Brown Intermediate School

Public middle school, grades 5 to 6 · Sweetwater, Tennessee

Brown Intermediate School in Sweetwater, Tennessee enrolled 310 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 28-32% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 30% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%).

Enrollment rose 5% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers rose 6%

309 students in 2022-23, 323 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 17.5 to 18.5.

Students enrolled at Brown Intermediate School by school year2022-23: 309, 2023-24: 32301002003004002022-233092023-24323
Students enrolled at Brown Intermediate School by school year2022-23: 309, 2023-24: 32301002003004002022-233092023-24323
Students enrolled at Brown Intermediate School by school year2022-23: 309, 2023-24: 32301002003004002022-233092023-24323
Students enrolled at Brown Intermediate School by school year2022-23: 309, 2023-24: 32301002003004002022-233092023-24323
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2330917.517.7
2023-2432318.517.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

One counselor per 311 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Brown Intermediate School enrolled 311 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 12 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 311 of the 311 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions12
  • Chronically absent6.1% (2022-23)

Who attends

75.8% of students were White, 17.4% Hispanic, 3.2% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White75.8%
  2. Hispanic17.4%
  3. Two or more races3.2%
  4. Black1.6%
  5. American Indian1.0%
  6. Asian0.6%
  7. Pacific Islander0.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Brown Intermediate School scored proficient or above: 28-32% in reading in 2021-22 and 30% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Reading and language arts, 2021-2228‑32%27‑31%35%
Math, 2022-2330%24‑28% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Sweetwater

2 public middle schools in Sweetwater report 2024-25 enrollment; Brown Intermediate School is number 2 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Sweetwater Jr High School31616.1not reported
Brown Intermediate School31017.7not reported

All public schools in Sweetwater →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Brown Intermediate School

  1. Sweetwater Jr High SchoolThe nearest public middle school, 1.1 miles away: 316 students, 16.1 per teacher (2024-25).1.1 mi
  2. Vonore Middle SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 12 miles away: 258 students, 16.2 per teacher (2024-25).12 mi
  3. Compare Brown Intermediate School with Sweetwater Jr High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Sweetwater spends per student$9,593 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$9,593
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeBrown Intermediate School is the number 275 by size of 332 Tennessee middle schools open in 2024-25.#275 of 332
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Brown Intermediate School

  1. How many students attend Brown Intermediate School?
    310 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 309 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Sweetwater, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Brown Intermediate School?
    17.7 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Brown Intermediate School a Title I school?
    Brown Intermediate School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Brown Intermediate School do on state tests?
    The students tested at Brown Intermediate School scored proficient or above: 28-32% in reading in 2021-22 and 30% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Brown Intermediate School in?
    Sweetwater, NCES district ID 4704050. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470405001686 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22