Editing Brookline, Massachusetts (section)

===Public schools===
{{Main|Public Schools of Brookline}}
[[File:Brookline High School, March 2022.JPG|thumb|[[Brookline High School]] in March 2022]]
The town is served by the [[Public Schools of Brookline]]. The student body at [[Brookline High School]] includes students from more than 76 countries. Many students attend Brookline High from surrounding neighborhoods in Boston, such as Mission Hill and [[METCO|Mattapan through the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity]] system.

The eight elementary schools in the [[Public Schools of Brookline|Brookline Public School]] system are: [[Edith C. Baker School|Baker School]], [[Edward Devotion School|Florida Ruffin Ridley School]], Driscoll, [[Heath School|Roland Hayes School]], Lawrence School, [[Lincoln School (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Lincoln School]], Pierce School, and Runkle School. As of December 2006, there were 6,089 K–12 students enrolled in the Brookline public schools. The system includes one early learning center, eight grades K–8 schools, and one comprehensive high school. The Old Lincoln School is a surplus building used by the town to temporarily teach students in when another school building is being renovated. It was rented in 2009 as the venue for the play ''[[Sleep No More (2009 play)|Sleep No More]]''.

As of the 2012–13 school year, the student body was 57.4% White, 18.1% Asian, 6.4% Black, 9.9% Hispanic, and 8.2% multiracial. About 30% of students came from homes where English is not their first language.