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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Briarcrest Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHORELINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530792001299
Briarcrest Elementary
2715 N.E. 158th Street, Shoreline, WA 98155 · (206) 393-4170 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
163 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
60.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -13.4pp since 2014
Math
67.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 67.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 63.2% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 68.2% |
| 2021-22 | 61.9% | 65.5% |
| 2018-19 | 72.7% | 63.7% |
| 2017-18 | 75.2% | 70.3% |
| 2016-17 | 71.8% | 68.8% |
| 2015-16 | 75.1% | 71.7% |
| 2014-15 | 74.2% | 67.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Briarcrest Elementary
Briarcrest Elementary's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briarcrest Elementary this school | 454 | 35.9% | 64.7% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Shoreline | 424 | 38.0% | 53.9% |
| Evergreen Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 516 | 38.8% | 56.8% |
| Bowman Creek Elementary Auburn | 440 | 35.0% | 55.6% |
| Picnic Point Elementary Edmonds | 454 | 33.0% | 58.8% |
| Chambers Elementary UNIVERSITY PLA | 493 | 40.0% | 69.1% |
Matched among Washington 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 Briarcrest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #199 of 936 | #117 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #152 of 1,103 ▲ 54 | #96 of 281 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #282 of 1,102 ▼ 34 | #127 of 280 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #528 of 928 | #146 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #435 of 1,268 | #119 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #639 of 1,085 | #158 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #203 of 1,088 | #112 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #855 of 1,169 | #146 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #578 of 778 | #177 of 220 |
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
454
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 454 | 28.1 | 16.1:1 | 36% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 28.7 | 16.3:1 | 36% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 29.2 | 15.8:1 | 38% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 33% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 27.7 | 18.1:1 | 31% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 26 | 19.0:1 | 40% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 44% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 28 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Briarcrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (500 to 454); teachers up 2% (27.7 to 28.1).
About Briarcrest Elementary
Briarcrest Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Shoreline, Washington. It reported 454 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Shoreline School District counts 9,717 students in its 18 schools, and Briarcrest Elementary is one of them.
White students make up 42% of enrollment at Briarcrest Elementary, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 9% Black. In King County overall, about 55% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.1 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Of all students at Briarcrest Elementary, 36% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in King County is similar, at 38%.
Briarcrest Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.7%) and its predicted rate (56.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
The school is in King County, where the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across King County, 544 public schools serve about 278,492 students.
Shorecrest High School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Briarcrest Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Briarcrest Elementary's average proficiency of 64.7% compares with 61.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Briarcrest Elementary had 443 students in 2020-21 and 454 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
This page is set up for the Briarcrest Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shoreline School District
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Shorewood High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Melvin G Syre ElementaryElementary · 444 students
Other schools in Shoreline
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Shorewood High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Melvin G Syre ElementaryElementary · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Shorecrest High School0.3 mi · 1,565
- Kellogg Middle School0.4 mi · 991
- Fircrest Residential Habilitation0.6 mi · 1
- Brookside Elementary0.9 mi · 372
- Ridgecrest Elementary1.1 mi · 424
- Cedar Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Briarcrest ElementaryHow many students attend Briarcrest Elementary?
Briarcrest Elementary enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Briarcrest Elementary serve?
Briarcrest Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Briarcrest Elementary?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Briarcrest Elementary.
How diverse is Briarcrest Elementary?
Briarcrest Elementary reports a student body of 42% White, 24% Hispanic, 9% Black, 13% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Briarcrest Elementary?
Briarcrest Elementary is overseen by Shoreline School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.