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Enrollment
472
Middle
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNWOOD ISD·NCES 481170000673
Brownwood Middle School
1600 CALVERT RD, BROWNWOOD, TX 76801 · (325) 646-9545 · Brown County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
280 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 236 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 50% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Brownwood Middle School→Brownwood High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BROWNWOOD ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +42.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 42 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 32.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Brownwood Middle School
Brownwood Middle School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownwood Middle School this school | 472 | 59.3% | 48.5% |
| Bridgeport Middle School BRIDGEPORT | 478 | 61.1% | 39.6% |
| Farmersville Junior High School FARMERSVILLE | 361 | 60.4% | 45.5% |
| Palmer Middle School PALMER | 423 | 53.9% | 49.1% |
| Buffalo Junior High School BUFFALO | 414 | 53.9% | 51.3% |
| Evans Elementary School BONHAM | 422 | 61.8% | 38.4% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Brownwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #555 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #515 of 1,670 ▼ 138 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #883 of 1,670 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #465 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #1,136 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #166 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #638 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.3% | #961 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #529 of 942 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
472
-96 (-17%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 472 | 39.4 | 12.0:1 | 59% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 38.3 | 12.2:1 | 65% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 38.1 | 12.8:1 | 65% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 58% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 39.8 | 13.7:1 | 64% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 60% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 44 | 11.3:1 | 63% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 50 | 12.7:1 | 48% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 43 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brownwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (544 to 472); teachers down 1% (39.8 to 39.4).
About Brownwood Middle School
A small middle-grades school in BROWNWOOD, Texas, Brownwood Middle School is part of BROWNWOOD ISD. The school has 472 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
BROWNWOOD ISD oversees Brownwood Middle School and 6 other schools, with 3,393 students in total.
White students make up 49% of enrollment at Brownwood Middle School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Brown County's population at about 75%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 39.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.0:1. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is higher. Roughly 59% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 58% average for public schools in Brown County.
Brownwood Middle School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of Texas public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.4% for Brownwood Middle School. The school posts 48.5%, within a point of the prediction.
In Brown County, median household income comes to about $57,470, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Brown County counts 23 public schools with about 6,238 students.
Woodland Heights Elementary School sits about 0.6 miles from Brownwood Middle School. Brownwood Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Brownwood Middle School ranks 4th on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Brownwood Middle School as Town: Remote.
The school shrank from 568 students in 2020-21 to 472 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.0:1) than in 2020-21 (14.6:1).
On allk12, people connected to Brownwood Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,347
Census ACS
Median income
$57,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,238 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWNWOOD ISD
- Brownwood High SchoolHigh · 935 students
- Coggin Elementary SchoolElementary · 708 students
- Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- East Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Brownwood Accelerated High SchoolHigh · 17 students
Other schools in BROWNWOOD
- Brownwood High SchoolHigh · 935 students
- Coggin Elementary SchoolElementary · 708 students
- Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- East Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Lone Star H S West (tjjd)High · 82 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Heights Elementary School0.6 mi · 494
- Brownwood Accelerated High School1.1 mi · 17
- Brownwood High School1.2 mi · 935
- East Elementary School1.5 mi · 281
- Coggin Elementary School2.7 mi · 708
- Lone Star H S West (tjjd)3.2 mi · 82
Frequently asked questions
About Brownwood Middle SchoolHow large is Brownwood Middle School?
Brownwood Middle School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Brownwood Middle School serve?
Brownwood Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Brownwood Middle School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Brownwood Middle School.
How diverse is Brownwood Middle School?
Brownwood Middle School reports a student body of 49% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Brownwood Middle School public or private?
Brownwood Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWNWOOD ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.