Brownell Middle School

Brownell Middle School, a mid-sized intermediate school in GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Michigan, overseen by Grosse Pointe Public Schools, teaches 605 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Brownell Middle School sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Grosse Pointe Public Schools runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,326 students. Brownell Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Brownell Middle School lists that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder looks like 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 8% of students at Brownell Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Brownell Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.5%; this one delivers 59.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Brownell Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kerby Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brownell Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brownell Middle School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 71.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 615 students in 2018 compared to 605 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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