Andrew J Brown Academy

Andrew J Brown Academy is the only school in the Andrew J Brown Academy district, located at 3600 N German Church Rd in Indianapolis. It is classified as an elementary school but serves grades K–8 and enrolls 435 students, making the district a single-school district where district-level results are identical to school-level results.

The school's performance is mixed. It ranks 858 out of 1,015 Indiana schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 15th percentile with 1 star, and its district ranks 311 out of 374 districts (17th percentile, 1 star). This is the third straight year at 1 star, with the percentile slipping from 21 to 17 to 15. Most grade-level results fall below state averages, often by double digits. The one bright spot is 8th grade math, where the school reports 34.88% proficient versus the state's 34.2%. Science and social studies are the weakest areas: science is 10.1% across all grades, 4th grade science is 7.5% versus 43.8% statewide, and 5th grade social studies is 13.95% versus 47.2% statewide. There are encouraging gains — all-grade ELA rose from 19.49% to 22.45%, math from 22.3% to 25.17%, and 5th grade social studies jumped from 1.89% to 13.95% — but the state also improved, so gaps remain large.

Context matters for families. Chronic absenteeism is 35.1%, more than double the state rate of 16.7%, meaning more than one in three students misses significant school time. About 71.26% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, the student-teacher ratio is 31:1, and per-student spending is $16,010. The clearest strengths are year-over-year growth in ELA and math, an above-state 8th grade math result, and sharp improvement in 5th grade social studies; the most urgent challenges are absenteeism, science and social studies proficiency, and overall performance relative to the state.