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Maimonides School Elementary Section → Maimonides → Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann → Bay Cove Academy → Winsor School → Roxbury Preparatory Charter School → Ivy Street School → Match Charter Public School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 11 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 18 calculus classes · 46 physics · 31 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 86th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Brookline High compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 14% nationally with 11 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Maimonides School Elementary Section, Maimonides, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
86th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
75th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,181 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $36,663 per student in district revenue, the 166 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $6,086,058/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maimonides School Elementary Section Brookline |
Private | 0.2 | 342 | +81.0% |
| Maimonides Brookline |
Private | 0.2 | 344 | -12.5% |
| Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Boston |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 383 | -3.0% |
| Bay Cove Academy Brookline |
Private | 1.2 | 27 | — |
| Winsor School Boston |
Private | 1.2 | 478 | +2.6% |
| Roxbury Preparatory Charter School Roxbury |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 520 | -23.5% |
| Ivy Street School Brookline |
Private | 1.3 | 50 | — |
| Match Charter Public School Boston |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 279 | -9.4% |