Eura Brown Elementary School

As a cozy elementary-level community in Gadsden, Alabama, Eura Brown Elementary School educates 340 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Gadsden City. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Eura Brown Elementary School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Gadsden City, which oversees 12 schools and 4,940 students, Eura Brown Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Eura Brown Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest comes out to 17% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Eura Brown Elementary School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Eura Brown Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at Eura Brown Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Etowah County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Eura Brown Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 60.2%; actual is 78.7%, +18.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Etowah County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,563 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Etowah County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), of which Eura Brown Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Gadsden City High School, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eura Brown Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eura Brown Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.4%.

Eura Brown Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 352 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 23% to 17%.

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