Summary:
Brookline, Massachusetts has seven schools in the Brookline district: one high school serving grades 9–12 and six buildings labeled "elementary" that actually serve K–8 or PK–8, together enrolling 5,797 students. The district itself ranks 16th of 351 Massachusetts districts — 95th percentile, 5 stars — but that rating appears identically on every record, so differences between individual schools come from test scores, rank history, spending and class size.
Among the K–8 schools, Lawrence stands out: 29th of 899 schools (97th percentile, 5 stars), the only school in the set whose rank improved every year, with the highest K–8 Math score (80.05) and 5 stars in all three years. Brookline High ranks 14th of 353 high schools (96th percentile, 5 stars), reports a 96.2% graduation rate and a 1.6% dropout rate, and posts ELA 77.58, Math 83.27 and Science 79.03 — all roughly 33–40 points above the state. Michael Driscoll shows the most extreme grade-level spread, holding the single highest grade-level score in the data (8th grade Math 92.59) and the single lowest (4th grade ELA 49.06).
Math outperforms ELA at every school. Grade 4 is the district's ELA soft spot, while grades 6–8 are consistently stronger — a pattern most pronounced at Driscoll and Pierce. Florida Ruffin Ridley gained the most rank over three years (140th to 67th), William H Lincoln is the most consistent, and John D Runkle is the most volatile. Spending and enrollment size don't track outcomes here, and the best and worst K–8 schools are separated by under 10 points in every subject.
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