Andrew J Brown Academy

Set in Indianapolis, Indiana, Andrew J Brown Academy is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, overseen by Andrew J Brown Academy. It instructs 435 students across grades K through 8.

Andrew J Brown Academy is the operating authority for Andrew J Brown Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Andrew J Brown Academy records that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 41% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 31.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Andrew J Brown Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.1%; this one delivers 17.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household income runs about $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Andrew J Brown Academy is one.

Stonybrook Intermediate & Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Andrew J Brown Academy comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 14.9%.

Andrew J Brown Academy operates from an urban location. Andrew J Brown Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 33%: 646 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 55% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 31.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.