North Brookfield

North Brookfield, MA is a small two-school district: North Brookfield Elementary serves prekindergarten through grade 5 with 240 students, and North Brookfield High serves grades 6 through 12 with 157 students — so the "high" school also covers the middle grades. The North Brookfield district as a whole ranks 314th of 351 Massachusetts districts, in the 11th percentile, with 1 star.

North Brookfield Elementary is the stronger of the two schools, especially in science. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 25.47% in ELA, 36.45% in math, and 42.50% in science. That science result is the only all-grade subject in the data where a North Brookfield school beats the state (40.98%), and it also tops the district (30.43%). The school improved across all three core subjects compared with 2024–2025, with science up 20.55 percentage points, and its rank rose to the 35th percentile and 2 stars from 19th percentile and 1 star. Fourth-grade math (42.50%) and fifth-grade science (42.50%) come close to state levels, while ELA in grades 3–5 remains below state.

North Brookfield High faces significant academic challenges, particularly in math. Its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency was 17.72% in ELA, just 5.19% in math, and 16.00% in science — all far below state levels, with math 35.92 points behind. Seventh-grade math proficiency is 0%, and 6th- and 8th-grade math are also very low. The school moved backward from 2024–2025 in ELA, math, science, and 8th-grade civics, and remains at the 15th percentile and 1 star. For 2024–2025 it reported a 73.9% graduation rate and a 17.4% dropout rate, above the district's 16.0%. Note that with 240 and 157 students, grade-level percentages rest on small groups, so year-to-year swings should be read with caution.