Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530618000927
Leland P Brown Elementary
2000 26TH AVE NW, OLYMPIA, WA 98502 · (360) 596-6800 · Thurston County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
199 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
44.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.6pp since 2014
Math
37.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.4% | 42.8% |
| 2021-22 | 42.8% | 35.5% |
| 2018-19 | 61.2% | 48.8% |
| 2017-18 | 64.3% | 55.3% |
| 2016-17 | 68.4% | 63.9% |
| 2015-16 | 66.9% | 61.4% |
| 2014-15 | 53.1% | 50.8% |
% 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Leland P Brown Elementary
Leland P Brown Elementary's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leland P Brown Elementary this school | 328 | 60.7% | 45.4% |
| Garfield Elementary School OLYMPIA | 314 | 60.5% | 37.9% |
| Crownhill Elementary School Bremerton | 317 | 58.0% | 47.8% |
| Waller Road Elementary Tacoma | 306 | 60.8% | 36.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary School VANCOUVER | 280 | 60.4% | N/A |
| Jefferson Elementary Pullman | 335 | 56.7% | 42.6% |
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 Leland P Brown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #511 of 936 | #28 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #714 of 1,103 ▼ 84 | #34 of 39 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #638 of 1,102 ▼ 77 | #30 of 39 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #436 of 928 | #17 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #870 of 1,268 | #33 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #305 of 1,085 | #10 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #455 of 1,088 | #19 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #436 of 1,169 | #7 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #498 of 778 | #16 of 27 |
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
328
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 328 | 22.1 | 14.9:1 | 61% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 21.6 | 14.6:1 | 63% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 26.1 | 12.1:1 | 63% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 59% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 23.9 | 15.8:1 | 56% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 19 | 17.0:1 | 59% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 19 | 17.0:1 | 38% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 13 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 17 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leland P Brown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (377 to 328); teachers down 8% (23.9 to 22.1).
About Leland P Brown Elementary
Leland P Brown Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in OLYMPIA, Washington. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 328 students.
Leland P Brown Elementary is in Olympia School District, a district with 9,386 students across 20 schools.
Of every 100 students at Leland P Brown Elementary, about 55 are White. It is also 16% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. Thurston County's residents are about 72% White, 17 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
With 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 2.4 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 61% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Thurston County.
Leland P Brown Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.4%, compared with a predicted 39.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Thurston County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $96,563, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 86 public schools and about 44,412 students.
Of the public schools around it, Leland P Brown Elementary is closest to Thurgood Marshall Middle School, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Leland P Brown Elementary ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Leland P Brown Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, Leland P Brown Elementary enrolled 329; in 2024-25, 328.
The allk12 page for Leland P Brown Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olympia School District
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 462 students
- Centennial ElementaryElementary · 434 students
Other schools in OLYMPIA
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Griffin SchoolElementary · 585 students
- East Olympia ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Thurgood Marshall Middle School1.3 mi · 469
- Jefferson Middle School1.3 mi · 462
- Julia Butler Hansen Elementary1.4 mi · 412
- Capital High School1.5 mi · 1,322
- Garfield Elementary School1.6 mi · 314
- Reeves Middle School1.7 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Leland P Brown ElementaryHow many students attend Leland P Brown Elementary?
Leland P Brown Elementary enrolls approximately 328 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Leland P Brown Elementary serve?
Leland P Brown Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Leland P Brown Elementary?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Leland P Brown Elementary.
How diverse is Leland P Brown Elementary?
Leland P Brown Elementary reports a student body of 55% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Leland P Brown Elementary?
Leland P Brown Elementary is overseen by Olympia School District in Thurston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.