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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BROWN EL this year?
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Enrollment
879
Elementary
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRVING ISD·NCES 482442002735
Brown Elementary School
2501 W 10TH ST, IRVING, TX 75060 · (972) 600-4000 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL879 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
826 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 21.0% | 21.0% | 47.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% | 42.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 14.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brown Elementary School
Brown Elementary School's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Elementary School this school | 879 | 94.0% | 37.2% |
| Thornton Elementary School ARLINGTON | 849 | 93.5% | 19.1% |
| Eastside Elementary School CLEVELAND | 867 | 91.8% | 22.6% |
| Schulze Elementary School IRVING | 811 | 94.3% | 23.9% |
| Schenck Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 828 | 93.1% | 32.8% |
| Pomeroy Elementary School PASADENA | 769 | 92.3% | 43.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,919 of 4,401 | #227 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,354 of 4,466 ▼ 496 | #311 of 429 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #4,220 of 4,466 ▼ 1,003 | #397 of 429 ▼ 121 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #605 of 3,998 | #84 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 879 | #240 of 4,938 | #12 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,496 of 4,622 | #328 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #3,522 of 4,628 | #338 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #638 of 4,789 | #129 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #857 of 1,307 | #77 of 118 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
879
+171 (+24%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 879 | 54 | 16.3:1 | 94% (826) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 41.9 | 16.5:1 | 93% (645) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 91% (639) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 50 | 14.2:1 | 88% (621) |
| 2017-18 | 816 | 49.9 | 16.4:1 | 82% (672) |
| 2015-16 | 777 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 85% (659) |
| 2010-11 | 891 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 86% (767) |
| 2000-01 | 886 | 60 | 14.8:1 | 51% (448) |
| 1990-91 | 800 | 45 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (816 to 879); teachers up 8% (49.9 to 54).
About Brown Elementary School
Brown Elementary School is a large elementary school based in IRVING, Texas. Enrollment totals 879 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 69% above the average for elementary schools in Texas.
IRVING ISD operates 37 schools. Combined enrollment is 31,918 students.
By race and ethnicity, Brown Elementary School is 85% Hispanic. Next come 6% White, 5% Black, and 2% Native American. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 27%.
Its staff includes 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Brown Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 94%. The rate at public schools in Dallas County averages 77%, lower than here.
Brown Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.2% is 3.6 points above the 33.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Dallas County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 771 public schools and about 459,645 students.
Of the public schools around it, Brown Elementary School is closest to Kinkeade Early Childhood, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Brown Elementary School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 708 to 879, a 24% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.2:1 to 16.3:1.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IRVING ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 2,484 students
- Irving High SchoolHigh · 2,390 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,343 students
- Jack E Singley AcademyHigh · 1,697 students
- Brandenburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 947 students
- Travis Middle SchoolMiddle · 936 students
Other schools in IRVING
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 2,484 students
- Irving High SchoolHigh · 2,390 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,343 students
- Jack E Singley AcademyHigh · 1,697 students
- Brandenburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 947 students
- Great Hearts Irving UpperHigh · 937 students
Other Brown Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Brown Elementary. Brown Elementary School is the largest of the 11.
- Brown Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 497 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 409 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 104 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GA · 671 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolBrownsburg, IN · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Kinkeade Early Childhood0.3 mi · 308
- Lamar Middle School0.5 mi · 676
- John W and Margie Stipes Elementary School0.8 mi · 827
- Elliott Elementary School1.1 mi · 514
- Barton Elementary School1.2 mi · 848
- Uplift Infinity Prep High School1.3 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Brown Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brown Elementary School?
Brown Elementary School enrolls approximately 879 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brown Elementary School serve?
Brown Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Brown Elementary School have?
Brown Elementary School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is Brown Elementary School?
Brown Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 85% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Brown Elementary School?
Brown Elementary School is overseen by IRVING ISD in Dallas County.
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