BROWN EL

BROWN EL, a rural-scale elementary school in LUBBOCK, Texas, part of LUBBOCK ISD, educates 104 students, covering grades 4 through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BROWN EL sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.

LUBBOCK ISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 24,237 students; BROWN EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, BROWN EL reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Lubbock County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BROWN EL has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lubbock County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BROWN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 30.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lubbock County put the typical household earns roughly $64,155 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Lubbock County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), BROWN EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BROWN EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BROWN EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at BROWN EL has fell 72%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 104 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 13% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2024.

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