Brier Creek Elementary

Summary:

Brier Creek Elementary is a public elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, serving 549 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Wake County Schools district, which is ranked 59 out of 242 districts in the state.

While Brier Creek Elementary has a significantly higher percentage of African American students (47.91%) compared to nearby schools, its academic performance lags behind. The school's proficiency rates in mathematics, reading, and science are consistently lower than the Wake County Schools district and the state of North Carolina averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, Brier Creek's 3rd-grade mathematics proficiency rate was 36.7%, compared to 69.3% for Wake County and 62.7% for North Carolina. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has declined over the years, from a high of 298 out of 1,425 North Carolina elementary schools in 2015-2016 to a low of 1,148 out of 1,505 in 2023-2024.

Nearby schools, such as Cedar Fork Elementary, Leesville Road Elementary, and Sycamore Creek Elementary, have significantly higher proficiency rates and statewide rankings compared to Brier Creek Elementary. For example, Cedar Fork Elementary's 3rd-grade mathematics proficiency rate was 77.4% in 2023-2024, compared to Brier Creek's 36.7%. These disparities suggest the need for targeted interventions and support to address the challenges faced by Brier Creek Elementary, particularly for its Hispanic, English Language Learner, and Low Socioeconomic Status student subgroups.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 9801 Brier Creek Parkway
       Raleigh, NC  27617


(919) 484-4747

District: Wake County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
1148th of 1,505 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,431 Help


Students who attend Brier Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Mills Park Middle
High:    Panther Creek High
    Wake Early College of Health and Science
    Wake STEM Early College High School
    Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
    More...

Student/teacher ratio:  13.6 Help
Number of students:  549

Racial breakdown:

African American:
47.9%
White:
24.4%
Hispanic:
15.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  58.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Brier Creek Elementary ranks worse than 76.3% of elementary schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 104th among 115 ranked elementary schools in the Wake County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.63. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Brier Creek Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (47.9%), White (24.4%), Hispanic (15.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 58.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Brier Creek Elementary is 13.6. 73 elementary schools in the Wake County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Brier Creek Elementary is $9,431. 82 elementary schools in the Wake County Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Brier Creek Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Brier Creek Elementary 1148th of 1505 North Carolina public elementary schools. (See Brier Creek Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Wake County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Wake County Schools 59th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Brier Creek Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 87.21 62nd 1293 95.2%
2008 78.75 207th 1324 84.4%
2009 62.09 568th 1354 58.1%
2010 60.31 609th 1363 55.3%
2011 64.36 531st 1381 61.5%
2012 63.79 535th 1388 61.5%
2013 86.26 145th 1403 89.7%
2014 79.01 252nd 1390 81.9%
2015 75.85 308th 1440 78.6%
2016 75.70 298th 1425 79.1%
2017 57.81 615th 1429 57.0%
2018 47.66 788th 1434 45.0%
2019 44.84 846th 1473 42.6%
2021 50.05 713th 1489 52.1%
2022 29.20 1105th 1514 27.0%
2023 38.37 956th 1502 36.4%
2024 27.63 1148th 1505 23.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.67 245th 421 41.8%
2019 46.87 233rd 497 53.1%
2022 44.91 239th 485 50.7%
2023 22.02 451st 514 12.3%
2024 10.05 532nd 533 0.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 35.25 523rd 801 34.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.13 1209th 1332 9.2%
2019 20.59 1200th 1361 11.8%
2021 26.05 1026th 1329 22.8%
2022 10.96 1334th 1366 2.3%
2023 21.01 1253rd 1437 12.8%
2024 17.59 1324th 1450 8.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.16 891st 1405 36.6%
2019 34.32 1004th 1424 29.5%
2021 45.64 741st 1440 48.5%
2022 33.52 1001st 1458 31.3%
2023 42.89 837th 1459 42.6%
2024 26.83 1133rd 1455 22.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.81 541st 897 39.7%
2019 50.66 358th 878 59.2%
2021 51.60 236th 646 63.5%
2022 33.07 423rd 634 33.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 41.78 539th 612 11.9%
2022 70.21 14th 500 97.2%
2023 68.54 34th 582 94.2%
2024 51.16 457th 669 31.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.13 688th 1413 51.3%
2019 54.86 659th 1430 53.9%
2021 52.35 650th 1444 55.0%
2022 26.45 1118th 1464 23.6%
2023 34.48 1008th 1461 31.0%
2024 29.01 1098th 1464 25.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.58 77th 99 22.2%
2019 32.70 83rd 106 21.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.35 519th 927 44.0%
2019 40.66 585th 949 38.4%
2021 65.31 190th 896 78.8%
2022 32.19 670th 927 27.7%
2023 44.09 502nd 933 46.2%
2024 31.71 688th 924 25.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.41 716th 851 15.9%
2019 34.26 626th 865 27.6%
2021 37.36 525th 843 37.7%
2022 20.40 811th 893 9.2%
2023 14.21 877th 915 4.2%
2024 15.28 897th 951 5.7%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Brier Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.88 240th 1178 79.6%
2019 67.22 358th 1183 69.7%
2021 61.01 424th 1172 63.8%
2022 46.05 668th 1194 44.1%
2023 76.36 231st 1183 80.5%
2024 76.32 237th 1166 79.7%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Reviews:
by a parent
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Open Quote Bullying has increased and the new principal does not appear to desire to resolve bullying and other issues. We moved our child to a different school. Close Quote


by a parent
Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Open Quote This school has been declining for the past 3-4 years and the lack of leadership is affecting the students. It’s time for a new leader and for new learning protocols to be implemented. Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Open Quote My 8 years old daughter attended Brier creek for the last 2 years her experience with bullying start almost the first week when a girl told her “shorty” and she will never going to have any friends because she is ugly.
We reported this incident to principle and we were told the issue has been handled however my daughters is keeps complained about group of girls teasing her and call her names like shorty, ugly, ..etc, during this time we continue to communicate with school staff, and voiced our concerns multiple times, however nothing changed and the complains from my daughters went on and on.
Last night I received call from the principle assistance apologizing about an incident where my daughters got hit on her eye and chest by a girl while her friends are watching we ask her why didn’t she tell us about the incident her answer was “I was scared because the girls told me they will hit me again if I told my parents”.
- Why the school did not notify us immediately and why wait almost 8 hours to tell us ???
- Where the teachers at when my daughters got forced to go to the field during PE ???

At this point I had no choice but to report this incident to the department of education, as I’m concerned about the safety of my daughter.
Please DO NOT send you child to Brier Creek Elementary School. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Brier Creek Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2007 333 73 56 22 3 n/a n/a 24 511
2008 435 94 78 29 3 n/a n/a 39 678
2009 336 190 71 57 3 n/a n/a 0 657
2010 352 252 66 60 2 n/a n/a 0 732
2011 401 195 58 86 1 0 42 0 783
2012 442 220 72 100 0 0 47 0 881
2013 384 211 65 71 2 0 42 0 775
2014 403 256 69 84 2 0 41 0 855
2015 410 276 76 97 2 1 45 0 907
2016 400 309 102 112 1 2 51 0 977
2017 334 286 97 133 1 0 41 0 892
2018 298 271 93 105 2 0 37 0 806
2019 242 269 80 93 1 1 34 0 720
2020 214 272 59 96 2 1 31 0 675
2021 184 281 48 111 6 1 28 0 659
2022 157 281 36 78 4 0 22 0 578
2023 134 263 41 87 0 0 24 0 549

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Brier Creek Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 511 n/a n/a 12.1
2008 678 40.3 16.8 n/a
2009 657 42.0 15.6 n/a
2010 732 43.3 16.9 26
2011 783 50.0 15.6 22.1
2012 881 51.8 16.9 20.4
2013 775 49.6 15.6 22.1
2014 855 54.0 15.8 20.7
2015 907 57.0 15.9 27.9
2016 977 59.0 16.5 26.8
2017 892 53.8 16.5 29.5
2018 806 49.9 16.1 29
2019 720 48.2 14.9 34.3
2020 675 42.9 15.7 33.3
2021 659 46.7 14.0 38.5
2022 578 47.6 12.1 38.2
2023 549 40.3 13.6 58.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Brier Creek Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 511 n/a n/a 12.1
2008 678 40.3 16.8 n/a
2009 657 42.0 15.6 n/a
2010 732 43.3 16.9 26
2011 783 50.0 15.6 22.1
2012 881 51.8 16.9 20.4
2013 775 49.6 15.6 22.1
2014 855 54.0 15.8 20.7
2015 907 57.0 15.9 27.9
2016 977 59.0 16.5 26.8
2017 892 53.8 16.5 29.5
2018 806 49.9 16.1 29
2019 720 48.2 14.9 34.3
2020 675 42.9 15.7 33.3
2021 659 46.7 14.0 38.5
2022 578 47.6 12.1 38.2
2023 549 40.3 13.6 58.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Brier Creek Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $337 (3.6%) $9,094 (96.4%) $9,431

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Brier Creek Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 846th of 1473 Elementary schoolsRanks 956th of 1502 Elementary schools
 6.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Brier Creek Elementary)63.950.4
 13.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wake County Schools)69.467.4
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)64.361.1
 3.2%
3rd Grade Reading (Brier Creek Elementary)62.251.6
 10.6%
   3rd Grade Reading (Wake County Schools)6658.7
 7.3%
   3rd Grade Reading (North Carolina)56.848
 8.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Brier Creek Elementary)49.342.1
 7.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wake County Schools)6565
   4th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
4th Grade Reading (Brier Creek Elementary)57.541.1
 16.4%
   4th Grade Reading (Wake County Schools)63.265.7
 2.5%
   4th Grade Reading (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Brier Creek Elementary)57.352.4
 4.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wake County Schools)6665.6
 0.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)60.255.9
 4.3%
5th Grade Reading (Brier Creek Elementary)49.245.3
 3.9%
   5th Grade Reading (Wake County Schools)60.659.1
 1.5%
   5th Grade Reading (North Carolina)54.648
 6.6%
5th Grade Science (Brier Creek Elementary)59.751.9
 7.8%
   5th Grade Science (Wake County Schools)71.370.6
 0.7%
   5th Grade Science (North Carolina)72.665.3
 7.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students720549
 23.8%
African American269263
 2.2%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian8041
 48.8%
Hispanic9387
 6.5%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White242134
 44.6%
Two or More Races3424
 29.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients34.3%58.3%
 24%


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Brier Creek Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.7% of North Carolina elementary schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 549 students attended Brier Creek Elementary.

Students at Brier Creek Elementary are 48% African American, 24% White, 16% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more races.


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