Brownstown Elem School

Brownstown Elem School is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in Brownstown, Illinois, one of the schools within Brownstown CUSD 201, with 264 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 381.

Brownstown CUSD 201 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 427 students. Brownstown Elem School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Brownstown Elem School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder looks like 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Brownstown Elem School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Brownstown Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Brownstown Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 33.3%, a residual of -2.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fayette County shows median household income runs about $60,944, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Brownstown Elem School is one of 15 public schools in Fayette County (combined enrollment of about 2,858 students).

Brownstown Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brownstown Elem School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brownstown Elem School has ticked up 9%, going from 243 students in 2018 to 264 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 99% to 94%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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