Editing Brockton, Massachusetts (section)

==Education==

===Public schools===

Brockton operates its own school system for the city's approximately 17,000 students. There is an early education school (Barrett Russell), ten elementary schools (Angelo, Arnone, Baker, Brookfield, Downey, George, Gilmore, Hancock, John F. Kennedy and Raymond), the Davis K–8 school, six middle/junior high schools (North, East, West, South, Ashfield and the Plouffe Academy), [[Brockton High School]] and four alternative schools (Huntington, Edison, Champion and B.B. Russell). Brockton High School's athletics teams are called the Boxers (after the city's undefeated heavyweight boxing champion, [[Rocky Marciano]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/athlete/rocky-marciano|title=Rocky Marciano Biography|website=Biography|date=23 July 2020 }}</ref>). In February 2024, Brockton High School entered the national spotlight following four district committee members requesting National Guard assistance via letter to the state’s Governor to deal with increasing levels of violence between students and security staffing shortages at the school, a request opposed by the Mayor of Brockton at the time.[https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/brockton-national-guard-school-safety-proposal/]

===Private schools===

Brockton was home to three parochial schools (Sacred Heart, Saint Casimir and Saint Edward) which merged in 2007 to form two schools. Trinity Lower Campus at the former Saint Edwards school site, and Trinity Upper Campus located on the former site of the Saint Colman's school, one Christian school (South Shore Christian and the Brockton Christian School closed in 2010), and [[Cardinal Spellman High School (Brockton, Massachusetts)|Cardinal Spellman High School]], a Catholic high school named for [[Francis Cardinal Spellman]], Brockton area native and former Archbishop of New York. Students may also choose to attend tuition-free Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School (in South Easton). {{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

===Higher education===

Brockton is the site of [[Massasoit Community College]] and offers Adult Studies/LEAD classes in Brockton.<ref name="satellite">{{cite news|title=ENC's Adult and Graduate Studies Program expands into satellite locations around the state|publisher=Nazarene Communications Network|date=December 18, 2008|url=http://www.ncnnews.com/nphweb/html/ncn/article.jsp?sid=10000013&id=10006683|access-date=2009-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223132025/http://www.ncnnews.com/nphweb/html/ncn/article.jsp?sid=10000013&id=10006683|archive-date=2008-12-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Fisher College]] also has a campus in Brockton. The Brockton VA Hospital offers classes, internships, and apprenticeships to medical students from [[Fisher College]], [[Harvard University]], [[Boston University]], [[Northeastern University]], [[University of Massachusetts Boston]], and [[Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences]]. Additionally, the city also has a campus for the National College of Technical Instruction. [[Porter and Chester Institute]] also has a campus in Brockton. Brockton is also home to the Brockton Hospital School of Nursing as well as the Monna Bari Medical School.