Summary:
ZIP code 02445 in Brookline, Massachusetts is served by two elementary schools — William H Lincoln (grades K–8, 494 students) and John D Runkle (grades PK–8, 476 students) — and both belong to the Brookline district, which ranks #16 of 351 districts statewide at the 95th percentile with 5 stars.
Both schools are standouts. In 2025–2026, Lincoln ranks #60 of 899 schools (93rd percentile, 5 stars) and Runkle ranks #69 of 899 (92nd percentile, 5 stars), placing both in roughly the top 7–8% of ranked schools in Massachusetts. Lincoln has the edge in English language arts and math, with All-Grades proficiency of 71.28% in ELA and 72.95% in math, versus Runkle's 67.87% and 71.71%. Runkle leads in science at 70.53%, compared with Lincoln's 68.63%. Both sit roughly 28–32 percentage points above state averages of about 40% in each subject. Lincoln's rank history has been the steadier of the two (#107, then #60 twice), while Runkle's has moved more (#61, #126, #69).
Grade-level results show Lincoln's 8th grade reaching 84.44% in both ELA and math, plus 80% in civics. Runkle's 8th grade posted 77.97% in ELA and civics, and 74.58% in science — slightly above the district's 74.25%. Runkle's lowest reported figure, 5th-grade ELA at 55.56%, is still well above the state's 38.15%. Operations are similar: student-teacher ratios of 12.6 and 12.8, and 2020–2021 per-student spending of $25,720 and $26,299; free/reduced-lunch data are unavailable for both. Year over year, Runkle improved in all three core subjects while Lincoln held flat in ELA and slipped slightly in math and science.
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