Briarlake Elementary School

As a tight-knit elementary campus in Decatur, Georgia, Briarlake Elementary School enrolls 360 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under DeKalb County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

Across the 131 schools in DeKalb County (92,088 students total), Briarlake Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Briarlake Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 29% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Briarlake Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 60.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Briarlake Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Lakeside High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Briarlake Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Briarlake Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 360). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 14% to 19%.

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