Brown Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in Jonesboro, Georgia, Brown Elementary School enrolls 671 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Clayton County.

Brown Elementary School is one of 68 schools operated by Clayton County, a district that hosts 51,326 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brown Elementary School reports that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Brown Elementary School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brown Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 25.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Clayton County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brown Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in Clayton County (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students).

The closest other public school is Mundys Mill Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Brown Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 18.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 790 students in 2018 compared to 671 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.