BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL

BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment all-grades campus in BROOKFIELD, New York, one of the schools within BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 189 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 65% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 544 students.

BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the operating authority for BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL lists that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Madison County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.5%; this one delivers 41.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Madison County) records that median household income runs about $75,499, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Madison County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,402 students), of which BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MOUNT MARKHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 8.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.8%.

BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 20%: 235 students in 2018 compared to 189 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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