Plouffe Middle School

As a mid-tier middle-grades school in Brockton, Massachusetts, Plouffe Middle School instructs 627 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Brockton.

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

On the student-mix side, Plouffe Middle School logs that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 42% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Plouffe Middle School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Plymouth County put the typical household earns roughly $114,201 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Plymouth County runs 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), of which Plouffe Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Champion High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Plouffe Middle School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plouffe Middle School has shrank 9%, going from 686 students in 2018 to 627 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 29% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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