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Which teacher or staff member at Brownell Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
605
Middle
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROSSE POINTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262574006217
Brownell Middle School
260 CHALFONTE AVE, GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI 48236 · (313) 432-3900 · Wayne County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Michigan public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
51 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 151 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 147 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 140 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 167 | 28% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
60.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
61.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 Brownell Middle School
Brownell Middle School's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownell Middle School this school | 605 | 8.4% | 59.6% |
| Derby Middle School BIRMINGHAM | 631 | 8.6% | 73.7% |
| Pierce Middle School GROSSE POINTE PARK | 570 | 8.8% | 68.8% |
| East Grand Rapids Middle School GRAND RAPIDS | 710 | 7.7% | 69.8% |
| Beach Middle School CHELSEA | 525 | 10.5% | 70.1% |
| Mill Creek Middle School DEXTER | 525 | 10.1% | 67.6% |
Matched among Michigan middle 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 Brownell Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #57 of 397 | #7 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #40 of 380 | #6 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #58 of 377 | #6 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #176 of 491 | #29 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #244 of 436 | #35 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.8% | #241 of 437 | #43 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.4% | #468 of 477 | #65 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #325 of 339 | #51 of 55 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
605
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 605 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 34.7 | 16.9:1 | 15% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 10% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 31.2 | 19.7:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 2% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brownell Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (615 to 605); teachers up 9% (31.2 to 34).
About Brownell Middle School
Brownell Middle School, located in GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Michigan, is a medium-sized middle-grades school. It educates 605 students in grades 5 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Michigan is about 502 students.
Brownell Middle School is part of a district of 12 schools: Grosse Pointe Public Schools, with 6,326 students.
Federal enrollment data show Brownell Middle School is 83% White. It is also 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Wayne County's residents are about 49% White, 33 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Brownell Middle School's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.8:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan fairly closely. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 8%. Among public schools in Wayne County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
allk12 grades Brownell Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 62.5% at Brownell Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.6%.
Within Wayne County, the median household income is $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Besides Brownell Middle School, Wayne County has 572 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Brownell Middle School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Kerby Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 71.1%, higher than Brownell Middle School's 59.6%.
The NCES locale for Brownell Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 607 students in 2020-21 and 605 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Students per teacher fell from 20.9 in 2020-21 to 17.8 in 2024-25.
The Brownell Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grosse Pointe Public Schools
- Grosse Pointe South High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Grosse Pointe North High SchoolHigh · 924 students
- Parcells Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Pierce Middle SchoolMiddle · 570 students
- George Defer Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- John Monteith Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
Other schools in GROSSE POINTE FARMS
- Grosse Pointe South High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Kerby Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Richard Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other Brownell Middle schools
One other US public school is named Brownell Middle. Brownell Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Brownell MiddleGilroy, CA · 672 students
Nearby schools
- Kerby Elementary School0.3 mi · 321
- Richard Elementary School0.9 mi · 313
- Marquette ElementaryMiddle School1.1 mi · 422
- Diann BanksWilliamson Educational Center1.1 mi · 109
- East English Village Preparatory Academy at Finney1.1 mi · 639
- John Monteith Elementary School1.1 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Brownell Middle SchoolHow many students attend Brownell Middle School?
Brownell Middle School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Brownell Middle School serve?
Brownell Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brownell Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brownell Middle School is approximately 17.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brownell Middle School?
At Brownell Middle School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 3% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Brownell Middle School in?
Brownell Middle School is part of Grosse Pointe Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.