Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000728
Briarlake Elementary School
3590 Lavista Rd, Decatur, GA 30033 · (678) 874-2502 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
134 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
63.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.9pp since 2021
Math
60.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.1% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 54.9% |
| 2022-23 | 52.6% | 57.4% |
| 2021-22 | 56.2% | 51.9% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Briarlake Elementary School
Briarlake Elementary School's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briarlake Elementary School this school | 360 | 37.2% | 60.9% |
| Spalding Drive Elementary Atlanta | 344 | 31.4% | 63.9% |
| Laurel Ridge Elementary School Decatur | 440 | 39.5% | 55.2% |
| Sagamore Hills Elementary School Atlanta | 428 | 30.4% | 58.3% |
| Hillside Elementary School Roswell | 497 | 39.6% | 56.4% |
| Buford Elementary School Buford | 431 | 34.1% | N/A |
Matched among Georgia 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 Briarlake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #187 of 1,208 | #16 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #241 of 1,215 ▲ 94 | #15 of 88 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #113 of 1,215 ▲ 66 | #13 of 88 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #218 of 1,183 | #16 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #1,163 of 1,324 | #81 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #42 of 1,301 | #6 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #69 of 1,301 | #9 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #1,136 of 1,312 | #78 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #331 of 854 | #46 of 73 |
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
360
-46 (-11%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 393
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 360 | 36 | 10.0:1 | 37% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 34.6 | 10.9:1 | 43% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 34.5 | 11.0:1 | 26% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 42 | 9.7:1 | 26% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 40.5 | 10.6:1 | 28% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 26% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 20% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 340 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 16% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 393 | 29 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Briarlake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (429 to 360); teachers down 11% (40.5 to 36).
About Briarlake Elementary School
Decatur, Georgia, is home to Briarlake Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 360 students. Enrollment is 40% lower than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Briarlake Elementary School is part of DeKalb County, where 131 schools serve 92,088 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Briarlake Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 41%. The remaining students are 25% Black, 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Census figures show DeKalb County is about 29% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Briarlake Elementary School operates with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 10.0:1 here. Briarlake Elementary School reports 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 77% average among public schools in DeKalb County.
Test results at Briarlake Elementary School are 2.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (60.9% actual, 58.1% predicted).
Within DeKalb County, the median household income is $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, DeKalb County has 154 public schools and roughly 102,960 students.
The closest public school, Lakeside High School, is about 1.0 miles from Briarlake Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Briarlake Elementary School places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 46 fewer students in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Briarlake Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeside High School1.0 mi · 2,234
- Oak Grove Elementary School1.1 mi · 429
- Coralwood Education Center1.3 mi · 218
- Henderson Mill Elementary School1.3 mi · 541
- Druid Hills Middle School1.4 mi · 985
- GLOBE Academy Charter School I1.4 mi · 1,093
Frequently asked questions
About Briarlake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Briarlake Elementary School?
Briarlake Elementary School enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Briarlake Elementary School serve?
Briarlake Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Briarlake Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Briarlake Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Briarlake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Briarlake Elementary School are roughly 41% White, 19% Hispanic, 25% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Briarlake Elementary School in?
Briarlake Elementary School is part of DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.