Liberty Elementary

Liberty Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Riverside, California, overseen by Riverside Unified, instructs 651 students, covering grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

Within Riverside Unified, which oversees 48 schools and 38,002 students, Liberty Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Liberty Elementary shows that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Liberty Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Liberty Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Liberty Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.4%; this one delivers 27.0%.

In the surrounding community, Riverside County reports that median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Liberty Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sunshine Special Education, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Liberty Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 23.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liberty Elementary has shrank 11%, going from 730 students in 2018 to 651 in 2025.

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