Briarcliff Elementary School

Public Pre-K, Elementary School | Grade Pre-K-5

1220 Pond St, Cary, NC

South Cary Neighborhood

Wake County Schools

486 Students

Niche Grade

GreatSchools Rating

School Details

Head of School
Ms Stephanie Raiford

Student Teacher Ratio
15:1

Math Proficiency
56%

Reading Proficiency
60%

Academics

Teachers

Source: Niche

Niche Grade Details

Academics

Reading Proficiency

60%

Math Proficiency

56%

Teachers

Student Teacher Ratio 15:1 Teachers 32	Full Time Teachers 32
Teachers in First or Second Year 6.7%

Test Scores

Equity

Source: GreatSchools

GreatSchools Rating Details

Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor

241:1

Student Diversity

Male 53.9%	Female 46.1%
White 55%	Hispanic 26.6%
Black 8.7%	Asian 6.8%
Two or more races 2.9%

Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

1.0 parent

1/13/2025

Greatschools, stop taking down my reviews. I've been rewriting this review for years now. I am now documenting your censorship of the comments on this and other schools. By everyone's account in my family, Briarcliff was subjectively (and objectively in many ways) the worst educational experience we...

5.0 parent

5/20/2023

This school is highly recommended in this area. All my friend’s and my kids are attending this school.

5.0 parent

8/23/2021

Briarcliff is a wonderful school with a fantastic principal and staff. We’ve been very happy here.

5.0 parent

7/10/2016

We moved here 2 years ago, specifically targeting Briarcliff. After extensive research, I was very impressed by their ability to get kids from all racial and socioeconomic statuses to perform well. Not only was this important to me as the father of biracial children, having been a teacher myself for...

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Briarcliff Elementary School is a public school for students in grades Pre-K-5 in Cary, NC and is served by the Wake County Schools in North Carolina. Annual tuition is $0. The school has a total enrollment of 486 and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 15:1. Academic records show that 56% of students achieve proficiency in math, and 60% are proficient in reading. Briarcliff Elementary School has received feedback and ratings, with a Niche grade of A and a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10. The average home value in this area is $512,203. Discover additional schools in the area, like Cary High School, Crossroads FLEX, Cary Christian School, and more. Learn more about what Cary has to offer, and browse homes for sale and for rent near Briarcliff Elementary School.

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