Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANDYWINE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260660004261
Brandywine Elementary School
2428 S 13TH ST, NILES, MI 49120 · (269) 684-8574 · Berrien County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Michigan public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
260 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 90 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 27% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 56% · 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
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
22.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
26.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 22 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 Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Brandywine Elementary School
Brandywine Elementary School's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandywine Elementary School this school | 379 | 68.6% | 24.1% |
| Siple Elementary School DAVISON | 381 | 68.2% | 43.9% |
| Clio Intermediate School CLIO | 424 | 69.3% | 35.2% |
| Carter Elementary School MONTROSE | 367 | 65.9% | 48.5% |
| Patricia St Clair Elementary School HESPERIA | 354 | 70.6% | N/A |
| Montabella Elementary BLANCHARD | 389 | 68.1% | 29.1% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Brandywine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Berrien County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #1,030 of 1,085 | #16 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #969 of 1,072 | #17 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #1,091 of 1,139 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #740 of 1,630 | #10 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #854 of 1,424 | #15 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #772 of 1,424 | #17 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.6% | #535 of 1,563 | #11 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #556 of 979 | #7 of 14 |
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
379
+34 (+10%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 855
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 379 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 69% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 68% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 22.8 | 15.5:1 | 69% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 72% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 21.2 | 20.1:1 | 66% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 22 | 18.9:1 | 67% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 61% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 38% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 855 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brandywine Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (425 to 379); teachers up 8% (21.2 to 23).
About Brandywine Elementary School
Brandywine Elementary School is one of the public schools in NILES, Michigan. It is a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 379 students at the school, in grades 3 through 6.
Brandywine Community Schools runs Brandywine Elementary School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 1,301 students in total.
Most students at Brandywine Elementary School are White: 82% of enrollment. Other students are 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Brandywine Elementary School has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Brandywine Elementary School counts 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.5 students for each one. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is about 15.8:1. About 69% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Berrien County average 55%.
Brandywine Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 2% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Brandywine Elementary School would score about 35.9%. It scores 24.1%, a bottom-10% result among Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Berrien County, median household income is about $65,425, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Berrien County number 75 and enroll about 21,027.
The nearest other public school, Merritt Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Brandywine Elementary School.
Under the NCES locale system, Brandywine Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Brandywine Elementary School saw enrollment rise 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.5 students per teacher, compared with 18.2 in 2020-21.
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Berrien County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,288
Census ACS
Median income
$65,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
21,027 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brandywine Community Schools
- Brandywine Senior High SchoolHigh · 366 students
- Merritt Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Brandywine Middle SchoolMiddle · 183 students
- Brandywine Innovation AcademyHigh · 69 students
Other schools in NILES
- Niles Senior High SchoolHigh · 828 students
- HowardEllis Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Ballard Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Ring Lardner Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- Eastside Connections SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Brandywine Senior High SchoolHigh · 366 students
Other Brandywine Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Brandywine Elementary. Brandywine Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolAlpharetta, GA · 968 students
- Brandywine ElementaryBrandywine, MD · 572 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolGreenfield, IN · 338 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolBrandywine, WV · 114 students
Nearby schools
- Merritt Elementary School0.5 mi · 304
- Brandywine Innovation Academy1.3 mi · 69
- Brandywine Senior High School1.4 mi · 366
- Brandywine Middle School1.4 mi · 183
- Southside Special Educ School2.6 mi · 37
- Niles Virtual School3.0 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About Brandywine Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brandywine Elementary School?
Brandywine Elementary School enrolls approximately 379 students in grades 03-06.
Is Brandywine Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brandywine Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brandywine Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brandywine Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brandywine Elementary School?
At Brandywine Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Brandywine Elementary School public or private?
Brandywine Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brandywine Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.