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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNWOOD ISD·NCES 481170000675
Northwest Elementary School
311 BLUFFVIEW DR, BROWNWOOD, TX 76801 · (325) 646-0707 · Brown County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
382 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 117 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
59%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 31.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Northwest Elementary School
Northwest Elementary School's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Elementary School this school | 486 | 78.6% | 39.5% |
| Shepherd Primary School SHEPHERD | 504 | 78.4% | N/A |
| Bonham Elementary School ABILENE | 481 | 77.8% | 34.1% |
| J W Monday Elementary School KAUFMAN | 513 | 75.4% | 47.8% |
| Shepherd Intermediate School SHEPHERD | 400 | 80.8% | 30.3% |
| Nettie Baccus Elementary School GRANBURY | 595 | 77.0% | 40.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Northwest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #2,660 of 4,401 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,821 of 4,466 ▼ 405 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,832 of 4,466 ▼ 295 | #5 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,124 of 3,998 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #2,665 of 4,938 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,074 of 4,622 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #1,463 of 4,628 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #2,048 of 4,789 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #1,150 of 2,838 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
486
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 486 | 36.2 | 13.4:1 | 79% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 35.9 | 13.8:1 | 84% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 35.6 | 12.9:1 | 87% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 81% (402) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 40.8 | 14.9:1 | 84% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 82% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 87% (520) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 94% (483) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (609 to 486); teachers down 11% (40.8 to 36.2).
About Northwest Elementary School
Students in BROWNWOOD, Texas, attend Northwest Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 486 students, covering pre-K through 5.
BROWNWOOD ISD runs Northwest Elementary School along with 6 other schools, enrolling 3,393 students in total.
Hispanic students account for 48% of enrollment at Northwest Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups include 42% White, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Brown County residents are about 23% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Its staff includes 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.4 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Northwest Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 79%. That is 21 points above the 58% average for public schools in Brown County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Northwest Elementary School outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Northwest Elementary School would score about 40.1%. It scores 39.5%, within a point of that figure.
In Brown County, median household income comes to about $57,470, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 23, with about 6,238 students.
The closest school to Northwest Elementary School is Mullin Oaks, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Northwest Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 486, compared with 499 in 2020-21.
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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
- Brownwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 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
- Brownwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- East Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Lone Star H S West (tjjd)High · 82 students
Other Northwest Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 18 states are named Northwest Elementary. Northwest Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 29.
- Northwest Elementary SchoolHEREFORD, TX · 479 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 395 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 959 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolJACKSON, MI · 758 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Mullin Oaks0.3 mi · 37
- The Oaks0.3 mi · 33
- Lone Star H S West (tjjd)0.4 mi · 82
- Coggin Elementary School1.3 mi · 708
- Brownwood High School2.4 mi · 935
- Brownwood Accelerated High School2.6 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Northwest Elementary School?
Northwest Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Northwest Elementary School serve?
Northwest Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Northwest Elementary School have?
Northwest Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Northwest Elementary School?
Student demographics at Northwest Elementary School are roughly 42% White, 48% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Northwest Elementary School public or private?
Northwest Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWNWOOD ISD.
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