Spencer-E Brookfield
1 high school and 2 elementary schools in our rankings
Students from East Brookfield and Spencer attend Spencer-E Brookfield schools, including David Prouty High School.
Ranks #229 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School District serves the towns of East Brookfield and Spencer, two adjacent communities in central Massachusetts roughly 15 miles northwest of Worcester. Both towns are largely residential, with a mix of single-family neighborhoods, small village centers, and surrounding rural and conservation land. The district's high school is David Prouty High School, located in Spencer. Spencer is known for its Wire Village mill history and the nearby Lake Lashaway, while East Brookfield, with its historic town center, was home to the Commercial Hotel, which is said to have inspired early elements of the American hotel tradition.
How it compares
- Strongest area: SAT scores, in the top 28% of districts. Its high schools average 1164 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 3% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 28.1% in 2022 to 15.1% in 2025.
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Schools in Spencer-E Brookfield
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (David Prouty High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.5% female · 52.3% male · 0.2% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 118 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
11.4 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.8% missed 20% or more of school days
About the towns
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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