Briarcrest Elementary

Set in Shoreline, Washington, Briarcrest Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, overseen by Shoreline School District. It caters to 454 students across grades K through 5.

Briarcrest Elementary is one of 18 schools operated by Shoreline School District, a district that instructs 9,717 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Briarcrest Elementary records that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% multiracial, 9% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Briarcrest Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.1%; this one delivers 64.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Briarcrest Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Shorecrest High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Briarcrest Elementary. On composite proficiency, Briarcrest Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Briarcrest Elementary has shrank 9%, going from 500 students in 2018 to 454 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Briarcrest Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.