Brier Elementary

Brier Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Fremont, California, one of the schools within Fremont Unified. Current enrollment sits at 585 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Fremont Unified comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 33,073 students; Brier Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Brier Elementary reports that 53% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, Brier Elementary reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Brier Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Brier Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Alameda County) logs that median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Brier Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: G. M. Walters Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Brier Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

Brier Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 718 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.