Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001668
Briarwood Elem
14101 S Brougham Dr, Olathe, KS 66062 · (913) 780-7330 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
91 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
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 | 23 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 58% · 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
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
58.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 58.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 58.6% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Elem
Briarwood Elem's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briarwood Elem this school | 315 | 28.9% | 54.4% |
| Amanda Arnold Elem Manhattan | 399 | 29.3% | 67.2% |
| Scarborough Elem Olathe | 307 | 33.2% | 51.2% |
| Rhein Benninghoven Elem Shawnee | 423 | 28.8% | 62.1% |
| Heatherstone Elem Olathe | 346 | 24.9% | 60.1% |
| Sunflower Elem Lenexa | 390 | 35.4% | 50.5% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #156 of 625 | #73 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #131 of 625 | #66 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #139 of 625 | #67 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #348 of 714 | #90 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #314 of 539 | #58 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #192 of 540 | #42 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #559 of 658 | #47 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #109 of 377 | #18 of 76 |
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
315
-42 (-12%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 315 | 22.8 | 13.8:1 | 29% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 25.8 | 12.9:1 | 28% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 27.2 | 12.0:1 | 28% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 19% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 27.3 | 14.4:1 | 27% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | N/A | N/A | 28% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 24% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 5% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 29 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Briarwood Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (394 to 315); teachers down 16% (27.3 to 22.8).
About Briarwood Elem
Briarwood Elem is an elementary school in Olathe, Kansas, according to federal school records. It teaches 315 students in pre-K through 5.
Olathe enrolls 28,194 students, and its 52 schools include Briarwood Elem.
White students are 63% of those enrolled at Briarwood Elem. Next come 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 79% White among all Johnson County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Briarwood Elem are from different groups.
There are about 13.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Briarwood Elem, which has 22.8. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 29%. Public schools in Johnson County average a similar 27%.
Briarwood Elem's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.4%) and its predicted rate (48.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
In Johnson County, the median household earns about $109,208 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Across Johnson County, 168 public schools serve about 93,598 students.
Frontier Trail Middle School is the nearest public school to Briarwood Elem, about 0.2 miles away. Briarwood Elem is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 54.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 315, down from 357 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.8:1, from 12.3:1.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
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- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Other Briarwood Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Briarwood Elementary. Briarwood Elem is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Briarwood ElemPrairie Village, KS · 674 students
- Briarwood Elementary SchoolBowling Green, KY · 685 students
- Briarwood ElementaryRENTON, WA · 630 students
- Briarwood Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 502 students
- Briarwood Elementary SchoolWARREN, MI · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Frontier Trail Middle School0.2 mi · 693
- Tomahawk Elem0.4 mi · 359
- Black Bob Elem0.8 mi · 362
- Green Springs Elem0.9 mi · 235
- Liberty View Elementary1.2 mi · 430
- Regency Place Elementary1.2 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Briarwood ElemHow large is Briarwood Elem?
Briarwood Elem enrolls approximately 315 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Briarwood Elem serve?
Briarwood Elem serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Briarwood Elem?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Briarwood Elem.
How diverse is Briarwood Elem?
Briarwood Elem reports a student body of 63% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Briarwood Elem?
Briarwood Elem is overseen by Olathe in Johnson County.
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