Monticello-Brown Summit Elem

Set in Browns Summit, North Carolina, Monticello-Brown Summit Elem is a cozy K-5 school, overseen by Guilford County Schools. It works with 291 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 38% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Monticello-Brown Summit Elem is one of 123 schools operated by Guilford County Schools, a district that teaches 68,535 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Monticello-Brown Summit Elem lists that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. 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, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Guilford County (around 89%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Monticello-Brown Summit Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 55.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Guilford County indicate median household income runs about $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Monticello-Brown Summit Elem is one of 143 public schools in Guilford County (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brown Summit Middle, around 1.6 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monticello-Brown Summit Elem ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.8%.

Monticello-Brown Summit Elem operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Monticello-Brown Summit Elem's enrollment has declined 27% since 2018, when it stood at 400 (now 291). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 58% to 42%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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