Brown Elementary School

Brown Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Hilliard, Ohio, overseen by Hilliard City, with 448 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Brown Elementary School is one of 24 schools operated by Hilliard City, a district that enrolls 16,298 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Brown Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Brown Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Brown Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.3%, the actual is 76.2%, a residual of -2.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Franklin County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Brown Elementary School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hilliard Bradley High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brown Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 68.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brown Elementary School has shrank 20%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Brown Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.