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What's one thing Margaret R Brown Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEYMOUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181008001617
Margaret R Brown Elementary School
550 Miller Ln, Seymour, IN 47274 · (812) 522-5539 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
379 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (100).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Based on grade levels within Seymour Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
11.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
26.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 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 Margaret R Brown Elementary School
Margaret R Brown Elementary School's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret R Brown Elementary School this school | 499 | 76.0% | 18.5% |
| Concord West Side Elem School Elkhart | 504 | 83.9% | 31.6% |
| Nathan Hale Elementary School Whiting | 396 | 66.7% | 39.4% |
| Enlace Academy Indianapolis | 686 | 81.8% | 18.6% |
| Christel House Academy South Indianapolis | 513 | 80.3% | 15.5% |
| Chamberlain Elementary School Goshen | 342 | 80.1% | 44.2% |
Matched among Indiana elementary 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 Margaret R Brown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #859 of 983 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #800 of 986 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #948 of 986 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #382 of 1,079 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #365 of 991 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #551 of 996 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #74 of 1,058 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #421 of 597 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
499
-180 (-27%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 499 | 34.7 | 14.4:1 | 76% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 36.9 | 14.2:1 | 59% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 40.6 | 15.3:1 | 85% (525) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 30 | 22.6:1 | 68% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 75% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 27 | 21.4:1 | 57% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 23 | 20.4:1 | 74% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 52% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 493 | 26 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaret R Brown Elementary School.
About Margaret R Brown Elementary School
Families in Seymour, Indiana, are served by Margaret R Brown Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It had 499 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
The 8 schools in Seymour Community Schools enroll 5,432 students altogether, Margaret R Brown Elementary School among them.
The student body at Margaret R Brown Elementary School is 76% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 14%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Jackson County average 58%.
Margaret R Brown Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Margaret R Brown Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 18.5% is 3.3 points below the 21.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jackson County show that the median household earns about $70,262 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Jackson County, 15 public schools serve about 7,459 students.
Seymour Middle School is about 0.9 miles from Margaret R Brown Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Margaret R Brown Elementary School ranks 8th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 180 students, from 679 to 499. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.6:1 to 14.4:1.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,660
Census ACS
Median income
$70,262
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
7,459 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seymour Community Schools
- Seymour Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,729 students
- Seymour Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Seymour Middle SchoolMiddle · 778 students
- Seymour-Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Seymour-Redding Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
Other schools in Seymour
- Seymour Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,729 students
- Seymour Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Seymour Middle SchoolMiddle · 778 students
- Seymour-Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Seymour-Redding Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Seymour Middle School0.9 mi · 778
- Seymour Intermediate School1.1 mi · 862
- Emerson Elementary School1.3 mi · 257
- Seymour-Jackson Elementary School1.5 mi · 609
- Seymour Senior High School1.7 mi · 1,729
- Seymour-Redding Elementary School1.7 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Margaret R Brown Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Margaret R Brown Elementary School?
Margaret R Brown Elementary School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Margaret R Brown Elementary School serve?
Margaret R Brown Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Margaret R Brown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Margaret R Brown Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Margaret R Brown Elementary School?
Student demographics at Margaret R Brown Elementary School are roughly 17% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Margaret R Brown Elementary School in?
Margaret R Brown Elementary School is part of Seymour Community Schools.
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