John D Runkle

John D Runkle is an elementary school located in Brookline, Massachusetts, in Norfolk County. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 476 students. Elementary schools in Massachusetts have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 25% higher.

Brookline, which runs John D Runkle, has 13 schools and 7,056 students.

Of every 100 students at John D Runkle, about 49 are White, the largest group. It is also 17% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 14% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Norfolk County is roughly 70% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.

Teacher count: 37 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

The school's county is Norfolk County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $130,739 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Norfolk County number 198, with about 101,300 students.

The closest school to John D Runkle is Roland Hayes, located about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.

In 2020-21, John D Runkle enrolled 504 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 476. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.7:1 to 12.9:1.

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