Is Briarwood Elementary a good school?

Yes. Briarwood Elementary ranks in the top 6.0% of Washington elementary schools.

How many students attend Briarwood Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 658 students attended Briarwood Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Briarwood Elementary?

Students at Briarwood Elementary are 43% White, 36% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Briarwood Elementary attend?

Students who attend Briarwood Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Maywood Middle School High : Liberty Senior High School

Briarwood Elementary

Summary:

Briarwood Elementary is a highly-ranked public elementary school in Renton, Washington, serving 658 students in grades PK-5. As part of the Issaquah School District, which is rated 5 out of 5 stars, Briarwood consistently performs among the top elementary schools in the state, ranking 70th out of 1,168 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Briarwood Elementary's academic performance is exceptional, with proficiency rates significantly higher than state averages in English Language Arts (80%), Math (76.65%), and Science (79.65%). The school's diverse student population, with 42.55% White, 35.71% Asian, and 10.03% Hispanic students, reflects its ability to support the success of all learners. Despite having a relatively low percentage of students (15.05%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, Briarwood maintains a low student-teacher ratio of 16.4, which may contribute to its strong academic results.

Compared to nearby schools, Briarwood Elementary outperforms other Issaquah School District schools, such as Maple Hills Elementary, as well as schools in the Renton School District, like Tiffany Park Elementary. Briarwood's diverse student population and efficient resource allocation set it apart as a model of academic excellence and equity in the region.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

17020 SE 134th St
Renton, WA 98059-7020

(425) 837-5000

District: Issaquah School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
70^th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,021

Students who attend Briarwood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Maywood Middle School
High:	Liberty Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.4

Number of students: 658

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.6%

Asian:

35.7%

Hispanic:

10.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 15%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Briarwood Elementary ranks better than 94% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 9^th among 16 ranked elementary schools in the Issaquah School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.37. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Briarwood Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Issaquah School District. Racial makeup is: White (42.6%), Asian (35.7%), Hispanic (10%). (See more...)

Compare Details 15% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Briarwood Elementary is 16.4. 11 elementary schools in the Issaquah School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Briarwood Elementary employs 39.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Briarwood Elementary is $17,021. 12 elementary schools in the Issaquah School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Briarwood Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Briarwood Elementary 70^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Briarwood Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Issaquah School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Issaquah School District 3^rd of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Briarwood Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Briarwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	76.15	193^rd	1026	81.2%
2005	76.98	193^rd	1031	81.3%
2006	77.33	178^th	1051	83.1%
2007	74.13	218^th	1069	79.6%
2008	76.70	190^th	1067	82.2%
2009	73.80	236^th	1072	78.0%
2010	70.86	264^th	1088	75.7%
2011	67.87	321^st	1092	70.6%
2012	82.47	129^th	1097	88.2%
2013	78.61	192^nd	1106	82.6%
2015	86.27	119^th	1067	88.8%
2016	85.66	135^th	1053	87.2%
2017	86.69	120^th	1056	88.6%
2018	90.88	73^rd	1054	93.1%
2019	91.84	67^th	1130	94.1%
2021	93.10	81^st	1107	92.7%
2022	89.39	111^th	1169	90.5%
2023	90.37	106^th	1169	90.9%
2024	93.37	70^th	1168	94.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Briarwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	73.16	48^th	212	77.4%
2019	88.60	12^th	303	96.0%
2021	55.37	53^rd	128	58.6%
2022	65.03	90^th	252	64.3%
2023	89.96	3^rd	194	98.5%
2024	80.37	18^th	188	90.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Briarwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	61.26	179^th	637	71.9%
2021	48.61	80^th	158	49.4%
2022	50.21	191^st	478	60.0%
2024	38.12	218^th	339	35.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Briarwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	67.71	201^st	835	75.9%
2019	76.93	122^nd	979	87.5%
2021	76.77	111^th	854	87.0%
2022	67.97	220^th	1019	78.4%
2023	83.29	85^th	1013	91.6%
2024	83.93	75^th	1024	92.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Briarwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	90.85	62^nd	1004	93.8%
2019	90.33	67^th	1068	93.7%
2021	94.60	53^rd	1008	94.7%
2022	92.30	73^rd	1100	93.4%
2023	90.63	80^th	1094	92.7%
2024	94.37	47^th	1093	95.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Briarwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	88.78	89^th	999	91.1%
2019	92.48	51^st	1075	95.3%
2021	90.02	103^rd	1025	90.0%
2022	84.39	158^th	1113	85.8%
2023	89.15	111^th	1099	89.9%
2024	91.64	75^th	1099	93.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Briarwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	85.90	14^th	169	91.7%
2019	87.92	11^th	201	94.5%
2021	80.42	27^th	131	79.4%
2022	81.07	35^th	187	81.3%
2023	81.36	36^th	170	78.8%
2024	84.68	29^th	163	82.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Briarwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2021	85.18	34^th	501	93.2%
2022	83.96	60^th	694	91.4%
2023	61.62	198^th	633	68.7%
2024	79.28	92^nd	651	85.9%

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Rank History for White students at Briarwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	81.08	126^th	833	84.9%
2019	87.54	77^th	1027	92.5%
2021	89.41	72^nd	943	92.4%
2022	79.68	189^th	1031	81.7%
2023	88.02	89^th	1011	91.2%
2024	89.74	61^st	1009	94.0%

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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 Briarwood Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	325	6	11	3	5	n/a	n/a	0	350
1989	326	6	9	11	4	n/a	n/a	0	356
1990	370	9	15	6	2	n/a	n/a	0	402
1991	368	7	16	6	3	n/a	n/a	0	400
1992	369	7	27	3	2	n/a	n/a	0	408
1993	343	7	24	3	4	n/a	n/a	0	381
1994	369	6	19	4	5	n/a	n/a	0	403
1995	380	8	13	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	408
1996	380	8	13	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	408
1997	349	7	9	5	3	n/a	n/a	0	373
1998	356	7	13	10	2	n/a	n/a	0	388
1999	358	9	17	12	3	n/a	n/a	0	399
2000	390	10	15	16	5	n/a	n/a	0	436
2001	394	9	11	11	5	n/a	n/a	0	430
2002	361	11	17	13	3	n/a	n/a	0	405
2003	361	11	17	13	3	n/a	n/a	0	405
2004	353	15	20	11	3	n/a	n/a	0	402
2005	329	12	22	18	3	n/a	n/a	0	384
2006	333	9	26	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	392
2007	330	17	38	32	2	n/a	n/a	2	421
2008	315	21	49	37	5	n/a	n/a	2	429
2009	296	26	61	31	8	n/a	n/a	1	423
2010	270	27	72	34	7	n/a	n/a	1	411
2011	293	15	67	36	4	3	13	0	431
2012	295	12	78	35	1	3	21	0	445
2013	291	11	90	40	3	2	31	0	468
2014	342	16	98	47	1	3	40	0	547
2015	354	11	112	45	0	5	57	0	584
2016	385	10	131	47	0	6	59	0	638
2017	402	10	151	53	1	4	61	0	682
2018	410	14	161	50	0	2	64	0	701
2019	412	11	167	50	0	2	57	0	699
2020	427	10	167	59	2	2	58	0	725
2021	351	8	175	63	2	1	63	0	663
2022	300	7	207	64	1	3	63	0	645
2023	280	12	235	66	1	1	63	0	658

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 Briarwood Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	350	18.0	19.4	0
1989	356	18.0	19.7	n/a
1990	402	21.0	19.1	0
1991	400	21.4	18.6	n/a
1992	408	23.6	17.2	n/a
1993	381	22.5	16.9	n/a
1994	403	21.0	19.2	n/a
1995	408	20.0	20.4	n/a
1996	408	20.0	20.4	n/a
1997	373	18.5	20.2	n/a
1998	388	20.0	19.4	n/a
1999	399	20.9	19.1	n/a
2000	436	21.4	20.4	n/a
2001	430	19.4	22.2	n/a
2002	405	23.6	17.2	12.6
2003	405	23.6	17.2	12.6
2004	402	22.0	18.3	13.4
2005	384	21.5	17.9	13.5
2006	392	21.9	17.9	17.6
2007	421	22.0	19.1	16.7
2008	429	23.6	18.2	17.8
2009	423	23.6	17.9	14.5
2010	411	20.8	19.6	16.1
2011	431	20.9	20.5	14.8
2012	445	23.1	19.1	17.8
2013	468	23.6	19.7	15.8
2014	547	n/a	n/a	17
2015	584	35.0	16.6	14.9
2016	638	36.0	17.7	13.3
2017	682	39.9	17.0	12
2018	701	41.3	16.9	10.7
2019	699	42.4	16.4	11
2020	725	42.9	16.8	9.9
2021	663	43.6	15.2	12.1
2022	645	40.3	15.9	14.7
2023	658	39.9	16.4	15

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 Briarwood Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	350	18.0	19.4	0
1989	356	18.0	19.7	n/a
1990	402	21.0	19.1	0
1991	400	21.4	18.6	n/a
1992	408	23.6	17.2	n/a
1993	381	22.5	16.9	n/a
1994	403	21.0	19.2	n/a
1995	408	20.0	20.4	n/a
1996	408	20.0	20.4	n/a
1997	373	18.5	20.2	n/a
1998	388	20.0	19.4	n/a
1999	399	20.9	19.1	n/a
2000	436	21.4	20.4	n/a
2001	430	19.4	22.2	n/a
2002	405	23.6	17.2	12.6
2003	405	23.6	17.2	12.6
2004	402	22.0	18.3	13.4
2005	384	21.5	17.9	13.5
2006	392	21.9	17.9	17.6
2007	421	22.0	19.1	16.7
2008	429	23.6	18.2	17.8
2009	423	23.6	17.9	14.5
2010	411	20.8	19.6	16.1
2011	431	20.9	20.5	14.8
2012	445	23.1	19.1	17.8
2013	468	23.6	19.7	15.8
2014	547	n/a	n/a	17
2015	584	35.0	16.6	14.9
2016	638	36.0	17.7	13.3
2017	682	39.9	17.0	12
2018	701	41.3	16.9	10.7
2019	699	42.4	16.4	11
2020	725	42.9	16.8	9.9
2021	663	43.6	15.2	12.1
2022	645	40.3	15.9	14.7
2023	658	39.9	16.4	15

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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