Briarlake Elementary is a STEM-centric public school serving the needs of just over 400 Pre-K to 5th students, utilizing their higher ratio of teachers per classroom than the national average to provide its students with the attention needed to create a personalized and nurturing environment.
Located near the center of Briarcliff, Briarlake offers a deaf-focused Hard of Hearing program in addition to instruction on the standardized Georgia curriculum, allowing hearing-impaired students to keep up with their peers.
The school offers after school extracurriculars including Math Club, Coding Club, Garden Club, and Signing Club. Track Club provides an athletic outlet for students, with its Healthy Habits 5K and Fun Run drawing in upwards of 200 participants.
Briarlake Elementary School
Public Pre-K, Elementary School
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Grade Pre-K-5
3590 Lavista Rd,
Decatur, GA
Dekalb County Schools
School Details
Head of School
Jamela Lewis
Student Teacher Ratio
11:1
Math Proficiency
52%
Reading Proficiency
57%
Niche Grade
B+
B+
Source: Niche
Niche Grade Details
Academics
Reading Proficiency
57%
Math Proficiency
52%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
11:1
Teachers
35
Full Time Teachers
35
Teachers in First or Second Year
9.5%
GreatSchools Rating
Source: GreatSchools
GreatSchools Rating Details
Test Scores
Math
23.7%
State Average
13%
Science
25.9%
State Average
9.3%
Teachers and Staff
Students Per Counselor
405:1
Student Diversity
Male
53.2%
Female
46.8%
White
45.2%
Black
21.4%
Hispanic
18.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander
7.4%
Two or more races
7.1%
Native American
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
This School’s Reviews
Niche Reviews
1/7/2019
Very tight community and involved with the learning disabled. Briarlake offers many opportunities for children to interact and learn in the gifted program.
GreatSchools Reviews
3/25/2025
Currently the parent of a third grader and first grader. We’ve had such great experiencessince Principal Jones took over leadership! Briarlake is a gem of a school, with many involved families and a spirit of inclusion among the children. The teachers are fantastic, too- especially the third grade t...
7/12/2024
We’ve had nothing but great experiences with two children at Briarlake for the last three years. Sad to see that old negative reviews about past leadership are dragging down the school rating. Very happy to have this school in our community!
11/12/2023
Love our experience thus far. First grader been in the school the past 2 years. New principal seems fantastic. Club offerings and activities are wonderful from garden club to kindness club. Daughter is looking forward to girls who game club when she is older. We have had 2 fantastic teachers. Overal...
10/16/2023
I wanted to alert parents that these negative reviews of our school were under past leadership and we now have a fabulous new principal who started at Briarlake in the middle of the 2022-2023 school year. She is fabulous and taking the school in exciting new directions. The parent community is very...
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