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Brown County School Corporation

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At a glance

133^rdof 374 Indiana districts▲ 30

Better than 64% of Indiana districts

Elementary 3 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

357 E Main St
Nashville, IN 47448·(812) 988-6601·All Indiana district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 64.4% of districts

Schools

1,549

Students

Top rankedHelmsburg Elementary School178^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Brown County Middle School up 139 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Brown County High School 11.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

Schools in the Brown County School Corporation include five schools—three elementary, one middle, and one high school—serving about 1,549 students in Brown County, Indiana, with no alternative school listed. The district ranks 133rd of 374 Indiana districts, at the 64th percentile with 3 stars, but results vary widely from school to school.

Academically, Helmsburg Elementary School is the standout: 82nd percentile, 4 stars, and the highest all-grades ILEARN ELA and math scores at 62.28%. Brown County Middle School showed the strongest improvement, rising from 36th percentile and 2 stars to 65th percentile and 3 stars, with ELA at 46.59%, math at 33.63%, and science at 49.02%, though 7th grade math remains weak at 25.44%. Sprunica Elementary School is stable at 55th percentile and 3 stars; it has the highest free/reduced-price lunch rate at 60.23% but the lowest chronic absenteeism at 12.8%. Van Buren Elementary School has slipped to 46th percentile and 2 stars, with ELA at 31.76% versus the district’s 48.11%, but science at 52.63% and math at 45.88%. Brown County High School remains at 44th percentile and 2 stars; SAT ERW is 53.92% versus the state’s 51.9%, but SAT Math is 15.69% versus the state’s 25.6%, and chronic absenteeism is the district’s highest at 25.2%.

The biggest district-wide concern is chronic absenteeism: the district rate is 19.8% versus the state’s 16.7%, and four of five schools are above the state rate, including Brown County High School at 25.2% and Van Buren Elementary School at 21.3%; only Sprunica Elementary School is below the state rate at 12.8%. Spending and class size do not predict outcomes: Brown County High School has the highest per-student spending at $14,896 and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 11.6 but still has low SAT Math; Van Buren Elementary School has the lowest spending at $12,502 yet above-district math and science; and Helmsburg Elementary School gets strong results with moderate spending. Helmsburg Elementary School is the academic bright spot and Brown County Middle School is the most improved, while high school math, absenteeism, and Van Buren Elementary School’s ELA performance are the main concerns.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Brown County High School	Public	9-12	235 School House Lane	Nashville	47448	Brown County	Brown County School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(812) 988-6606	455	39	11.6	51.2%	429 (94.3%)	3 (0.7%)	10 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.0%)	44	234^th of 415 public high schools	43.6%		42.6	244^th of 429 public high schools	43.1%	10	53.9	15.7																			32.1	$14,896	$1,444	$13,451
Helmsburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5378 N Helmsburg School Rd	Morgantown	46160	Morgan County	Brown County School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 988-6651	224	17	13.0	49.1%	211 (94.2%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.6%)	80.4	178^th of 1015 public elementary schools	82.5%		90.5	74^th of 1005 public elementary schools	92.6%	104			68.4	41.7	75.0				62.3	63.2	52.8	70.0				62.3	47.2		47.2	87.5		$13,898	$1,174	$12,724
Sprunica Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3611 Sprunica Rd	Nineveh	46164	Johnson County	Brown County School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 988-6625	264	19	13.7	60.2%	246 (93.2%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	55.2	454^th of 1015 public elementary schools	55.3%		51.6	489^th of 1005 public elementary schools	51.3%	35			54.1	42.5	54.2				50.4	64.9	50.0	16.7				41.6	45.0		45.0	33.3		$14,716	$1,015	$13,701
Van Buren Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4045 State Road 135 South	Nashville	47448	Brown County	Brown County School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 988-6658	210	16	12.9	43.3%	194 (92.4%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.8%)	47.4	548^th of 1015 public elementary schools	46.0%		48.9	530^th of 1005 public elementary schools	47.3%	18			34.2	36.8	25.0				31.8	42.1	52.6	46.4				45.9	52.6		52.6	42.9		$12,502	$972	$11,531
Brown County Middle School	Public	6-8	95 S Schoolhouse Ln	Nashville	47448	Brown County	Brown County School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 988-6605	396	27	14.9	43.2%	375 (94.7%)	4 (1.0%)	6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	64	168^th of 486 public middle schools	65.4%		39.3	307^th of 480 public middle schools	36.0%	139						51.0	47.4	42.2	46.6				45.1	25.4	31.7	33.6		49.0	49.0			$12,949	$1,346	$11,603

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Monroe County Community School Corp	9.32 mi	24	108^th
Bartholomew Con School Corp	13.66 mi	18	162^nd
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United	14.56 mi	4	115^th
The Bloomington Project School	15.77 mi	1	28^th
MSD Martinsville Schools	16.74 mi	11	199^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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