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What's one thing Brier Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000331
Brier Elementary
3625 232ND ST SW, BRIER, WA 98036 · (425) 431-7854 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
87 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
72.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
65.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +12.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.9% | 65.5% |
| 2021-22 | 71.6% | 63.9% |
| 2018-19 | 73.7% | 68.6% |
| 2017-18 | 71.2% | 63.6% |
| 2016-17 | 63.8% | 58.9% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 53.5% |
| 2014-15 | 66.2% | 52.4% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Brier Elementary
Brier Elementary's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brier Elementary this school | 389 | 22.4% | 67.7% |
| B F Day Elementary School SEATTLE | 394 | 18.5% | 75.8% |
| Lake Tapps Elementary Lake Tapps | 460 | 22.2% | 66.8% |
| Centennial Elementary OLYMPIA | 434 | 21.7% | 65.8% |
| Seaview Elementary EDMONDS | 402 | 24.9% | 67.7% |
| Pioneer Elementary School OLYMPIA | 384 | 19.8% | 65.2% |
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 Brier Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #164 of 936 | #20 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #192 of 1,103 ▲ 40 | #21 of 106 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #130 of 1,102 ▲ 40 | #16 of 106 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #503 of 928 | #64 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #676 of 1,268 | #99 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #835 of 1,085 | #80 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #654 of 1,088 | #83 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #1,009 of 1,169 | #95 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #452 of 778 | #21 of 68 |
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
389
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 389 | 22.8 | 17.1:1 | 22% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 23.4 | 17.2:1 | 23% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 24.7 | 16.3:1 | 23% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 20% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 19 | 21.2:1 | 15% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 22 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 27 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brier Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (454 to 389); teachers down 5% (24 to 22.8).
About Brier Elementary
In BRIER, Washington, Brier Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 389 students.
A total of 37 schools make up Edmonds School District, with 20,955 students enrolled.
The largest group at Brier Elementary is White students, at 65%. Enrollment also includes 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. Snohomish County residents are about 64% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Brier Elementary is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 17.1:1 is based on 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 22%. For comparison, public schools in Snohomish County average 41%.
Brier Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.7%, compared with a predicted 65.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Snohomish County show that the median household earns about $111,246 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Snohomish County, 227 public schools serve about 118,688 students.
Cedar Way Elementary is the nearest public school to Brier Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Brier Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Brier Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 25 students, from 414 to 389. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.9:1 to 17.1:1.
The allk12 page for Brier Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edmonds School District
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
Other Brier Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Brier Elementary. Brier Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Brier ElementaryFremont, CA · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Way Elementary0.6 mi · 522
- Brier Terrace Middle School0.7 mi · 649
- Mountlake Terrace High School0.9 mi · 1,456
- Mountlake Terrace Elementary1.2 mi · 426
- Challenge Elementary1.2 mi · 414
- Terrace Park Elementary1.2 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Brier ElementaryHow large is Brier Elementary?
Brier Elementary enrolls approximately 389 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Brier Elementary serve?
Brier Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brier Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brier Elementary is approximately 17.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Brier Elementary?
Brier Elementary reports a student body of 65% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Brier Elementary?
Brier Elementary is overseen by Edmonds School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.