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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Liberty Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060861011125
Liberty Elementary
2175 Proctor Valley Rd., Chula Vista, CA 91914 · (619) 397-5225 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
115 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
71.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.0pp since 2014
Math
67.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.5% | 29.6% | 15.6% | 13.4% |
| Math | 43.6% | 23.9% | 19.4% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 67.6% |
| 2023-24 | 65.6% | 63.1% |
| 2022-23 | 64.3% | 69.7% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 65.2% |
| 2018-19 | 72.4% | 66.5% |
| 2017-18 | 70.1% | 68.1% |
| 2016-17 | 72.0% | 65.0% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 62.0% | 62.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Liberty Elementary
Liberty Elementary's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary this school | 542 | 21.2% | 66.9% |
| Windrows Elementary Etiwanda | 593 | 23.4% | 59.5% |
| Etiwanda Colony Elementary Etiwanda | 571 | 22.4% | 66.3% |
| La Verne Heights Elementary La Verne | 477 | 29.4% | 66.3% |
| La Fetra Elementary Glendora | 613 | 22.7% | 60.9% |
| David W. Long Elementary Fontana | 757 | 23.2% | 64.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Liberty Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #795 of 5,151 | #94 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #703 of 5,172 ▲ 183 | #81 of 393 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #698 of 5,172 ▲ 232 | #81 of 393 ▲ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #2,208 of 5,116 | #147 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #1,951 of 5,915 | #146 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,404 of 5,352 | #71 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #1,860 of 5,354 | #199 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #5,105 of 5,625 | #381 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #852 of 3,837 | #54 of 279 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
542
-138 (-20%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 23.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 542 | 26 | 20.9:1 | 21% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 27 | 21.3:1 | 21% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 29.1 | 20.6:1 | 16% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 29 | 23.4:1 | 21% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 729 | 31 | 23.5:1 | 19% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 738 | 29 | 25.4:1 | 18% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 719 | N/A | N/A | 13% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (729 to 542); teachers down 16% (31 to 26).
About Liberty Elementary
Chula Vista, California, is home to Liberty Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 542 students in 2024-25.
Within Chula Vista Elementary, Liberty Elementary is one of 43 schools. The district enrolls 22,235 students.
More than half of enrollment at Liberty Elementary is Hispanic: 60%. The next largest groups are 13% Asian, 13% White, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 25 points above the 35% share among San Diego County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Liberty Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.9:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 21%. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, higher than here.
Among California public elementary schools, Liberty Elementary outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Liberty Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 67.1%. Liberty Elementary scores 66.9%, within a point of that line.
The county, San Diego County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $106,268 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. San Diego County has 766 public schools with about 467,437 students, including Liberty Elementary.
Liberty Elementary's nearest public school is Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary (about 0.7 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Liberty Elementary is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Liberty Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 680 students in 2020-21 to 542 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 23.4:1 in 2020-21 to 20.9:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Liberty Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chula Vista Elementary
- Wolf Canyon ElementaryElementary · 954 students
- Camarena (Enrique S.) ElementaryElementary · 889 students
- Hedenkamp (Anne and William) ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Salt Creek ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Muraoka (Saburo) ElementaryElementary · 832 students
- Veterans ElementaryElementary · 832 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary is the 32nd largest of the 69.
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
- Liberty ElementaryTulare, CA · 861 students
- Liberty ElementaryRiverside, CA · 651 students
- Liberty ElementaryFresno, CA · 618 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary0.7 mi · 431
- EastLake Elementary0.8 mi · 527
- Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista1.1 mi · 437
- Pacific Springs Charter1.2 mi · 489
- Tiffany (Burton C.) Elementary1.6 mi · 534
- Bonita Vista Senior High1.8 mi · 1,960
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty ElementaryHow many students attend Liberty Elementary?
Liberty Elementary enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-06.
Is Liberty Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Liberty Elementary have?
Liberty Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Liberty Elementary?
Student demographics at Liberty Elementary are roughly 13% White, 60% Hispanic, 4% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty Elementary?
Liberty Elementary is overseen by Chula Vista Elementary in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.