Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZELWOOD·NCES 291383000616
BROWN ELEM.
3325 CHICORY CREEK LN, FLORISSANT, MO 63031 · (314) 953-4100 · St. Louis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
441 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 52% · 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
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
26.2%
MO avg 44.9% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
13.6%
MO avg 43.8% . -4.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.1% | 16.1% | 42.9% | 30.8% |
| Math | 2.5% | 11.1% | 38.8% | 47.4% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.2% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 24.6% |
| 2022-23 | 36.6% | 24.3% |
| 2021-22 | 23.4% | 17.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 BROWN ELEM.
BROWN ELEM.'s state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN ELEM. this school | 441 | 100.0% | 25.8% |
| COLD WATER ELEM. FLORISSANT | 449 | 100.0% | 23.4% |
| HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY ELEM KANSAS CITY | 391 | 100.0% | 7.0% |
| GRANNEMANN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 438 | 100.0% | 11.6% |
| BARRINGTON ELEM. FLORISSANT | 515 | 100.0% | 22.8% |
| JURY ELEM. FLORISSANT | 480 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
Matched among Missouri 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 BROWN ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #806 of 1,002 | #95 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #943 of 1,019 ▼ 126 | #113 of 138 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #849 of 1,018 ▼ 116 | #100 of 138 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #358 of 943 | #40 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #270 of 1,294 | #41 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #885 of 950 | #123 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #641 of 953 | #116 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #66 of 1,165 | #12 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.5% | #31 of 251 | #4 of 38 |
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
441
+101 (+30%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 441 | 27.7 | 15.9:1 | 100% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 28.3 | 14.9:1 | 66% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 27.7 | 12.1:1 | 65% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 63% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 22.9 | 15.1:1 | 64% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 54% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 49% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 16% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 29 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROWN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (346 to 441); teachers up 21% (22.9 to 27.7).
About BROWN ELEM.
BROWN ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of FLORISSANT, Missouri. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 441 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Missouri enroll about 315 students on average.
The 31 schools of HAZELWOOD, including BROWN ELEM., enroll 16,321 students.
By race and ethnicity, BROWN ELEM. is 88% Black. The remaining shares are 7% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at BROWN ELEM. are from different groups.
For every teacher at BROWN ELEM., there are about 15.9 students; the school has 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 441 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in St. Louis County average 43%.
BROWN ELEM. earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Missouri public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For BROWN ELEM., the prediction is 22.4% and the result is 25.8%.
In the wider St. Louis County area, median household income comes to about $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Louis County's 275 public schools enroll about 134,601 students and include BROWN ELEM..
Measured in a straight line, HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH is about 0.2 miles from BROWN ELEM.. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, BROWN ELEM. ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for BROWN ELEM. 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.
Enrollment rose by 30% across 4 years, from 340 in 2020-21 to 441 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.8:1 to 15.9:1.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAZELWOOD
- HAZELWOOD WEST HIGHHigh · 1,994 students
- HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,718 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- NORTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 770 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 724 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 702 students
Other schools in FLORISSANT
- HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,718 students
- MCCLUER HIGHHigh · 1,075 students
- MCCLUER NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,059 students
- NORTH TECHNICALHigh · 833 students
- NORTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 770 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 702 students
Other BROWN Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named BROWN Elementary. BROWN ELEM. is the 7th largest of the 11.
- Brown Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 879 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GA · 671 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolBrownsburg, IN · 555 students
- Brown ElementaryRENO, NV · 514 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 497 students
Nearby schools
- HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH0.2 mi · 1,718
- CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.3 mi · 113
- COLD WATER ELEM.0.5 mi · 449
- BARRINGTON ELEM.1.3 mi · 515
- WALKER ELEM.1.5 mi · 508
- NORTHWEST MIDDLE1.6 mi · 770
Frequently asked questions
About BROWN ELEM.How many students attend BROWN ELEM.?
BROWN ELEM. enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
Is BROWN ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
BROWN ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROWN ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROWN ELEM. is approximately 15.9:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROWN ELEM.?
At BROWN ELEM., the student body is approximately 7% White, 2% Hispanic, 88% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is BROWN ELEM. public or private?
BROWN ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by HAZELWOOD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.