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C+

Browns Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Rio Oso and Trowbridge, and parts of Nicolaus.

Rio Oso’s Schools page →

Students
143
Schools
1
Spent per student
$12,614
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
29%
The gist

What stands out about Browns Elementary School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 38% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 11 pts below the state
  • Spends 41% less per student than the CA average
  • 14 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 11.7% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 38% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C+
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Rio Oso 437Trowbridge 243

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Rio Oso. Grade by grade →

K–8Browns ElementaryThis district
9–12East Nicolaus HighEast Nicolaus Joint Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency20–24%
State average 33.1% · 78 students tested
Reading / language arts40–44%
State average 46.7% · 78 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 98% at East Nicolaus Joint Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$12,614 per student · 41% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 60%Support & administration 39%Other 1%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 30%State 68%Federal 3%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
128’20
122’21
122’22
132’23
143’24

Up 11.7% since 2020–21.

Students
White 57%Hispanic 29%Asian 5%Two or more races 5%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 3%Black <1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Browns Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Rio Oso
B−
143 students14:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.