Liberty Charter

Liberty Charter operates as a sprawling elementary-level community in Madera, California, operated by Liberty Charter District. Current enrollment sits at 704 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 51% above typical.

Liberty Charter is a school of Liberty Charter District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Liberty Charter shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The remainder reads as 2% White. By comparison, Madera County as a whole is about 61% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Madera County's rate of about 81%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Madera County) logs that median household income runs about $76,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Madera County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), Liberty Charter is one campus in the mix.

Sherman Thomas STEM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Charter.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. Liberty Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Inside the community feed, members of the Liberty Charter community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.