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If you could change one rule at Briarwood Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
685
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARREN COUNTY·NCES 210573001909
Briarwood Elementary School
265 Lovers Ln, Bowling Green, KY 42103 · (270) 782-5554 · Warren County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
476 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 | 51 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 47% · 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
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
55.8%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Kentucky 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 Kentucky'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 Elementary School
Briarwood Elementary School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briarwood Elementary School this school | 685 | 69.5% | 52.3% |
| Lansdowne Elementary School Lexington | 610 | 71.6% | 29.0% |
| Southern Elementary School Lexington | 476 | 71.0% | 33.9% |
| Kenwood Elementary Louisville | 596 | 71.1% | 27.9% |
| Jeffersontown Elementary Jeffersontown | 686 | 62.7% | 21.2% |
| F T Burns Elementary School Owensboro | 440 | 73.0% | 53.8% |
Matched among Kentucky 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #197 of 669 | #8 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #156 of 668 | #6 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #198 of 674 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #49 of 744 | #11 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #206 of 674 | #2 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #34 of 674 | #5 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.5% | #293 of 721 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #185 of 437 | #1 of 6 |
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
685
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 685 | 49 | 14.0:1 | 69% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 58% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 48.6 | 14.5:1 | 63% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 60% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 800 | 48.3 | 16.6:1 | 55% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 55% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 27% (196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Briarwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (800 to 685); teachers up 1% (48.3 to 49).
About Briarwood Elementary School
In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Briarwood Elementary School is a large elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 685 students. Elementary schools in Kentucky have about 421 students on average; enrollment here is 63% higher.
Warren County counts 18,559 students in its 30 schools, and Briarwood Elementary School is one of them.
About 45% of students at Briarwood Elementary School are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Among all residents of Warren County, the White share is about 76%. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Briarwood Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 49 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. The gap from the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 1.4 students per teacher. The school reported 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Kentucky public elementary schools, Briarwood Elementary School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Briarwood Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (52.3%) and its predicted rate (39.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kentucky schools.
In Warren County, home to about 140,918 people, median household income comes to about $65,794, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Warren County's 45 public schools enroll about 23,324 students and include Briarwood Elementary School.
Briarwood Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Cumberland Trace Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Briarwood Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Briarwood Elementary School ranks 3rd of 5 nearby schools, at 52.3% versus a 48.5% average.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 685, close to the 690 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.0 students per teacher, compared with 15.3 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Briarwood Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,918
Census ACS
Median income
$65,794
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
23,324 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warren County
- South Warren High SchoolHigh · 1,548 students
- Greenwood High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 1,070 students
- Rich Pond ElementaryElementary · 990 students
- Warren East High SchoolHigh · 967 students
- Lost River ElementaryElementary · 856 students
Other schools in Bowling Green
- South Warren High SchoolHigh · 1,548 students
- Greenwood High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Bowling Green High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 1,070 students
- Bowling Green Junior HighMiddle · 1,042 students
- Rich Pond ElementaryElementary · 990 students
Other Briarwood Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Briarwood Elementary. Briarwood Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- Briarwood ElemPrairie Village, KS · 674 students
- Briarwood ElementaryRENTON, WA · 630 students
- Briarwood Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 502 students
- Briarwood Elementary SchoolWARREN, MI · 347 students
- Briarwood ElemOlathe, KS · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Cumberland Trace Elementary0.8 mi · 699
- Potter Gray Elementary1.1 mi · 499
- Rivendell High School1.9 mi · 59
- Rivendell Elementary1.9 mi · 34
- Bowling Green High School2.4 mi · 1,377
- Childrens Crisis Stabilization Unit2.4 mi · 12
Frequently asked questions
About Briarwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Briarwood Elementary School?
Briarwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 685 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Briarwood Elementary School serve?
Briarwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Briarwood Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Briarwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Briarwood Elementary School?
Briarwood Elementary School reports a student body of 45% White, 19% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Briarwood Elementary School?
Briarwood Elementary School is overseen by Warren County in Warren County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.