Photo: Pesotsky · CC BY 3.0Brookline’s public schools outscore 93% of Massachusetts districts
71% of students in Brookline’s public schools are proficient in math, above the Massachusetts average (41%). The grade covers the public school district serving Brookline, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Massachusetts, not nationally.
From Massachusetts state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Brookline’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 233 Massachusetts towns with household incomes within a quarter of Brookline’s, its schools beat 99%, higher than their 93% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 72% and math 71% in spring 2022, against 44% and 41% statewide; 96% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 89%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $29,170 per student, against $26,530 across Massachusetts (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
Eight elementary schools, then one high school
Which elementary school depends on the address; from grade 9 the district’s path is Brookline High. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
Dexter Southfield (private), The Park School (private), Beaver Country Day School (private), Maimonides School (private), Maimonides (private), Torah Academy (private), St. Mary of the Assumption School (private), Apple Orchard School (private), Ivy Street School (private) and Bay Cove Academy (private) are in town. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Brookline’s grade
A: better than 93% of Massachusetts school districts, #17 of 283 Massachusetts towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Massachusetts average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Brookline, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Brookline
Brookline High
Grades 9–12 · 2,181 students · 12:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Brookline
Brookline High
Grades 9–12 · 2,181 students · 12:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Brookline
Brookline High
Grades 9–12 · 2,181 students · 12:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Brookline
Brookline High
Grades 9–12 · 2,181 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Brookline’s public schools are run by Brookline School District. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Brookline vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share Brookline’s borders.
Every school in Brookline
22 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Brookline’s schools
Are Brookline’s schools good?
By Massachusetts’s own tests, yes: the public schools Brookline children attend outscore 93% of Massachusetts’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade, #17 of 283 Massachusetts towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 99%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Brookline in?
Brookline School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 7,023 students in 12 schools (2024–25).
Where do Brookline kids go to high school?
Brookline High, with 2,181 students; its own test results earn an A+.
What is Brookline’s graduation rate?
96% of the class of 2023 in Brookline School District graduated in four years, against 89% across Massachusetts.
How much does Brookline spend per student?
$29,170 in Brookline School District (FY2024), against $26,530 across Massachusetts. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Are there private schools in Brookline?
Yes: Dexter Southfield (nonsectarian, grades PK–12, 1,076 students), The Park School (nonsectarian, grades PK–8, 561 students), Beaver Country Day School (nonsectarian, grades 6–12, 500 students), Maimonides School (religious, grades PK–12, 354 students), Maimonides (religious, grades PK–12, 354 students), Torah Academy (religious, grades PK–8, 281 students), St. Mary of the Assumption School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 217 students), Apple Orchard School (nonsectarian, grades PK–K, 95 students), Ivy Street School (special education, grades 8–12, 27 students) and Bay Cove Academy (special education, grades 7–12, 20 students).
Parents talk
What Brookline families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Massachusetts. Stars are from neighbors.