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What tradition at Brownsburg East Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
1,198
Middle
DISTRICT 1,245 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180102002086
Brownsburg East Middle School
1250 E Airport Rd, Brownsburg, IN 46112 · (317) 852-2386 · Hendricks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,198 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Indiana public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
496 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 387 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 400 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 411 | 34% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Brownsburg East Middle School→Brownsburg High School
Based on grade levels within Brownsburg Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
63.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
67.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Indiana's top 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 Brownsburg East Middle School
Brownsburg East Middle School's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsburg East Middle School this school | 1,198 | 41.4% | 65.2% |
| Brownsburg West Middle School Brownsburg | 1,291 | 36.2% | 73.5% |
| Schmucker Middle School Mishawaka | 1,041 | 40.1% | 54.2% |
| Avon Middle School North Avon | 929 | 47.6% | 52.6% |
| Mt Vernon Middle School Fortville | 1,150 | 34.6% | 41.9% |
| Plainfield Community Middle School Plainfield | 1,378 | 36.9% | 54.8% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Brownsburg East Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hendricks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #10 of 324 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #12 of 325 | #2 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #15 of 325 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,198 | #19 of 334 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #200 of 314 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #79 of 315 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #230 of 330 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #51 of 110 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,198
-163 (-12%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 1,040
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,198 | 75 | 16.0:1 | 41% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 1,171 | 74 | 15.8:1 | 38% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 1,340 | 82.3 | 16.3:1 | 33% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 1,361 | 80 | 17.0:1 | 26% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 1,076 | 68.2 | 15.8:1 | 25% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 1,031 | 67 | 15.4:1 | 26% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 1,040 | 58 | 17.9:1 | 18% (191) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brownsburg East Middle School.
About Brownsburg East Middle School
Brownsburg East Middle School is a large middle-grades school in Brownsburg, Indiana, administered by Brownsburg Community School Corp. It teaches 1,198 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Indiana enroll about 594 students on average.
Brownsburg East Middle School is a school in Brownsburg Community School Corp. The district has 12 schools and 10,503 students.
Of every 100 students at Brownsburg East Middle School, about 57 are White. The rest of enrollment is 24% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Hendricks County, the White share is about 78%. The diversity index for Brownsburg East Middle School is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 75 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.0:1. That is in line with the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. By family income, 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Hendricks County is similar, at 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, Brownsburg East Middle School lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Indiana public middle schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Brownsburg East Middle School is 46.2%. It actually posts 65.2%, which is 19.0 points higher and in the top 10% of Indiana schools.
Hendricks County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $101,144, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 47 public schools in the county, enrolling about 33,487, Brownsburg East Middle School among them.
Crossroads Elementary School is the nearest public school to Brownsburg East Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Brownsburg East Middle School ranks 7th on proficiency.
Federal data place Brownsburg East Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.0:1) than in 2020-21 (17.0:1).
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Hendricks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,344
Census ACS
Median income
$101,144
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
33,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brownsburg Community School Corp
- Brownsburg High SchoolHigh · 3,355 students
- Brownsburg West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Cardinal Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Crossroads Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Reagan Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
Other schools in Brownsburg
- Brownsburg High SchoolHigh · 3,355 students
- Brownsburg West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Cardinal Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Crossroads Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Reagan Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
Nearby schools
- Crossroads Elementary School0.3 mi · 579
- Brownsburg West Middle School0.6 mi · 1,291
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 540
- Delaware Trail Elementary School0.6 mi · 512
- White Lick Elementary School0.7 mi · 473
- Reagan Elementary School0.7 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Brownsburg East Middle SchoolHow many students attend Brownsburg East Middle School?
Brownsburg East Middle School enrolls approximately 1,198 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Brownsburg East Middle School serve?
Brownsburg East Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brownsburg East Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brownsburg East Middle School is approximately 16.0:1 (75 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brownsburg East Middle School?
At Brownsburg East Middle School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 10% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Brownsburg East Middle School public or private?
Brownsburg East Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brownsburg Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.