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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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
389
-65 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.9:1
% White
65%
was 63%
% Hispanic
10%
was 14%
% Black
4%
was 2%
% Asian
11%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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
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.