EAST EL

Located at 2700 VINCENT ST, in BROWNWOOD, Texas, EAST EL is an intimate elementary school that works with 281 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within BROWNWOOD ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so EAST EL sits 46% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, EAST EL shows that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Brown County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, EAST EL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Brown County's rate of about 58%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EAST EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.7%; this one delivers 52.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Brown County indicate median household income runs about $57,470, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EAST EL is one of 23 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 6,238 students).

Nearest neighbor: BROWNWOOD ACCELERATED H S, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EAST EL. On composite proficiency, EAST EL comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST EL has declined 12%, going from 320 students in 2018 to 281 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 37% to 43%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for EAST EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.