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Florida Ruffin Ridley School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–8

345 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446 · (617) 879-4400 · Part of Brookline School District

Brookline’s School Grade A better than 93% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
857
Students per teacher
14:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–8
The gist

What stands out about Florida Ruffin Ridley School

  • Its own letter, A−: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 20 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 19 pts above the state
  • Next stop for Brookline kids: Brookline High

On the path

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

PK–8Florida Ruffin Ridley SchoolYou are here
9–12Brookline High2,181 students

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency57%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts68%
State average 49.3%

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

345 Harvard Street, Brookline

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K32
Kindergarten91
Grade 184
Grade 2104
Grade 3104
Grade 499
Grade 592
Grade 685
Grade 786
Grade 880
Enrollment over time
806’20
830’21
851’22
852’23
857’24

Up 6.3% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 52%Asian 17%Hispanic 14%Two or more races 12%Black 6%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Florida Ruffin Ridley School from Brookline families.

Other schools in Brookline School District

The district →

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; Brookline’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.