Brookfield

Brookfield has exactly one listed school: Brookfield Elementary, an elementary school serving PK–6 with 289 students at 37 Central Street in Brookfield, MA 01506. The area has 1 elementary school, 0 middle schools, 0 high schools, and 0 alternative schools, so there are no within-area peer schools to compare. Because Brookfield has only this one listed school, the district-level MCAS results are identical to the school’s results. The Brookfield district is rated 4 stars, ranked 98th of 351 Massachusetts districts (72nd percentile).

Brookfield Elementary is the standout and only school in this list, with above-state MCAS performance in every tested subject in 2025–2026: ELA 46.88% vs. 40.03%, math 58.13% vs. 41.11%, and science 58.54% vs. 40.98%. Its exceptional grade 6 math score of 74.36% proficient is 31.77 percentage points above the state’s 42.59%. Science was very strong in 2024–2025 at 72.97%, 31.46 points above state. The school improved from 3 stars in 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 to 4 stars in 2025–2026, with a 71st percentile rank (257 of 899). The student-teacher ratio is 11.1 (2024–2025), per-student spending is $16,206 (2020–2021), and free/reduced lunch is blank/not reported, so it is unknown.

Math and science are relative strengths, while ELA is solidly above state but less dominant. Grade 6 math is the single brightest data point, and grade 6 ELA is the narrowest margin at +0.77 points. Grade 4 ELA is the strongest ELA grade at +13.79 points. Year over year, ELA rose 1.88 points and math rose 5.93 points; science fell from 72.97% to 58.54% (a decline of 14.43 points) but remained 17.56 points above state—since science is only reported for grade 5 in 2025–2026, this may reflect cohort differences. The school improved while state ELA declined. Overall trajectory is positive. Data limitations: free/reduced lunch is unknown, spending is only available for 2020–2021, no state benchmark is given for the student-teacher ratio, and no middle/high/alternative comparisons are possible. Bottom line: a high-performing PK–6 school, especially in math and science, with recent rank improvement to 4 stars.