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What's the most underrated thing about Liberty Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
861
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062157002571
Liberty Elementary
1771 East Pacific Ave., Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 686-1675 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL861 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
22.6:1
38 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
418 students
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 | 164 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (164) is 110% larger than its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
50.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.4pp since 2014
Math
38.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.3% | 29.1% | 22.8% | 26.8% |
| Math | 16.2% | 22.7% | 30.2% | 31.0% |
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 | 50.4% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 36.7% |
| 2022-23 | 48.5% | 32.3% |
| 2021-22 | 47.9% | 33.9% |
| 2018-19 | 51.0% | 43.5% |
| 2017-18 | 44.3% | 36.5% |
| 2016-17 | 41.9% | 36.2% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 (44.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary this school | 861 | 48.5% | 44.0% |
| Las Palmas Elementary San Clemente | 743 | 48.9% | 50.3% |
| Krystal School of Science Math & Technology Hesperia | 912 | 47.8% | 50.5% |
| Dent Elementary Escalon | 671 | 50.2% | 37.1% |
| Spring Grove Elementary Hollister | 762 | 42.8% | 55.8% |
| Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology Vista | 744 | 42.3% | 67.0% |
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 Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,154 of 5,151 | #16 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,375 of 5,172 ▲ 69 | #22 of 102 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,997 of 5,172 ▼ 114 | #16 of 102 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #2,028 of 5,116 | #67 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 861 | #231 of 5,915 | #1 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,694 of 5,352 | #54 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #2,218 of 5,354 | #5 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #3,973 of 5,625 | #100 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.0% | #95 of 1,139 | #2 of 19 |
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
861
+184 (+27%) vs 2020
+331% since 1990-91, when it was 200
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 861 | 38.1 | 22.6:1 | 49% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 819 | 36.3 | 22.6:1 | 44% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 33.4 | 23.4:1 | 41% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 29 | 23.3:1 | 52% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 26 | 24.4:1 | 55% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 23 | 21.1:1 | 61% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | N/A | N/A | 63% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 215 | 12 | 17.9:1 | 66% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 200 | 8 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (633 to 861); teachers up 46% (26 to 38.1).
About Liberty Elementary
Liberty Elementary is a large elementary school found in Tulare, California. The school counts 861 students across kindergarten through 8. The school's enrollment is 85% bigger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
In federal data, the district for Liberty Elementary is the school itself.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Liberty Elementary, at 53%. Smaller groups are 39% White, 2% Asian, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Tulare County is roughly 67% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Liberty Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 22.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. About 49% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 77% average for public schools in Tulare County is 28 points higher.
Liberty Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Liberty Elementary is 7.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (44.0% versus 51.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Liberty Elementary is located in Tulare County, where the median household income is $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Liberty Elementary is one of 196 public schools in the county.
Accelerated Charter High is located about 0.7 miles from Liberty Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Liberty Elementary is ahead of the 26.4% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Liberty Elementary's enrollment climbed from 677 in 2020-21 to 861 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tulare
- Tulare Western HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Mission Oak HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Tulare Union HighHigh · 1,616 students
- Sundale ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Garden ElementaryElementary · 689 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary is the 5th largest of the 69.
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
- Liberty ElementaryRiverside, CA · 651 students
- Liberty ElementaryFresno, CA · 618 students
- Liberty ElementaryOntario, CA · 578 students
Nearby schools
- Accelerated Charter High0.7 mi · 152
- Mission Valley Elementary0.9 mi · 671
- Live Oak Middle1.9 mi · 458
- Special Education2.0 mi · 1,141
- Garden Elementary2.2 mi · 689
- Cherry Avenue Middle2.3 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty ElementaryHow many students attend Liberty Elementary?
Liberty Elementary enrolls approximately 861 students in grades KG-08.
Is Liberty Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary is approximately 22.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Liberty Elementary?
Student demographics at Liberty Elementary are roughly 39% White, 53% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty Elementary?
Liberty Elementary is overseen by Liberty Elementary in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.