Captain Samuel Douglass Academy

Set in Brookline, New Hampshire, Captain Samuel Douglass Academy is an intimate 6-8 campus, run under Brookline School District. It teaches 242 students across grades 4 through 6. That puts it 36% below the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 379 students.

Captain Samuel Douglass Academy is one of 2 schools operated by Brookline School District, a district that instructs 551 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Captain Samuel Douglass Academy shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder is composed of 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

With demographic context factored in, Captain Samuel Douglass Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.0%; this one delivers 53.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Captain Samuel Douglass Academy is one.

Richard Maghakian Memorial School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Captain Samuel Douglass Academy at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 64.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Captain Samuel Douglass Academy has climbed 11%, going from 218 students in 2018 to 242 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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