Brown Elementary School

Brown Elementary School, a mid-tier primary school in Brownsburg, Indiana, one of the schools within Brownsburg Community School Corp, caters to 555 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% larger than the state mean of about 436.

Brownsburg Community School Corp comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 10,503 students; Brown Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Brown Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 20% Black, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hendricks County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Brown Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Indiana schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 51.3%; actual is 73.5%, +22.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Hendricks County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,144 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Hendricks County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,487 students), Brown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Brownsburg Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brown Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brown Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 69.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brown Elementary School has edged down 25%, going from 736 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 76% to 63%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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