Brush Creek Elementary

Brush Creek Elementary operates as a compact elementary-level community in Marshall, North Carolina, one of the schools within Madison County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 356 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 24% smaller than typical.

Brush Creek Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Madison County Schools, a district that hosts 2,063 students overall.

Demographically, Brush Creek Elementary logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Madison County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Brush Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 54.1%, a residual of +5.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Madison County put the typical household earns roughly $58,531 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brush Creek Elementary is one of 7 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 2,063 students).

The closest other public school is Madison Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Brush Creek Elementary. On composite proficiency, Brush Creek Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.4%.

Brush Creek Elementary operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 383 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Brush Creek Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.