Brownstown Elementary School

Brownstown Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Brownstown, Indiana, operated by Brownstown Cnt Com Sch Corp. Current enrollment sits at 621 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within Brownstown Cnt Com Sch Corp, which oversees 3 schools and 1,391 students, Brownstown Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Brownstown Elementary School logs that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, Brownstown Elementary School reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at Brownstown Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Brownstown Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of -1.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household income runs about $70,262, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Jackson County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,459 students), Brownstown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brownstown Central Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Brownstown Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Brownstown Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

Brownstown Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 676 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Brownstown Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.