BROOKESMITH SCHOOL

Located at 13400 FM 586 S, in BROOKESMITH, Texas, BROOKESMITH SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment unified-grade school that serves 139 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of BROOKESMITH ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 71% smaller than the state mean of about 485.

Across the 10 schools in BROOKESMITH ISD (227 students total), BROOKESMITH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BROOKESMITH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Brown County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BROOKESMITH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.6%; actual is 31.7%, a gap of -23.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Brown County indicate median household income runs about $57,470, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BROOKESMITH SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 6,238 students).

The closest other public school is BANGS H S, roughly 11.8 miles away. On composite proficiency, BROOKESMITH SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

BROOKESMITH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 124 students in 2018 compared to 139 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 17% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.