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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Andrew J Brown Academy administration to hear?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDREW J BROWN ACADEMY·NCES 180004201816
Andrew J Brown Academy
3600 N German Church Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46236 · (317) 891-0730 · Marion County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
31.1:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
310 students
STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 68% larger than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 57% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
19.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
22.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Andrew J Brown Academy
Andrew J Brown Academy's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew J Brown Academy this school | 435 | 71.3% | 17.1% |
| George Washington Elementary Sch East Chicago | 433 | 72.3% | 10.0% |
| PLA at George H Fisher School 93 Indianapolis | 417 | 74.3% | 18.9% |
| Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 366 | 70.8% | 13.5% |
| James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School Indianapolis | 363 | 71.3% | 5.0% |
| Pleasant Run Elementary School Indianapolis | 561 | 68.1% | 22.8% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Andrew J Brown Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #879 of 983 | #96 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #844 of 986 | #83 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #847 of 986 | #85 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #524 of 1,079 | #92 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 31.1:1 | #989 of 991 | #141 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #329 of 996 | #101 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #138 of 1,058 | #44 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.7% | #46 of 597 | #15 of 86 |
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
435
-234 (-35%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
31.1:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 435 | 14 | 31.1:1 | 71% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 92% (527) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | N/A | N/A | 89% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 97% (648) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 95% (611) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 32 | 20.0:1 | 97% (622) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 85% (535) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Andrew J Brown Academy.
About Andrew J Brown Academy
Andrew J Brown Academy is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Indianapolis, Indiana. It educates 435 students in kindergarten through 8.
In federal data, the district for Andrew J Brown Academy is the school itself.
Andrew J Brown Academy has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 50%. Other reported shares: 41% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 27% Black among all Marion County residents. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 31.1:1, with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Andrew J Brown Academy is 71%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Marion County is 60%.
allk12 grades Andrew J Brown Academy a D. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Indiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Andrew J Brown Academy's results are 8.0 points below predicted: 17.1% against 25.1%.
Within Marion County, the median household income is $66,346, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Besides Andrew J Brown Academy, Marion County has 273 other public schools.
Stonybrook Intermediate & Middle is located about 1.1 miles from Andrew J Brown Academy. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Andrew J Brown Academy is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Andrew J Brown Academy the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Andrew J Brown Academy is a publicly funded charter school.
Federal data show a 35% enrollment decrease, from 669 in 2020-21 to 435 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 17.6 in 2020-21 to 31.1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Andrew J Brown AcademyHow many students attend Andrew J Brown Academy?
Andrew J Brown Academy enrolls approximately 435 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Andrew J Brown Academy serve?
Andrew J Brown Academy serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Andrew J Brown Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Andrew J Brown Academy is approximately 31.1:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Andrew J Brown Academy?
Student demographics at Andrew J Brown Academy are roughly 0% White, 41% Hispanic, 50% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Andrew J Brown Academy?
Andrew J Brown Academy is overseen by Andrew J Brown Academy in Marion County.
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