Liberty Middle School

Liberty Middle School is a 6-8 campus of big scale in Madison, Alabama, overseen by Madison City, teacheing 1,103 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 117% larger than the state mean of about 508.

Within Madison City, which oversees 13 schools and 13,046 students, Liberty Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Liberty Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Liberty Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Madison County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Liberty Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.1%.

Around the school, census data for Madison County shows median household income runs about $86,499, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Madison County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), of which Liberty Middle School is one.

Columbia Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Middle School. On composite proficiency, Liberty Middle School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

Liberty Middle School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Liberty Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 23% since 2018, when it stood at 900 (now 1,103). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 61% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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