Briarwood Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 26.2% |
| Met Standard | 19.6% |
| Below Standard | 54.1% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "46% proficient" for Briarwood Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
26.2% of students exceeded standard while 19.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 5.2 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.8 points below the Santa Clara Unified district average of 32.0%. The 21 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 32.8% exceeded — 6.5 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 2.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 18.5%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 36 | 25.0% | 13.9% | 38.9% |
| 4th | 42 | 26.2% | 26.2% | 52.4% |
| 5th | 57 | 24.6% | 24.6% | 49.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 38 | 31.6% | 18.4% | 50.0% |
| 4th | 44 | 29.6% | 20.4% | 50.0% |
| 5th | 57 | 21.1% | 14.0% | 35.1% |
Nearby schools
21 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 54.8