Brookside Elementary

Summary:

Brookside Elementary is a public elementary school in Dracut, Massachusetts, serving 518 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Dracut school district, which is ranked 211 out of 351 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Brookside Elementary's academic performance, as measured by MCAS Next Generation test scores, is generally lower than the state average and the Dracut district average across all grades and subjects. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (36.82%) and Mathematics (41.1%) were below the state averages of 39.17% and 40.91%, respectively. The school's statewide ranking has also declined over the years, from 357 out of 942 Massachusetts elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 546 out of 916 in 2023-2024. Interestingly, the school ranks highly for Hispanic students, placing in the top 15% of Massachusetts elementary schools in recent years, but ranks in the bottom 25% for White students and students with disabilities.

Compared to nearby schools, George H. Englesby Elementary School and Greenmont Avenue, both part of the Dracut district, have higher proficiency rates and better statewide rankings. The school's relatively high spending per student, which has increased from $11,156 in 2019-2020 to $12,882 in 2020-2021, suggests that socioeconomic factors may play a role in the school's academic performance.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1560 Lakeview Avenue
       Dracut, MA  01826


(978) 957-0716

District: Dracut

SchoolDigger Rank:
546th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,882 Help


Students who attend Brookside Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Justus C. Richardson Middle School
High:    Dracut Senior High

Student/teacher ratio:  16.5 Help
Number of students:  518

Racial breakdown:

White:
62.7%
Hispanic:
15.3%
African American:
10.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  31.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Brookside Elementary ranks worse than 59.6% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Dracut School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.84. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (62.7%), Hispanic (15.3%), Asian (10.2%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Brookside Elementary is 16.5. 2 elementary schools in the Dracut School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Brookside Elementary is $12,882, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Dracut School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Brookside Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Brookside Elementary 546th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Brookside Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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White students:


Dracut:

SchoolDigger ranks Dracut 211th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Brookside Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 29.72 648th 884 26.7%
2004 37.86 585th 882 33.7%
2005 40.38 561st 887 36.8%
2006 53.30 453rd 911 50.3%
2007 47.92 525th 911 42.4%
2008 37.55 625th 908 31.2%
2009 30.41 680th 909 25.2%
2010 52.52 485th 920 47.3%
2011 50.96 520th 924 43.7%
2012 37.20 633rd 930 31.9%
2013 32.95 670th 928 27.8%
2014 41.61 604th 926 34.8%
2015 29.27 693rd 914 24.2%
2016 24.97 736th 932 21.0%
2017 50.94 472nd 938 49.7%
2018 56.33 440th 934 52.9%
2019 61.83 357th 942 62.1%
2021 44.18 535th 936 42.8%
2022 43.37 533rd 932 42.8%
2023 40.57 560th 928 39.7%
2024 41.84 546th 916 40.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.80 329th 886 62.9%
2019 59.20 307th 896 65.7%
2021 59.61 294th 894 67.1%
2022 62.57 268th 905 70.4%
2023 49.57 305th 703 56.6%
2024 29.08 531st 731 27.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.81 105th 685 84.7%
2019 67.60 169th 700 75.9%
2021 69.20 146th 705 79.3%
2022 67.16 192nd 772 75.1%
2023 54.77 322nd 757 57.5%
2024 42.92 431st 760 43.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.35 414th 893 53.6%
2019 71.74 239th 902 73.5%
2021 45.02 515th 898 42.7%
2022 41.18 540th 901 40.1%
2023 33.36 599th 887 32.5%
2024 36.94 558th 886 37.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.90 238th 656 63.7%
2019 61.98 196th 665 70.5%
2021 56.37 214th 632 66.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.73 425th 898 52.7%
2019 51.56 455th 907 49.8%
2021 43.57 508th 904 43.8%
2022 45.85 487th 908 46.4%
2023 48.41 463rd 896 48.3%
2024 46.76 480th 891 46.1%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 44.56 525th 925 43.2%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 60.62 123rd 399 69.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 99.68 1st 172 99.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.38 23rd 379 93.9%
2021 82.44 31st 379 91.8%
2024 72.65 67th 446 85.0%
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Rank History for White students at Brookside Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.84 488th 772 36.8%
2019 46.01 454th 780 41.8%
2021 31.86 577th 765 24.6%
2022 33.11 555th 764 27.4%
2023 26.87 607th 762 20.3%
2024 27.80 597th 753 20.7%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Brookside Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 686 2 11 5 0 n/a n/a 0 704
1989 682 3 8 4 0 n/a n/a 0 697
1990 720 3 6 5 0 n/a n/a 0 734
1991 773 3 10 7 0 n/a n/a 0 793
1992 784 0 17 7 0 n/a n/a 0 808
1993 784 3 14 2 0 n/a n/a 0 803
1994 832 4 27 10 0 n/a n/a 0 873
1995 871 10 21 13 0 n/a n/a 0 915
1996 871 10 21 13 0 n/a n/a 0 915
1997 884 9 31 16 0 n/a n/a 0 940
1998 899 19 25 6 0 n/a n/a 0 949
1999 915 11 34 11 0 n/a n/a 0 971
2000 912 12 34 7 0 n/a n/a 0 965
2001 887 10 27 21 5 n/a n/a 0 950
2002 574 10 23 8 0 n/a n/a 0 615
2003 574 10 23 8 0 n/a n/a 0 615
2004 554 5 25 17 0 n/a n/a 0 601
2005 533 14 32 19 0 n/a n/a 0 598
2006 543 15 32 25 0 n/a n/a 2 617
2007 529 16 38 29 0 n/a n/a 2 614
2008 525 14 41 40 0 n/a n/a 6 626
2009 514 20 42 35 0 1 10 0 622
2010 489 22 45 40 1 0 8 0 605
2011 488 27 47 33 0 0 7 0 602
2012 518 25 51 46 0 0 7 0 647
2013 532 26 50 48 0 0 6 0 662
2014 500 34 42 45 0 0 3 0 624
2015 357 38 27 32 1 0 1 0 456
2016 331 41 34 37 1 0 2 0 446
2017 346 47 30 37 1 0 2 0 463
2018 338 42 29 44 0 0 4 0 457
2019 317 50 26 43 0 0 3 0 439
2020 313 53 33 53 0 0 4 0 456
2021 294 47 41 56 1 0 5 0 444
2022 303 51 54 63 1 0 7 0 479
2023 325 53 53 79 0 0 8 0 518

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Brookside Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 704 n/a n/a n/a
1989 697 n/a n/a n/a
1990 734 n/a n/a n/a
1991 793 n/a n/a n/a
1992 808 n/a n/a n/a
1993 803 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 873 n/a n/a n/a
1995 915 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 915 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 940 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 949 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 971 n/a 0.0 10.6
2000 965 n/a 0.0 9.4
2001 950 n/a 0.0 9.4
2002 615 n/a n/a 7.2
2003 615 n/a n/a 7.2
2004 601 35.8 16.8 9.7
2005 598 34.2 17.5 11.4
2006 617 34.1 18.1 12.4
2007 614 36.0 17.1 11.9
2008 626 34.5 18.1 17.3
2009 622 35.2 17.7 15.8
2010 605 35.2 17.1 14.5
2011 602 33.1 18.1 18.9
2012 647 36.4 17.7 13.3
2013 662 32.3 20.4 24.6
2014 624 31.7 19.6 24.8
2015 456 24.0 19.0 31.1
2016 446 25.0 17.8 n/a
2017 463 25.6 18.0 n/a
2018 457 22.1 20.6 n/a
2019 439 27.3 16.0 n/a
2020 456 26.1 17.4 n/a
2021 444 22.6 19.5 n/a
2022 479 28.5 16.7 n/a
2023 518 31.3 16.5 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Brookside Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 704 n/a n/a n/a
1989 697 n/a n/a n/a
1990 734 n/a n/a n/a
1991 793 n/a n/a n/a
1992 808 n/a n/a n/a
1993 803 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 873 n/a n/a n/a
1995 915 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 915 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 940 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 949 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 971 n/a 0.0 10.6
2000 965 n/a 0.0 9.4
2001 950 n/a 0.0 9.4
2002 615 n/a n/a 7.2
2003 615 n/a n/a 7.2
2004 601 35.8 16.8 9.7
2005 598 34.2 17.5 11.4
2006 617 34.1 18.1 12.4
2007 614 36.0 17.1 11.9
2008 626 34.5 18.1 17.3
2009 622 35.2 17.7 15.8
2010 605 35.2 17.1 14.5
2011 602 33.1 18.1 18.9
2012 647 36.4 17.7 13.3
2013 662 32.3 20.4 24.6
2014 624 31.7 19.6 24.8
2015 456 24.0 19.0 31.1
2016 446 25.0 17.8 n/a
2017 463 25.6 18.0 n/a
2018 457 22.1 20.6 n/a
2019 439 27.3 16.0 n/a
2020 456 26.1 17.4 n/a
2021 444 22.6 19.5 n/a
2022 479 28.5 16.7 n/a
2023 518 31.3 16.5 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Brookside Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $552 (4.8%) $10,999 (95.2%) $11,551
2020 $269 (2.4%) $10,888 (97.6%) $11,156
2021 $1,099 (8.5%) $11,784 (91.5%) $12,882

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Brookside Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 357th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 560th of 928 Elementary schools
 22.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Brookside Elementary)6935.6
 33.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Dracut)5738.9
 18.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Brookside Elementary)4439.7
 4.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Dracut)4135.3
 5.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Brookside Elementary)6744.6
 22.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Dracut)5641.6
 14.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Brookside Elementary)5933.8
 25.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Dracut)4342.4
 0.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Brookside Elementary)6333.8
 29.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Dracut)6243.7
 18.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Brookside Elementary)5231.1
 20.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Dracut)5239.8
 12.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Brookside Elementary)4841.9
 6.1%
   5th Grade Science (Dracut)4944.6
 4.5%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Brookside Elementary)6638
 28%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Dracut)5439.2
 14.8%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Brookside Elementary)5234.8
 17.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Dracut)4536.2
 8.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Brookside Elementary)4841.9
 6.1%
   All Grades Science (Dracut)4538.1
 6.9%
   All Grades Science (Massachusetts)4741.2
 5.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students439518
 18%
African American5053
 6%
American Indian00
Asian2653
 103.8%
Hispanic4379
 83.7%
Pacific Islander00
White317325
 2.5%
Two or More Races38
 166.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Brookside Elementary

Students at Brookside Elementary are 63% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% African American, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 518 students attended Brookside Elementary.

Brookside Elementary ranks 546th of 916 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Brookside Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Justus C. Richardson Middle School
High : Dracut Senior High


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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