Brier Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary school in BRIER, Washington, Brier Elementary enrolls 389 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Edmonds School District.

Within Edmonds School District, which oversees 37 schools and 20,955 students, Brier Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brier Elementary shows that 65% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Brier Elementary reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Snohomish County (around 41%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brier Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.2%, the actual is 67.7%, a residual of +2.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Snohomish County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brier Elementary is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students).

Cedar Way Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brier Elementary. On composite proficiency, Brier Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brier Elementary has contracted 14%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Brier Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.