Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KANSAS CITY 74·NCES 292280001260
BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY
4100 NW BRIARCLIFF RD, KANSAS CITY, MO 64116 · (816) 321-5030 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Missouri 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
169 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 54%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 52% · 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
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.8%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
50.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.8% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 17.1% |
| Math | 23.2% | 27.3% | 28.7% | 20.5% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 53.2% |
| 2022-23 | 59.9% | 48.3% |
| 2021-22 | 54.9% | 46.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY
BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY this school | 352 | 48.0% | 48.8% |
| PARTRIDGE ELEM. FT LEONARD WOOD | 375 | 48.3% | 55.0% |
| ALFRED L. RENNER ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 403 | 43.7% | 37.6% |
| WILLIAM YATES ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 463 | 49.5% | 72.0% |
| THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 466 | 46.4% | 39.9% |
| MONROE ELEM. ST CHARLES | 366 | 47.8% | 49.5% |
Matched among Missouri 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 BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #338 of 1,002 | #17 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #324 of 1,019 ▼ 50 | #18 of 41 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #202 of 1,018 ▼ 16 | #12 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #389 of 943 | #17 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #535 of 1,294 | #27 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #848 of 950 | #32 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #82 of 953 | #13 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #685 of 1,165 | #16 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #199 of 251 | #5 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
352
+48 (+16%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 271
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 352 | 23.1 | 15.3:1 | 48% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 21.9 | 14.5:1 | 46% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 23.9 | 13.0:1 | 46% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 38% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 22.6 | 15.1:1 | 50% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | 51% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 53% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 19 | 16.8:1 | 41% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 271 | 14 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (341 to 352); teachers up 2% (22.6 to 23.1).
About BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY
At 4100 NW BRIARCLIFF RD in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 352 students in 2024-25.
NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 is the district for BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY. It has 33 schools and 21,252 students.
The largest group at BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY is White students, at 49%. It is also 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Clay County is roughly 79% White. The diversity index for BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is 2.8 students per teacher. Roughly 48% of students at BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 35% average for public schools in Clay County is 13 points.
BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of Missouri public elementary schools.
BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY is 6.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.8% versus 41.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Missouri.
Clay County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 80 public schools in the county, enrolling about 41,553, BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY among them.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY, is the closest to BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY's location as City: Large.
Enrollment rose 16% over 4 years, reaching 352 in 2024-25.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH KANSAS CITY 74
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
- NEW MARK MIDDLEMiddle · 965 students
- ANTIOCH MIDDLEMiddle · 886 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Other Briarcliff Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Briarcliff Elementary. BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Briarcliff ElementaryCary, NC · 486 students
Nearby schools
- CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 487
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGH1.7 mi · 1,719
- NORTHGATE MIDDLE1.8 mi · 689
- DAVIDSON ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 566
- WEST ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 435
- PARK HILL SOUTH HIGH2.2 mi · 1,890
Frequently asked questions
About BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARYHow large is BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY?
BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 352 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY serve?
BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY have?
BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY are roughly 49% White, 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY public or private?
BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTH KANSAS CITY 74.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.