The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in Science. The lowest is 30% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Louis F Angelo Elementary
Louis F Angelo Elementary is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Brockton, a mid-sized urban city in Plymouth County with a dense residential fabric and a history rooted in shoe manufacturing. The city has since diversified into healthcare, education, and retail, and it holds one of the largest Cape Verdean American communities in the country, with a majority-Black population. The school sits on North Main Street, part of a traditional New England street grid, and the downtown core a short distance away has commuter rail connections to Boston. Housing in the area costs less than in many Boston suburbs but has risen in recent years, and the rental market follows a similar pattern.
Angelo Elementary is a large school for an elementary building, with an enrollment that fills grades kindergarten through five. The student body is predominantly Black, with a substantial Hispanic population and a smaller share of White students, along with modest Asian and multiracial representations. Free or reduced-price lunch data, special education counts, and English learner numbers were not available from the data we looked at, so a parent would want to follow up with the school directly to understand the economic and learning-support landscape of the peer group.
The school participates in Massachusetts’ NextGen MCAS state testing, and results for the most recent school year place overall proficiency across math and English language arts at a level that falls in the bottom quartile when compared with other district elementary schools across Plymouth County. In math, roughly a third of students scored proficient or above. In English language arts, the share was a bit smaller. Science testing, which Massachusetts administers in grade five, showed a somewhat higher proficiency rate. Multi-year trends for both math and ELA have been fairly flat or very gradually declining; there is no single dramatic drop, but the numbers have not moved upward over the span of data available. A parent looking at these results may want to discuss with the school what instructional supports and interventions are in place.
Because this is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and that metric is simply not applicable to this grade band. Other common data points such as chronic absenteeism were also not available, so we cannot speak to attendance patterns from the supplied records.
The district that operates the school, Brockton Public Schools, was classified as requiring assistance or intervention in its most recent state accountability report, with the state noting a low district graduation rate and moderate progress toward improvement targets. This classification means Brockton operates under sustained state-level oversight. Separately, a widely reported incident in early 2024 involved a request by some school committee members for National Guard assistance at Brockton High School due to violence and security staffing shortages, a request the Mayor opposed. That event centers on the high school, not an elementary building, but it signals the broader challenges the district faces in staffing and student safety at the secondary level. A parent of a younger child may want to ask how the elementary school’s environment and support structures are connected to the district’s overall conditions.
Program offerings for this school were not listed in the data we reviewed, so we cannot describe any specialized academies, enrichment, or before- or after-school options beyond the core academic program.
This is a school that sits in a large urban district under state intervention, serving a diverse student body, with academic achievement that has been low relative to surrounding districts for several years running. For a family weighing options, the immediate peer environment is diverse and urban, and the housing market in Brockton is more accessible than in many Boston suburbs but comes with a city that is still undergoing economic revitalization. The academic trends are a soft spot, and anyone considering this school would be well served to visit, talk to the principal about how the school addresses math and literacy gaps, and understand what supports are available for students who are behind grade level.
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