Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 224 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWN COUNTY CUSD 1·NCES 172730002894
Brown County Elementary School
501 NW Cross St, Mount Sterling, IL 62353 · (217) 773-7501 · Brown County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
134 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 39% larger than its 4th grade class (33).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Brown County CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
42.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +20.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 25.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brown County Elementary School
Brown County Elementary School's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County Elementary School this school | 270 | 49.6% | 41.1% |
| Tri-City Elementary School Buffalo | 273 | 51.3% | 61.2% |
| Cerro Gordo Elementary School Cerro Gordo | 246 | 49.2% | 43.8% |
| Ruth M Schneider Elementary School Farmer City | 265 | 48.7% | 41.4% |
| Pope County Elementary School Golconda | 300 | 50.7% | 40.6% |
| Rome Comm Cons Elementary School Dix | 286 | 47.2% | 47.3% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brown County Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #880 of 1,925 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #773 of 2,077 ▲ 189 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,262 of 2,077 ▼ 514 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #1,715 of 2,419 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,056 of 2,035 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #1,889 of 2,042 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #1,309 of 2,132 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #672 of 1,461 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
270
-25 (-8%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 283
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 270 | 20.1 | 13.5:1 | 50% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 18.2 | 15.9:1 | 51% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 19.3 | 13.6:1 | 41% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 23.3 | 13.6:1 | 100% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 47% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 34% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 24 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 283 | 16 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brown County Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (317 to 270); teachers down 14% (23.3 to 20.1).
About Brown County Elementary School
In Mount Sterling, Illinois, Brown County Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school serves 270 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 29% smaller than that.
Brown County CUSD 1 counts 673 students in its 3 schools, and Brown County Elementary School is one of them.
White students are the large majority at Brown County Elementary School, with 95% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic. In Brown County overall, about 75% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Brown County Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 10%.
The school has about 13.5 students per teacher and 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 50%. That is higher than the 41% average for public schools in Brown County.
The allk12 Grade for Brown County Elementary School is C+. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Brown County Elementary School is 1.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Brown County show that median household income is about $67,917, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 3 public schools in Brown County, with a combined enrollment of about 673.
The nearest other public school, Brown County Middle School, is about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Brown County Elementary School places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Brown County Elementary School had 295 students in 2020-21 and 270 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,322
Census ACS
Median income
$67,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
673 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brown County CUSD 1
- Brown County High SchoolHigh · 224 students
- Brown County Middle SchoolMiddle · 179 students
Other schools in Mount Sterling
- Brown County High SchoolHigh · 224 students
- Brown County Middle SchoolMiddle · 179 students
Nearby schools
- Brown County Middle School0.9 mi · 179
- Brown County High School0.9 mi · 224
- Webster Elementary School14.0 mi · 183
- Griggsville-Perry Middle School14.2 mi · 92
- Rushville-Industry High School14.3 mi · 295
- Schuyler Industry Middle School14.3 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Brown County Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brown County Elementary School?
Brown County Elementary School enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Brown County Elementary School serve?
Brown County Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brown County Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brown County Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brown County Elementary School?
At Brown County Elementary School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Brown County Elementary School in?
Brown County Elementary School is part of Brown County CUSD 1.
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