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Brown
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2016, while math scores have held steady.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Brown
Brown, a reasonably sized elementary campus in Natick, Massachusetts, operated by Natick, instructs 494 students, covering grades K through 4. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.
Natick runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,348 students. Brown is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Brown shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 22% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) shows that median household earnings sit near $130,847, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Brown is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).
Nearest neighbor: J F Kennedy Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brown has shrank 6%, going from 524 students in 2018 to 494 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 8% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.
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