NORTHWEST EL

NORTHWEST EL is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in BROWNWOOD, Texas, run under BROWNWOOD ISD, hosting 486 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in BROWNWOOD ISD (3,393 students total), NORTHWEST EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, NORTHWEST EL reports that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 42% White, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Brown County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTHWEST EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.6%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Brown County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. NORTHWEST EL is one of 23 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 6,238 students).

THE OAKS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTHWEST EL. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHWEST EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 20%: 609 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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