Brunswick High

Set in Brunswick, Maryland, Brunswick High is a small 9-12 campus, one of the schools within Frederick County Public Schools. It hosts 910 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 1,185.

Brunswick High is one of 67 schools operated by Frederick County Public Schools, a district that works with 48,054 students overall.

On demographics, Brunswick High logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Brunswick High has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Frederick County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Brunswick High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 57.8%; this one comes in at 44.2%, -13.5 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Frederick County) reports that median household earnings sit near $122,002, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brunswick High is one of 69 public schools in Frederick County (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students).

Brunswick Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Brunswick High. On composite proficiency, Brunswick High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Brunswick High's enrollment has rose 18% since 2018, when it stood at 771 (now 910). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 79% to 63%.

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