Brandywine Elementary School

Set in Alpharetta, Georgia, Brandywine Elementary School is a substantial elementary school, part of Forsyth County. It works with 968 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 60% bigger than typical.

Within Forsyth County, which oversees 42 schools and 54,864 students, Brandywine Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Brandywine Elementary School shows that 38% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 20% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Forsyth County as a whole is about 20% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Brandywine Elementary School has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 36% of students at Brandywine Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Forsyth County's rate of about 21%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brandywine Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 58.5%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the broader community, Forsyth County reports that median household earnings sit near $143,784, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Forsyth County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students), Brandywine Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DeSana Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Brandywine Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 67.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 1,115 students in 2018 compared to 968 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 30% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Brandywine Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.