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Brookline School District

Public school districtGrades PK–6

Serves Brookline.

Brookline’s School Grade A better than 91% of New Hampshire school districts

Students
551
Schools
2
Spent per student
$19,574
NH $23,296
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
3%
Debt
$1.4M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Brookline School District

  • Its letter, A: results better than 90% of New Hampshire districts
  • Math proficiency 22 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 21 pts above the state
  • Spends 16% less per student than the NH average
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Debt of $1.4M, about $2,535 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 90% of the 172 New Hampshire school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
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The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Brookline. Grade by grade →

7–8Hollis-Brookline Middle SchoolHollis-Brookline Cooperative School District
9–12Hollis-Brookline High SchoolHollis-Brookline Cooperative School District

Test scores vs. NH

2021–22
Math proficiency62%
State average 40.5% · 321 students tested
Reading / language arts72%
State average 50.8% · 320 students tested

96% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 97% at Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District, which runs the high school (state 88.1%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$19,574 per student · 16% below NH
Spending
Classroom instruction 59%Support & administration 39%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 71%State 27%Federal 2%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
559’20
583’21
582’22
576’23
551’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 92%Asian 4%Two or more races 2%Hispanic 1%Black <1%

Schools in the district

2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Hampshire’s other public schools.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within New Hampshire.