Summary:
ZIP code 01535 covers North Brookfield, Massachusetts, a small district with just two public schools: North Brookfield Elementary, which serves PK–5 with 240 students, and North Brookfield High, which serves grades 6–12 with 157 students. There is no separate middle school, so middle-grade results are included in the high school's numbers. The North Brookfield district as a whole ranks 314 out of 351 Massachusetts districts — the 11th percentile, 1 star.
North Brookfield Elementary is the stronger of the two and appears to be improving. Its latest rank is 587 of 899 (35th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026, up from the 19th percentile the year before. Its all-grade science proficiency (42.50%) is above the state figure, and its math (36.45%) is well above the district's 21.50%, though still below the state's 41.11%. ELA is its weakest area at 25.47% versus the state's 40.03%. By contrast, North Brookfield High ranks 298 of 349 (15th percentile, 1 star) and has stayed at roughly that level. Its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency is 17.72% in ELA, 5.19% in math, and 16.00% in science; 7th grade math was 0%, an exact reported zero. Completion is also a concern, with a 73.9% graduation rate and a 17.4% dropout rate.
A notable pattern is that the high school spends more per student ($20,063 in 2020–2021) than the elementary school ($17,466) and has a much smaller student–teacher ratio (5.4 versus 11.4), yet its results are far lower — suggesting resources alone do not explain the gap. ELA is weak in both schools, and the district's free/reduced lunch data are not reported, so poverty context is unavailable. Because both schools are small and the spending figure is dated, year-to-year percentages can swing widely and should be read with caution.
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