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Downey

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

55 Electric Avenue, Brockton, MA 02302 · (508) 580-7221 · Part of Brockton School District

Brockton’s School Grade D better than 7% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
602
Students per teacher
15:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Downey

  • Its own letter, D: reading and math results near the bottom of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 30 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 32 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Brockton kids: 7 middle schools

On the path

Where Brockton kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5DowneyYou are here
6–87 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency7%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts17%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, D, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

55 Electric Avenue, Brockton

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K22
Kindergarten106
Grade 197
Grade 283
Grade 3119
Grade 4100
Grade 575
Enrollment over time
595’20
565’21
592’22
599’23
602’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 57%Hispanic 22%White 12%Two or more races 7%Asian 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Downey from Brockton families.

Other schools in Brockton School District

The district →
Manthala George Jr. School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brockton
D−
838 students18:1
Dr W Arnone Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brockton
D−
763 students18:1
Hancock
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brockton
D
680 students16:1
Brookfield
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brockton
D
532 students15:1
Gilmore Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brockton
D−
444 students17:1
Barrett Russell Early Childhood Center
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Brockton
209 students13:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Brockton’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.