Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW PALESTINE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181071001758
Brandywine Elementary School
413 E 400 S, Greenfield, IN 46140 · (317) 462-7396 · Hancock County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Indiana public elementary schools
- ATest 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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
87 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 74 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 6% larger than its 4th grade class (70).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Brandywine Elementary School→New Palestine Intermediate School→New Palestine Jr High School→New Palestine High School
Based on grade levels within New Palestine Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
74.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Brandywine Elementary School
Brandywine Elementary School's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandywine Elementary School this school | 338 | 25.7% | 64.7% |
| Pittsboro Primary School Pittsboro | 332 | 25.3% | N/A |
| Pittsboro Elementary School Pittsboro | 350 | 23.4% | 69.0% |
| Central Elementary School Lebanon | 339 | 29.8% | 54.7% |
| Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch Shipshewana | 349 | 26.9% | 60.5% |
| Kouts Elementary School Kouts | 323 | 24.1% | 49.5% |
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 Brandywine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hancock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #111 of 983 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #76 of 986 | #2 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #126 of 986 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #748 of 1,079 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #319 of 991 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #654 of 996 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.7% | #952 of 1,058 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #555 of 597 | #5 of 6 |
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
338
+87 (+35%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 338 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 26% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 24.2 | 14.5:1 | 27% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 31% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 16 | 15.7:1 | 33% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 20.7 | 16.7:1 | 31% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 13 | 23.8:1 | 27% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 285 | 13 | 21.9:1 | 30% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 16 | 18.5:1 | 14% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 16 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brandywine Elementary School.
About Brandywine Elementary School
Brandywine Elementary School sits in Greenfield, Indiana, and is classified as an elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 4 and enrolls 338 students. The school is 22% below the average for elementary schools in Indiana.
Brandywine Elementary School is one of 6 schools in New Palestine Community Schools, which enrolls 3,959 students in total.
The share of students at Brandywine Elementary School who are White is 83%. Other groups make up 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Hispanic. A diversity index of 30% means there is a 30% chance two randomly chosen students at Brandywine Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.1 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.5:1. The school reported 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Brandywine Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Indiana public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Brandywine Elementary School is 7.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Indiana schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hancock County show that the median household earns about $93,186 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 2% of people live in poverty. Hancock County has 24 public schools with about 14,779 students, including Brandywine Elementary School.
About 4.2 miles separate Brandywine Elementary School from the closest public school, Weston Elementary School. The five-mile area around Brandywine Elementary School holds 4 other public schools. Brandywine Elementary School's average proficiency of 64.7% compares with 48.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Brandywine Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Brandywine Elementary School enrolled 251 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 338. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.7:1 to 14.1:1.
On allk12, people connected to Brandywine Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hancock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,037
Census ACS
Median income
$93,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
14,779 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Palestine Community Schools
- New Palestine High SchoolHigh · 1,254 students
- New Palestine Jr High SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- New Palestine Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- New Palestine Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Sugar Creek Elementary SchElementary · 577 students
Other schools in Greenfield
- Greenfield-Central High SchoolHigh · 1,413 students
- Mt Comfort Elementary SchoolElementary · 714 students
- Greenfield Central Junior High SchMiddle · 690 students
- JB Stephens Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
- Greenfield Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 481 students
- Weston Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
Other Brandywine Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Brandywine Elementary. Brandywine Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolAlpharetta, GA · 968 students
- Brandywine ElementaryBrandywine, MD · 572 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolNILES, MI · 379 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolBrandywine, WV · 114 students
Nearby schools
- Weston Elementary School4.2 mi · 320
- Greenfield-Central High School4.5 mi · 1,413
- Greenfield Intermediate School4.7 mi · 481
- Harris Elementary School4.7 mi · 273
- New Palestine High School5.2 mi · 1,254
- New Palestine Elementary School5.4 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Brandywine Elementary SchoolHow large is Brandywine Elementary School?
Brandywine Elementary School enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Brandywine Elementary School serve?
Brandywine Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Brandywine Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Brandywine Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Brandywine Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brandywine Elementary School are roughly 83% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Brandywine Elementary School?
Brandywine Elementary School is overseen by New Palestine Community Schools in Hancock County.
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