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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002887
Brier Creek Elementary
9801 Brier Creek Parkway, Raleigh, NC 27617 · (919) 484-4747 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
410 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
43.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Brier Creek Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brier Creek Elementary this school | 642 | 63.9% | 46.4% |
| Winterville Charter Academy Winterville | 624 | 69.7% | N/A |
| Reedy Creek Elementary Cary | 605 | 67.4% | 54.8% |
| Rolesville Charter Academy Rolesville | 716 | 59.1% | N/A |
| Bonnie Cone Classical Academy Huntersville | 642 | 62.6% | N/A |
| Highland Elementary Burlington | 661 | 53.7% | 53.4% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Brier Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #918 of 1,297 | #104 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,034 of 1,296 | #109 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #823 of 1,300 | #99 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #279 of 1,485 | #57 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #336 of 1,377 | #56 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #306 of 1,379 | #43 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #1,099 of 1,414 | #33 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #278 of 937 | #31 of 91 |
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
642
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 642 | 47.7 | 13.5:1 | 64% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 42.1 | 13.1:1 | 58% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 40.3 | 13.6:1 | 58% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 39% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 806 | 49.9 | 16.1:1 | 29% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 977 | 59 | 16.6:1 | 27% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 783 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 22% (173) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brier Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (806 to 642); teachers down 4% (49.9 to 47.7).
About Brier Creek Elementary
Brier Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 642 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 37% bigger than that mark.
Wake County Schools is responsible for 198 schools, Brier Creek Elementary included, with 163,176 students in all.
The biggest share of students at Brier Creek Elementary, 47%, is Black. The next largest groups are 23% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Wake County overall, about 19% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
Brier Creek Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1, with 47.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Wake County, the average is 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Brier Creek Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 19% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Brier Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.4%) and its predicted rate (59.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
In Wake County, home to about 1,178,653 people, median household income comes to about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 237 public schools in the county, enrolling about 184,790, Brier Creek Elementary among them.
A public school about 1.3 miles away, Pleasant Grove Elementary, is the closest to Brier Creek Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 56.5%, higher than Brier Creek Elementary's 46.4%.
NCES describes the area around Brier Creek Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 659 to 642, a 3% decline.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Wake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,178,653
Census ACS
Median income
$105,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
237
184,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Other Brier Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Brier Creek Elementary. Brier Creek Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Brier Creek ElementaryThomasville, NC · 210 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Grove Elementary1.3 mi · 376
- The Institute Development Young Leaders2.6 mi · 419
- Bethesda Elementary3.2 mi · 442
- Research Triangle Charter3.6 mi · 710
- Spring Valley Elementary3.8 mi · 543
- Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies3.9 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Brier Creek ElementaryHow large is Brier Creek Elementary?
Brier Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 642 students in grades PK-05.
Is Brier Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brier Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brier Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brier Creek Elementary is approximately 13.5:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brier Creek Elementary?
At Brier Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 23% White, 22% Hispanic, 47% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Brier Creek Elementary in?
Brier Creek Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.