BROWNWOOD MIDDLE

BROWNWOOD MIDDLE is one of the small junior highs in BROWNWOOD, Texas, operated by BROWNWOOD ISD, with 472 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

BROWNWOOD ISD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,393 students; BROWNWOOD MIDDLE is among them.

Looking at the student body, BROWNWOOD MIDDLE shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Brown County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at BROWNWOOD MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, BROWNWOOD MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.0%, the actual is 49.8%, a residual of +1.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Brown County) logs that 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. In all, Brown County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,238 students), of which BROWNWOOD MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: WOODLAND HEIGHTS EL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROWNWOOD MIDDLE at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 48.7%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 544 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the BROWNWOOD MIDDLE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.