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Enrollment
649
Middle
DISTRICT 637 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000332
Brier Terrace Middle School
22200 BRIER ROAD, BRIER, WA 98036 · (425) 431-7834 · Snohomish County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Washington public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
215 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 351 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 298 | 46% |
Student demographics
68%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
64.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.0pp since 2014
Math
57.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 45.4% |
| 2021-22 | 55.9% | 43.0% |
| 2018-19 | 66.1% | 57.9% |
| 2017-18 | 67.2% | 57.3% |
| 2016-17 | 66.0% | 58.9% |
| 2015-16 | 62.9% | 57.3% |
| 2014-15 | 65.5% | 53.3% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Terrace Middle School
Brier Terrace Middle School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brier Terrace Middle School this school | 649 | 33.1% | 57.9% |
| Harbour Pointe Middle School Mukilteo | 803 | 35.2% | 55.8% |
| Issaquah Middle School ISSAQUAH | 808 | 29.0% | 60.7% |
| Jane Addams Middle School Seattle | 824 | 34.7% | 58.7% |
| Kellogg Middle School Shoreline | 991 | 34.5% | 61.0% |
| Albert Einstein Middle School Shoreline | 1,032 | 33.2% | 58.4% |
Matched among Washington middle 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 Terrace Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #63 of 294 | #6 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #51 of 357 ▲ 14 | #5 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #69 of 357 ▲ 10 | #7 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.6pp | #9 of 290 | #1 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #167 of 377 | #21 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #291 of 340 | #22 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #93 of 340 | #15 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #284 of 359 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #107 of 130 | #15 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
649
-50 (-7%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 649 | 30.1 | 21.6:1 | 33% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 32.4 | 20.5:1 | 35% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 682 | 32.4 | 21.1:1 | 36% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 33 | 21.2:1 | 29% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 32.2 | 19.8:1 | 29% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 30 | 21.8:1 | 32% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 29 | 22.6:1 | 22% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 32 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 32 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brier Terrace Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (636 to 649); teachers down 7% (32.2 to 30.1).
About Brier Terrace Middle School
Brier Terrace Middle School is one of the public schools in BRIER, Washington. It is a medium-sized middle school. It covers grades 7 through 8, with a total enrollment of 649 students.
Brier Terrace Middle School is among 37 schools run by Edmonds School District, which serves 20,955 students.
White students are the largest group at Brier Terrace Middle School, with 50% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. Brier Terrace Middle School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 33%. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County is 8 points.
allk12 grades Brier Terrace Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Washington public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Brier Terrace Middle School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
Among Snohomish County residents, median household income is about $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Brier Terrace Middle School is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County, which together enroll about 118,688 students.
The closest public school, Cedar Way Elementary, is about 0.5 miles from Brier Terrace Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Brier Terrace Middle School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Brier Terrace Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The number of students declined from 699 to 649 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Elementary0.5 mi · 522
- Mountlake Terrace High School0.6 mi · 1,456
- Brier Elementary0.7 mi · 389
- Hazelwood Elementary1.0 mi · 419
- Mountlake Terrace Elementary1.2 mi · 426
- Oak Heights Elementary1.3 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Brier Terrace Middle SchoolHow many students attend Brier Terrace Middle School?
Brier Terrace Middle School enrolls approximately 649 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Brier Terrace Middle School serve?
Brier Terrace Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brier Terrace Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brier Terrace Middle School is approximately 21.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brier Terrace Middle School?
At Brier Terrace Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 19% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Brier Terrace Middle School public or private?
Brier Terrace Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Edmonds School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.