Enrollment
61
Middle
DISTRICT 142 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSTOWN CUSD 201·NCES 170744000382
Brownstown Jr High School
421 S College Ave, Brownstown, IL 62418 · (618) 427-3839 · Fayette County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL61 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
33 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 27 | 44% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 56% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Brownstown Jr High School→Brownstown High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Brownstown CUSD 201. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
55.6%
IL avg 51.0% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 17.2% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Brownstown Jr High School
Brownstown Jr High School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown Jr High School this school | 61 | 54.1% | 40.9% |
| Edinburg Jr High School Edinburg | 62 | 54.8% | 32.3% |
| St Elmo Jr High School Saint Elmo | 55 | 54.5% | 36.8% |
| Mulberry Grove Jr High School Mulberry Grove | 59 | 55.9% | 25.2% |
| Cuba Middle School Cuba | 80 | 51.3% | 29.7% |
| Williamsfield Middle School Williamsfield | 83 | 50.6% | 50.8% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Brownstown Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 61 | #670 of 691 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
61
+9 (+17%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 64
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 | 61 | 5.3 | 11.6:1 | 54% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 61 | 5.1 | 11.9:1 | 59% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 58 | 4.8 | 12.1:1 | 53% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 52 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 53 | 2.9 | 18.3:1 | 47% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 45 | 3 | 15.0:1 | 53% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 60 | 6 | 10.0:1 | 48% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 80 | 3 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 64 | 1 | 64.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brownstown Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (53 to 61); teachers up 82% (2.9 to 5.3).
About Brownstown Jr High School
Located in Brownstown, Illinois, Brownstown Jr High School is a small middle-grades school. The school enrolls 61 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
Brownstown Jr High School is one of the 3 schools that make up Brownstown CUSD 201 (427 students in total).
White students make up 95% of enrollment at Brownstown Jr High School. The remaining students are 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Brownstown Jr High School total 5.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The school counts 33 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 54%. That tracks the 56% average for public schools in Fayette County.
allk12 grades Brownstown Jr High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Brownstown Jr High School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (40.9%) and its predicted rate (40.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Fayette County census figures show that the median household income is $60,944, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Fayette County is home to 15 public schools and about 2,858 public school students.
The shortest distance from Brownstown Jr High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Brownstown High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Brownstown Jr High School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Federal data show a 17% enrollment increase, from 52 in 2020-21 to 61 in 2024-25.
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Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,315
Census ACS
Median income
$60,944
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,858 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brownstown CUSD 201
- Brownstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Brownstown High SchoolHigh · 102 students
Other schools in Brownstown
- Brownstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Brownstown High SchoolHigh · 102 students
Nearby schools
- Brownstown High School0.0 mi · 102
- Brownstown Elementary School0.1 mi · 264
- St Elmo Elementary School6.0 mi · 222
- St Elmo Jr High School6.5 mi · 55
- St Elmo Sr High School6.5 mi · 113
- Vandalia Community High School7.8 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Brownstown Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Brownstown Jr High School?
Brownstown Jr High School enrolls approximately 61 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Brownstown Jr High School serve?
Brownstown Jr High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brownstown Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brownstown Jr High School is approximately 11.6:1 (5 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Brownstown Jr High School?
Brownstown Jr High School reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Brownstown Jr High School?
Brownstown Jr High School is overseen by Brownstown CUSD 201 in Fayette County.
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