Downey

Downey is an elementary campus of big scale in Brockton, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Brockton, teacheing 602 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Downey sits 58% above that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Downey lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 22% Hispanic, 12% White, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Downey has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Downey higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Plymouth County) shows that median household earnings sit near $114,201, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Plymouth County runs 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), of which Downey is one.

East Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Downey.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 629 students in 2018 compared to 602 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 20% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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