Best Public Schools in Brockton, MA

Brockton, Massachusetts has 24 schools serving students from elementary through high school — 11 elementary, 6 middle, 6 high, and 1 alternative school — with about 15,805 students enrolled. The Brockton district ranks 329th of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 6th percentile with 0 stars, and the New Heights Charter School of Brockton (District) ranks 324th of 351, also 0 stars, so most local schools are being compared against a district already near the bottom of the state.

Enrollment is heavily concentrated: Brockton High alone has 3,598 students, about 22.8% of everyone listed, while the smallest schools have 30 to 225 students. The clearest bright spots are small. PROMISE College and Career Academy, with 138 students, is the top-ranked high school at the 46th percentile with 2 stars; its 10th-grade ELA proficiency of 67.44% beats the state's 45.48%, and its math of 39.53% is far above the district's 15.34%. Ashfield Middle School and North Middle School are the strongest middle schools, at the 37th and 36th percentile with 2 stars each, and both beat the state in 8th-grade math. Louis F Angelo Elementary is the top elementary school, at the 31st percentile. New Heights Charter School of Brockton has the best completion data — 96.3% graduation and 0.9% dropout versus the district's 75.4% and 11.6% — though its test scores are weak.

At the other end, Oscar F Raymond and Dr W Arnone Community School both rank at the 3rd percentile with 0 stars and post very low math and science scores. Science is a citywide weakness, with district proficiency far below the state in every science subject; Brockton High's physics results are the main exception. Alternative settings face severe completion challenges: Brockton Virtual Learning Academy has the lowest graduation rate at 42.1% and the highest dropout rate at 34.2% in this list, followed by Edison Evening Academy and Champion High School. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for every school, spending figures date to 2020–2021, and small schools' rates can swing sharply.