Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA CLARA UNIFIED·NCES 063543006036
Briarwood Elementary
1930 Townsend Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051 · (408) 423-1300 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
115 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
43.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.2% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 30.4% |
| Math | 26.6% | 17.3% | 23.0% | 33.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 43.2% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 48.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.1% | 45.5% |
| 2018-19 | 59.7% | 55.3% |
| 2017-18 | 53.1% | 52.0% |
| 2016-17 | 36.6% | 38.2% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Briarwood Elementary
Briarwood Elementary's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briarwood Elementary this school | 288 | 39.9% | 46.3% |
| Pomeroy Elementary Santa Clara | 300 | 43.3% | 36.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary Newark | 286 | 37.8% | 53.1% |
| Kathryn Hughes Elementary Santa Clara | 281 | 41.3% | 41.7% |
| Montague Elementary Santa Clara | 254 | 39.0% | 43.6% |
| Ponderosa Elementary South San Francisco | 359 | 35.4% | 51.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Briarwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1,984 of 5,151 | #139 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,003 of 5,172 ▼ 49 | #133 of 226 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #2,242 of 5,172 ▼ 275 | #139 of 226 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #1,446 of 5,116 | #112 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #4,867 of 5,915 | #213 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,172 of 5,352 | #79 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #1,257 of 5,354 | #85 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #4,340 of 5,625 | #115 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #2,298 of 3,837 | #138 of 189 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
288
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 19.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 288 | 14.1 | 20.4:1 | 40% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 13.1 | 20.4:1 | 43% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 14.6 | 19.7:1 | 52% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 48% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 14.1 | 23.5:1 | 60% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 16 | 22.3:1 | 57% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | N/A | N/A | 70% (302) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 59% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 17 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Briarwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (331 to 288); teachers unchanged (14.1 to 14.1).
About Briarwood Elementary
This page covers Briarwood Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school in Santa Clara, California. The school enrolls 288 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 38% below average.
The district, Santa Clara Unified, operates 30 schools serving 14,411 students.
Hispanic students account for 48% of enrollment at Briarwood Elementary, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 31% Asian, 14% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 25% of Santa Clara County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Briarwood Elementary is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Briarwood Elementary reported 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 20.4:1. The school's 20.4:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Roughly 40% of students at Briarwood Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Briarwood Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 37% of California public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Briarwood Elementary is 9.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 46.3%. Predicted: 56.1%.
In the surrounding county, Santa Clara County, the median household earns about $164,281 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Briarwood Elementary, Santa Clara County has 412 public schools.
Briarwood Elementary's closest public school neighbor is New Valley Continuation High, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Briarwood Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Briarwood Elementary was 292 in 2020-21 and 288 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
This page collects posts and questions about Briarwood Elementary, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Clara Unified
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Marian A. Peterson MiddleMiddle · 759 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Kathleen MacDonald HighHigh · 683 students
Other schools in Santa Clara
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
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Other Briarwood Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Briarwood Elementary. Briarwood Elementary is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Briarwood Elementary SchoolBowling Green, KY · 685 students
- Briarwood ElemPrairie Village, KS · 674 students
- Briarwood ElementaryRENTON, WA · 630 students
- Briarwood Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 502 students
- Briarwood Elementary SchoolWARREN, MI · 347 students
Nearby schools
- New Valley Continuation High0.5 mi · 151
- Adrian Wilcox High0.5 mi · 1,614
- Bowers Elementary0.7 mi · 240
- Pomeroy Elementary0.7 mi · 300
- Juan Cabrillo Middle0.8 mi · 796
- Santa Clara High0.9 mi · 1,663
Frequently asked questions
About Briarwood ElementaryHow many students attend Briarwood Elementary?
Briarwood Elementary enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Briarwood Elementary serve?
Briarwood Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Briarwood Elementary have?
Briarwood Elementary employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
How diverse is Briarwood Elementary?
Briarwood Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 48% Hispanic, 3% Black, 31% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Briarwood Elementary public or private?
Briarwood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Clara Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.