Summary:
ZIP 02445 (Brookline, MA) is home to three public schools serving grades K–12: Brookline High (grades 9–12) and two K–8/PK–8 elementaries, William H Lincoln and John D Runkle. All three belong to the Brookline district, which ranks 16th of 351 districts statewide. Total enrollment is 3,151 students, with 2,181 at the high school (about 69%) and each elementary near 480. Every school earned 5 stars in 2025-26 and ranks in roughly the top 4–8% of its statewide comparison group. Because both elementaries run through 8th grade, there is no standalone middle school here.
Brookline High is the strongest single performer, ranking 14th of 353 high schools. Its 10th-grade Mathematics proficiency of 83.27% compares with 43.73% statewide, and ELA (77.58% vs. 45.48%) and Science (79.03% vs. 40.50%) show similar gaps; the graduation rate is 96.2%. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.8) and the lowest per-pupil spending ($23,558, 2020-21) in the ZIP. Among the elementaries, William H Lincoln is the more consistent: it improved from 107th to 60th of 899 and held that spot, and it wins 12 of 16 grade-and-subject comparisons against John D Runkle. Runkle's rank history is more volatile (61 → 126 → 69) and it sits slightly below the district average on all four all-grades measures.
For parents, two patterns stand out. First, achievement climbs sharply toward 8th grade at both elementaries, while 5th grade is the soft spot — Runkle's 5th-grade ELA of 55.56% is 10.47 points below the district average. Second, Civics is a quiet strength, with Lincoln at 80.00% and Runkle at 77.97% against 39.77% statewide. Note that free/reduced-lunch percentages are suppressed (unknown) for all three schools, and spending figures are from 2020-21.
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