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What's the most underrated thing about Liberty Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315005147
Liberty Elementary
9631 Hayes St., Riverside, CA 92503 · (951) 352-8225 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
591 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 137 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 44% larger than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
26.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.1pp since 2014
Math
23.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% | 45.0% |
| Math | 7.7% | 15.9% | 20.3% | 56.0% |
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 | 26.9% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 18.8% |
| 2022-23 | 33.1% | 23.7% |
| 2021-22 | 32.4% | 21.2% |
| 2018-19 | 37.2% | 25.6% |
| 2017-18 | 36.7% | 22.6% |
| 2016-17 | 36.3% | 21.1% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 (26.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary this school | 651 | 90.8% | 26.1% |
| Jackson Elementary Riverside | 657 | 90.0% | 26.8% |
| Ted Porter Elementary Fontana | 629 | 89.8% | 30.8% |
| Bon View Elementary Ontario | 598 | 92.0% | 29.2% |
| Del Rosa Elementary San Bernardino | 659 | 92.6% | 16.4% |
| Val Verde Elementary Perris | 693 | 90.3% | 27.2% |
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 Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #3,951 of 5,151 | #210 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #3,920 of 5,172 ▲ 385 | #186 of 283 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #4,277 of 5,172 ▼ 1,137 | #230 of 283 ▼ 80 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,362 of 5,116 | #46 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #1,013 of 5,915 | #135 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #4,679 of 5,352 | #266 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #4,024 of 5,354 | #210 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #1,006 of 5,625 | #69 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #2,594 of 3,837 | #139 of 207 |
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
651
+63 (+11%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 737
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 30.9:1
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 | 651 | 25.5 | 25.5:1 | 91% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 25.5 | 24.7:1 | 58% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 24.5 | 24.6:1 | 87% (524) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 19 | 30.9:1 | 84% (495) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 28 | 26.1:1 | 92% (670) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 30 | 26.8:1 | 91% (731) |
| 2010-11 | 834 | N/A | N/A | 81% (676) |
| 2000-01 | 821 | 39 | 21.1:1 | 81% (664) |
| 1990-91 | 737 | 28 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (730 to 651); teachers down 9% (28 to 25.5).
About Liberty Elementary
Liberty Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Riverside, California. The school counted 651 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. The school is 40% above the average for elementary schools in California.
Riverside Unified counts 48 schools and 38,002 students, including Liberty Elementary.
Of every 100 students at Liberty Elementary, about 84 are Hispanic. Other students are 5% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Liberty Elementary are from different groups.
Liberty Elementary has 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 25.5:1. The school's 25.5:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 91%. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Liberty Elementary, the prediction is 26.4% and the result is 26.1%.
For Riverside County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $93,074 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Riverside County number 543, with about 424,872 students.
Liberty Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Sunshine Special Education, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Liberty Elementary is ahead of the 24.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% rise, from 588 to 651. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 30.9:1 to 25.5:1.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
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Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary is the 17th largest of the 69.
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
- Liberty ElementaryTulare, CA · 861 students
- Liberty ElementaryFresno, CA · 618 students
- Liberty ElementaryOntario, CA · 578 students
Nearby schools
- Sunshine Special Education0.4 mi · 74
- Sherman Indian High School0.8 mi · 276
- Chemawa Middle1.0 mi · 885
- Jackson Elementary1.1 mi · 657
- Foothill Elementary1.1 mi · 451
- Harrison Elementary1.2 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty ElementaryHow many students attend Liberty Elementary?
Liberty Elementary enrolls approximately 651 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Liberty Elementary serve?
Liberty Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary is approximately 25.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Liberty Elementary?
Student demographics at Liberty Elementary are roughly 4% White, 84% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Elementary in?
Liberty Elementary is part of Riverside Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.