Lucille M. Brown Middle

Set in Richmond, Virginia, Lucille M. Brown Middle is a close-knit 6-8 campus, overseen by Richmond City Public Schools. It hosts 605 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within Richmond City Public Schools, which oversees 47 schools and 20,962 students, Lucille M. Brown Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lucille M. Brown Middle records that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 6% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Richmond city as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lucille M. Brown Middle has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lucille M. Brown Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.8%; actual is 45.1%, a gap of -15.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Richmond city shows the typical household earns roughly $64,587 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Richmond city's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,253 students), Lucille M. Brown Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lucille M. Brown Middle comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Lucille M. Brown Middle's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 755 (now 605). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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