Summary:
ZIP code 47220 contains one public elementary school, Brownstown Elementary School, serving grades PK–5 with 621 students as part of Brownstown County Com School Corp in Indiana. Because it is the only elementary school in this ZIP code, there is no local school-to-school comparison; the most useful benchmarks are the district and the state. The school is improving but still below the state median: its rank moved from 39th percentile in 2023–2024 to 49th percentile in 2025–2026, and from 621st to 514th, while remaining a 2-star school; the district is rated 3 stars and 59th percentile.
In 2025–2026 ILEARN results, Brownstown Elementary’s clearest strengths were 5th grade English language arts at 51.89% proficient versus the state’s 42.2%, and 5th grade Social Studies at 53.77% versus the state’s 47.2%. That Social Studies result was a dramatic one-year jump from 23.42% in 2024–2025, moving from below the state to above it. All-grade Math was 40.63% versus the district’s 37.70%, and all-grade Science was 44.17% versus the district’s 39.57%, so Math and Science are relative strengths. The main academic gaps were 3rd grade ELA at 31.91% versus the state’s 40.8%, 4th grade ELA at 35% versus 42.2%, 4th grade Math at 37.5% versus 52%, and 5th grade Math at 35.85% versus 42%. All-grade ELA also trailed the district, 39.69% to 41.75%.
Attendance is a relative strength: chronic absenteeism was 13.7% in 2024–2025, lower than the state’s 16.7%, though slightly above the district’s 12.9%. More than half of students come from lower-income backgrounds based on a 52.5% free/reduced lunch rate; the school spends $10,965 per student and has a 16.7:1 student-teacher ratio. Overall, Brownstown Elementary is improving, with standout 5th grade ELA and Social Studies results and solid all-grade Math and Science performance relative to the district, but it remains a 2-star, just-below-median school with notable ELA and 4th grade Math gaps.
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