Best Public Schools in Brier, WA

Brier, Washington, has two public schools serving grades K–8: Brier Elementary serves kindergarten through 6th grade, while Brier Terrace Middle School serves grades 7–8; both are part of the Edmonds School District, and students attend high school elsewhere in the district.

Both schools perform well compared with district and statewide averages. In 2025–2026, Brier Elementary had the stronger overall results, with 71.83% of students proficient in English language arts, 61.50% in math, and 68.89% in science. It ranked in the 84th percentile among Washington elementary schools. Its strongest result was fifth-grade ELA at 82.22%, while fourth-grade math was lower at 50.85% and is the clearest area for additional attention. Brier Terrace Middle reported 65.47% proficiency in ELA, 55.67% in math, and 63.53% in science, ranking in the 85th percentile among Washington middle schools. Its ELA results were nearly identical in seventh and eighth grade, while seventh-grade math was stronger than eighth-grade math.

For families comparing the schools, Brier Elementary had higher proficiency in all three subjects and a smaller student-teacher ratio, 17.0 compared with 21.5 at Brier Terrace Middle. The middle school serves more students—649 compared with 389—and had a higher reported free/reduced-price lunch share and lower per-student spending. Math is the main area to watch because scores declined at both schools by roughly four percentage points year over year. Science is a relative strength, especially at Brier Terrace, where results improved by 3.53 points. Overall, Brier offers a strong elementary-to-middle-school pathway, with consistently above-average performance and especially notable strengths in ELA and science.