Brandywine Elementary School

Located at 413 E 400 S, in Greenfield, Indiana, Brandywine Elementary School is an intimate elementary school that educates 338 students (grades pre-K through 4), operated by New Palestine Community Schools. That puts it 22% leaner than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within New Palestine Community Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 3,959 students, Brandywine Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Brandywine Elementary School reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 6% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Brandywine Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 64.7%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the area at large, Hancock County reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,186 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 2%. Brandywine Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 14,779 students).

The closest other public school is Weston Elementary School, roughly 4.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Brandywine Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 345 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 92% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Brandywine Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.