Liberty Middle

Liberty Middle, a mid-sized junior high in Lemoore, California, run under Lemoore Union Elementary, instructs 636 students, covering grades 7 through 8.

Across the 8 schools in Lemoore Union Elementary (3,186 students total), Liberty Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Liberty Middle lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 15% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 58% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Liberty Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Liberty Middle sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.1%; actual is 46.9%, +15.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kings County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $70,995 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Liberty Middle is one of 67 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 28,742 students).

Freedom Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Liberty Middle at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Liberty Middle's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 617 (now 636). Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.