as Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 2,181, from 2,035 in 2020-21. The ratio was 10.5:1 in 2020-21 and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
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