Briarwood Elementary School

Set in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Briarwood Elementary School is a sprawling elementary-level community, run under Warren County. It instructs 685 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Briarwood Elementary School sits 63% larger than that benchmark.

Briarwood Elementary School is one of 30 schools operated by Warren County, a district that instructs 18,559 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Briarwood Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 19% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Briarwood Elementary School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Briarwood Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Briarwood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 52.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Warren County put median household income runs about $65,794, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Warren County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,324 students), Briarwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cumberland Trace Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Briarwood Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Briarwood Elementary School has declined 14%, going from 800 students in 2018 to 685 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 25% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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