Summary:
Brookfield Local is a small Ohio district serving 964 students across three schools on a single Brookfield campus: Brookfield Elementary School (K–4, 378 students), Brookfield Middle School (5–8, 298), and Brookfield High School (9–12, 288). Enrollment is spread fairly evenly, with the elementary slightly largest at 39.2% of students. Notably, the district is rated 1 star and 28th percentile, while each school shows 2 stars with 2025–2026 percentiles of 31st to 39th — an unusual district-versus-school gap.
There are real strengths to build on. The high school's 98.6% graduation rate is the district's best number. High school Biology (71.4% vs. 67.0% state) and English II (66.3% vs. 62.7%) both beat state, and Algebra I improved from 39.3% to 47.8%. Among the middle grades, 7th grade math (55.2% vs. 48.6% state) and 5th grade math (59.5% vs. 59.1%) are the strongest relative results, and elementary math sits close to state in both grades 3 and 4. Chronic absenteeism is lowest at the elementary (22.8%) and highest at the high school (41.8%), well above the 29.6% district rate, while the middle school has the largest classes at a 19.2 student-to-teacher ratio.
The clearest warning signs are in reading and in high school math. Third grade ELA at the elementary is 40.0% versus 63.4% state — a 23.4-point gap and down 12.9 points. Middle school 7th and 8th grade ELA trail state by 19.4 and 15.2 points, and 5th and 8th grade science both dropped from above state to roughly 50–51%. At the high school, Geometry fell to 23.8% (state 43.3%), American Government slipped to 65.4%, and all three schools have trended down in rank percentile over three years. Free/reduced lunch data is missing, and spending figures date only to 2018–2019, so current financial context is unavailable.
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