Is Brier Terrace Middle School a good school?

Brier Terrace Middle School ranks 86 th of 535 Washington middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Brier Terrace Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 682 students attended Brier Terrace Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Brier Terrace Middle School?

Students at Brier Terrace Middle School are 47% White, 20% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 9% African American, 5% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

What high school do graduates of Brier Terrace Middle School attend?

Students who attend Brier Terrace Middle School usually go on to attend Lynnwood High School

Brier Terrace Middle School

Summary:

Brier Terrace Middle School is a public middle school in Brier, Washington, serving 682 students in grades 7-8. It is part of the Edmonds School District, which is ranked 76 out of 247 school districts in the state and has a 3-star rating.

Brier Terrace Middle School consistently outperforms the Edmonds School District and the state of Washington in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 64.51% of all students at Brier Terrace were proficient or better in SBAC/English Language Arts, compared to 56.14% for the Edmonds School District and 52.63% for the state. The school also excels in the performance of specific student subgroups, ranking among the top middle schools in Washington for Asian, African American, and White students.

Brier Terrace Middle School has a relatively diverse student population, with 46.77% White, 20.23% Hispanic, 17.6% Asian, and 8.94% African American students. This diversity is higher than some nearby schools, such as Meadowdale Middle School and Kenmore Middle School. Additionally, Brier Terrace has a lower percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (36.22%) compared to schools like College Place Middle School (57.96%) and Alderwood Middle School (57.24%). The school's strong academic performance may be attributed to its diverse student population, financial resources, and dedicated staff.

Detail:

Public 7-8

22200 Brier Road
Brier, WA 98036-8099

(425) 431-7834

District: Edmonds School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
86^th of 535 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,013

Students who attend Brier Terrace Middle School usually attend:

High:

Lynnwood High School

Feeder schools for Brier Terrace Middle School:

Elementary:	Cedar Valley Community School
	Hazelwood Elementary
	Lynnwood Elementary
	Martha Lake Elementary
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	Oak Heights Elementary

Student/teacher ratio: 21.0

Number of students: 682

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.8%

Hispanic:

20.2%

Asian:

17.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 36.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Brier Terrace Middle School ranks better than 83.9% of middle schools in Washington. It also ranks first among 4 ranked middle schools in the Edmonds School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.92. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Brier Terrace Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (46.8%), Hispanic (20.2%), Asian (17.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 36.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Edmonds School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Brier Terrace Middle School is 21, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Edmonds School District! (See more...)

Compare Brier Terrace Middle School employs 32.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Brier Terrace Middle School is $16,013, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Edmonds School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Brier Terrace Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Brier Terrace Middle School 86^th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Brier Terrace Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Edmonds School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Edmonds School District 76^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Brier Terrace Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	61.77	162^nd	421	61.5%
2005	68.61	121^st	425	71.5%
2006	63.89	143^rd	449	68.2%
2007	59.09	173^rd	463	62.6%
2008	46.36	252^nd	466	45.9%
2009	40.46	294^th	476	38.2%
2010	58.63	190^th	483	60.7%
2011	68.61	119^th	492	75.8%
2012	56.80	200^th	497	59.8%
2013	60.21	191^st	498	61.6%
2015	70.53	110^th	445	75.3%
2016	65.44	140^th	443	68.4%
2017	68.79	126^th	435	71.0%
2018	71.52	108^th	437	75.3%
2019	72.11	122^nd	512	76.2%
2021	80.30	90^th	529	83.0%
2022	66.18	153^rd	541	71.7%
2023	72.15	133^rd	539	75.3%
2024	81.92	86^th	535	83.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	69.07	50^th	166	69.9%
2019	58.23	105^th	246	57.3%
2021	75.94	46^th	250	81.6%
2022	59.70	93^rd	257	63.8%
2023	79.02	42^nd	244	82.8%
2024	62.50	83^rd	243	65.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	52.04	32^nd	100	68.0%
2022	28.92	44^th	63	30.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	44.00	120^th	268	55.2%
2019	32.94	149^th	231	35.5%
2021	59.73	56^th	210	73.3%
2022	38.66	104^th	199	47.7%
2023	33.62	106^th	167	36.5%
2024	43.68	85^th	179	52.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	50.01	158^th	349	54.7%
2019	57.27	155^th	448	65.4%
2021	57.51	150^th	458	67.2%
2022	46.28	236^th	475	50.3%
2023	42.14	254^th	463	45.1%
2024	68.75	104^th	455	77.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	66.36	122^nd	376	67.6%
2019	66.10	134^th	452	70.4%
2021	80.73	81^st	469	82.7%
2022	66.82	134^th	479	72.0%
2023	81.32	66^th	464	85.8%
2024	81.17	74^th	464	84.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	72.03	91^st	371	75.5%
2019	75.97	95^th	453	79.0%
2021	78.22	88^th	476	81.5%
2022	64.39	144^th	480	70.0%
2023	62.00	156^th	470	66.8%
2024	83.16	69^th	466	85.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	61.99	46^th	123	62.6%
2019	77.10	31^st	152	79.6%
2021	68.86	47^th	149	68.5%
2022	58.58	62^nd	161	61.5%
2023	71.47	43^rd	145	70.3%
2024	82.94	28^th	148	81.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	79.55	14^th	111	87.4%
2021	95.16	1^st	106	99.1%
2022	81.20	12^th	104	88.5%
2023	89.26	6^th	96	93.8%
2024	72.01	18^th	90	80.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	45.17	138^th	259	46.7%
2019	63.26	101^st	344	70.6%
2021	52.52	135^th	353	61.8%
2022	39.69	204^th	360	43.3%
2023	36.51	204^th	336	39.3%
2024	60.43	109^th	344	68.3%

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Rank History for White students at Brier Terrace Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	62.93	114^th	325	64.9%
2019	66.08	138^th	470	70.6%
2021	81.83	74^th	480	84.6%
2022	64.60	143^rd	488	70.7%
2023	69.27	126^th	488	74.2%
2024	80.10	76^th	486	84.4%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent 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.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Brier Terrace Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	546	16	51	15	16	n/a	n/a	0	644
1989	572	19	52	17	14	n/a	n/a	0	674
1990	542	22	52	6	11	n/a	n/a	0	633
1991	520	19	63	13	10	n/a	n/a	0	625
1992	535	14	64	15	8	n/a	n/a	0	636
1993	566	19	80	7	16	n/a	n/a	0	688
1994	595	25	89	16	16	n/a	n/a	0	741
1995	528	21	73	14	8	n/a	n/a	0	644
1996	528	21	73	14	8	n/a	n/a	0	644
1997	530	20	65	18	9	n/a	n/a	0	642
1998	587	30	66	25	17	n/a	n/a	0	725
1999	591	21	73	22	14	n/a	n/a	0	721
2000	547	20	76	29	16	n/a	n/a	0	688
2001	520	22	72	35	13	n/a	n/a	0	662
2002	516	21	81	22	10	n/a	n/a	0	650
2003	516	21	81	22	10	n/a	n/a	0	650
2004	535	31	70	27	13	n/a	n/a	0	676
2005	483	35	86	39	14	n/a	n/a	0	657
2006	490	37	80	34	10	n/a	n/a	0	651
2007	453	30	70	34	5	n/a	n/a	0	592
2008	407	35	71	41	11	n/a	n/a	5	570
2009	399	38	78	46	11	n/a	n/a	9	581
2010	423	34	104	60	10	n/a	n/a	10	641
2011	388	39	109	66	9	3	41	0	655
2012	377	36	101	72	8	4	68	0	666
2013	389	24	100	87	8	3	72	0	683
2014	348	22	104	89	7	3	72	0	645
2015	371	20	97	82	1	3	80	0	654
2016	363	21	79	90	1	8	93	0	655
2017	316	21	95	95	3	9	89	0	628
2018	334	29	102	93	4	4	70	0	636
2019	354	41	101	109	1	5	73	0	684
2020	327	43	109	106	2	6	86	1	680
2021	336	53	109	107	1	9	82	2	699
2022	297	52	113	115	0	8	77	8	670
2023	319	61	120	138	1	8	32	3	682

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 Terrace Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	644	33.0	19.5	0
1989	674	35.0	19.2	n/a
1990	633	34.6	18.2	0
1991	625	32.0	19.5	n/a
1992	636	30.5	20.8	n/a
1993	688	32.6	21.1	n/a
1994	741	37.0	20.0	n/a
1995	644	30.2	21.3	n/a
1996	644	30.2	21.3	n/a
1997	642	31.4	20.4	n/a
1998	725	33.2	21.8	n/a
1999	721	35.4	20.4	n/a
2000	688	32.0	21.5	n/a
2001	662	32.0	20.7	n/a
2002	650	30.8	21.1	20.2
2003	650	30.8	21.1	20.2
2004	676	33.0	20.5	22.3
2005	657	33.0	19.9	20.1
2006	651	33.5	19.4	21.2
2007	592	29.1	20.3	22.6
2008	570	27.0	21.1	24.6
2009	581	27.0	21.5	26.6
2010	641	30.7	20.8	25.5
2011	655	29.9	21.8	21.7
2012	666	30.6	21.7	34.8
2013	683	30.7	22.2	34.8
2014	645	n/a	n/a	34.3
2015	654	33.0	19.8	28.9
2016	655	31.0	21.1	32.1
2017	628	32.7	19.1	30.7
2018	636	32.2	19.7	29.4
2019	684	37.9	18.0	29.5
2020	680	31.8	21.3	31
2021	699	33.4	20.9	28.6
2022	670	32.6	20.5	30.4
2023	682	32.4	21.0	36.2

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 Terrace Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	644	33.0	19.5	0
1989	674	35.0	19.2	n/a
1990	633	34.6	18.2	0
1991	625	32.0	19.5	n/a
1992	636	30.5	20.8	n/a
1993	688	32.6	21.1	n/a
1994	741	37.0	20.0	n/a
1995	644	30.2	21.3	n/a
1996	644	30.2	21.3	n/a
1997	642	31.4	20.4	n/a
1998	725	33.2	21.8	n/a
1999	721	35.4	20.4	n/a
2000	688	32.0	21.5	n/a
2001	662	32.0	20.7	n/a
2002	650	30.8	21.1	20.2
2003	650	30.8	21.1	20.2
2004	676	33.0	20.5	22.3
2005	657	33.0	19.9	20.1
2006	651	33.5	19.4	21.2
2007	592	29.1	20.3	22.6
2008	570	27.0	21.1	24.6
2009	581	27.0	21.5	26.6
2010	641	30.7	20.8	25.5
2011	655	29.9	21.8	21.7
2012	666	30.6	21.7	34.8
2013	683	30.7	22.2	34.8
2014	645	n/a	n/a	34.3
2015	654	33.0	19.8	28.9
2016	655	31.0	21.1	32.1
2017	628	32.7	19.1	30.7
2018	636	32.2	19.7	29.4
2019	684	37.9	18.0	29.5
2020	680	31.8	21.3	31
2021	699	33.4	20.9	28.6
2022	670	32.6	20.5	30.4
2023	682	32.4	21.0	36.2

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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