Liberty Elementary

Liberty Elementary operates as a high-enrollment K-5 school in Tulare, California, run under Liberty Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 861 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 85% bigger than typical.

Liberty Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Liberty Elementary, a district that serves 1,079 students overall.

On demographics, Liberty Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 39% White, 2% Asian, 2% Black. That is visibly less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Liberty Elementary shows 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

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 50.6%; this one delivers 43.4%.

Around the school, census data for Tulare County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Liberty Elementary is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

The closest other public school is Accelerated Charter High, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Liberty Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 25.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 36%: 633 students in 2018 compared to 861 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 58% to 53%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.