Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001368
Browne Elementary
5102 N Driscoll Blvd, Spokane, WA 99205 · (509) 354-2400 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
193 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
48.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.7pp since 2014
Math
43.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.4% | 44.6% |
| 2021-22 | 46.7% | 35.2% |
| 2018-19 | 46.6% | 43.4% |
| 2017-18 | 51.7% | 48.7% |
| 2016-17 | 52.6% | 52.2% |
| 2015-16 | 51.5% | 44.4% |
| 2014-15 | 55.7% | 57.1% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Browne Elementary
Browne Elementary's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browne Elementary this school | 316 | 61.1% | 47.6% |
| South Pines Elementary Spokane Valley | 288 | 60.4% | 50.8% |
| Creekside Elementary School Mead | 355 | 63.7% | 40.8% |
| University Elementary School Spokane Valley | 291 | 63.9% | 50.6% |
| Parkway Elementary Clarkston | 330 | 63.0% | N/A |
| Darrington Elementary School DARRINGTON | 351 | 61.8% | 28.6% |
Matched among Washington 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 Browne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #477 of 936 | #47 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #569 of 1,103 ▼ 74 | #50 of 83 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #560 of 1,102 ▼ 136 | #47 of 83 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.9pp | #268 of 928 | #31 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #909 of 1,268 | #65 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #427 of 1,085 | #53 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #862 of 1,088 | #45 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #429 of 1,169 | #39 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #164 of 778 | #18 of 67 |
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
316
-25 (-7%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 316 | 20.6 | 15.3:1 | 61% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 24.2 | 13.4:1 | 67% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 65% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 22 | 15.5:1 | 60% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 66% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 65% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 21 | 22.9:1 | 51% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 22 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 18 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Browne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (431 to 316); teachers down 24% (27 to 20.6).
About Browne Elementary
Browne Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Spokane, Washington. The school counted 316 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Spokane School District enrolls 28,853 students, and its 62 schools include Browne Elementary.
The share of White students at Browne Elementary is 72%, a majority. Other students are 16% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 2% Pacific Islander. That is lower than the 83% White share among all Spokane County residents. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at Browne Elementary are from different groups.
Browne Elementary has 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.3:1. The school's 15.3:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 61%. That is higher than the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County.
On BeatsExpectations, Browne Elementary is 8.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Spokane County show that median household income comes to about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spokane County counts 187 public schools with about 76,588 students.
Browne Elementary's nearest public school is Westview Elementary (about 0.6 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Browne Elementary. Browne Elementary places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 25 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Nearby schools
- Westview Elementary0.6 mi · 328
- Pauline Flett Middle School0.9 mi · 609
- Finch Elementary1.0 mi · 375
- Glover Middle School1.0 mi · 537
- Balboa Elementary1.0 mi · 248
- Salk Middle School1.0 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Browne ElementaryHow many students attend Browne Elementary?
Browne Elementary enrolls approximately 316 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Browne Elementary serve?
Browne Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Browne Elementary?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Browne Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Browne Elementary?
Student demographics at Browne Elementary are roughly 72% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 16% Two or more.
What district is Browne Elementary in?
Browne Elementary is part of Spokane School District.
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