Brown County Middle School

Brown County Middle School is a close-knit intermediate school in Nashville, Indiana, operated by Brown County School Corporation. The school caters to 396 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 33% smaller than typical.

Brown County Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Brown County School Corporation, a district that educates 1,549 students overall.

Demographically, Brown County Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Brown County Middle School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Brown County Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.0%; Brown County Middle School posts 29.6%, -15.4 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Brown County indicate median household income runs about $78,528, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Brown County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,549 students), Brown County Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brown County High School, around 0.1 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brown County Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brown County Middle School has grew 34%, going from 295 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025.

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