Brownsburg West Middle School

As a big 6-8 campus in Brownsburg, Indiana, Brownsburg West Middle School hosts 1,291 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Brownsburg Community School Corp. That puts it 117% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 594 students.

Brownsburg West Middle School is one of 12 schools operated by Brownsburg Community School Corp, a district that hosts 10,503 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Brownsburg West Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 20% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% 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, Brownsburg West Middle School records 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Brownsburg West Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.9%; Brownsburg West Middle School posts 73.5%, +23.6 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hendricks County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,144 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Hendricks County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,487 students), of which Brownsburg West Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Delaware Trail Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brownsburg West Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brownsburg West Middle School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 68.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 31%: 984 students in 2018 compared to 1,291 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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