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How has Liberty Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
636
Middle
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEMOORE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062136003169
Liberty Middle
1000 Liberty Dr., Lemoore, CA 93245 · (559) 924-6860 · Kings County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL636 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
517 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 292 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 344 | 54% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lemoore Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
60.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.6pp since 2014
Math
38.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.7% | 35.9% | 20.2% | 19.2% |
| Math | 19.5% | 18.5% | 26.8% | 35.2% |
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 | 60.6% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 34.7% |
| 2022-23 | 55.3% | 33.2% |
| 2021-22 | 56.4% | 37.7% |
| 2020-21 | 58.1% | 41.8% |
| 2018-19 | 54.4% | 45.0% |
| 2017-18 | 57.0% | 43.0% |
| 2016-17 | 50.0% | 39.6% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Middle
Liberty Middle's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Middle this school | 636 | 81.3% | 48.1% |
| Salida Middle School - Vella Campus Salida | 673 | 79.8% | 34.6% |
| Norman N. Glick Middle Modesto | 602 | 80.6% | 29.6% |
| Silverado Middle Napa | 673 | 79.9% | 23.3% |
| Cesar Chavez Middle Oceanside | 557 | 80.4% | 31.8% |
| Burton Middle Porterville | 586 | 83.6% | 37.0% |
Matched among California middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #374 of 1,224 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #440 of 1,227 ▲ 21 | #1 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #320 of 1,227 ▼ 9 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #591 of 1,214 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 636 | #699 of 1,377 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #378 of 1,279 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #742 of 1,278 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #516 of 1,329 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #183 of 257 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
636
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 636 | 32.7 | 19.4:1 | 81% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 676 | 30.9 | 21.9:1 | 79% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 31.8 | 21.0:1 | 77% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 32 | 19.5:1 | 69% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 27.3 | 22.6:1 | 70% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 582 | 28 | 20.8:1 | 68% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | N/A | N/A | 61% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 33 | 20.2:1 | 48% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (617 to 636); teachers up 20% (27.3 to 32.7).
About Liberty Middle
Liberty Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school, is located in Lemoore, California. The student body numbers 636 students, from grades 7 through 8.
Liberty Middle is a school in Lemoore Union Elementary. The district has 8 schools and 3,186 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Liberty Middle, at 72%. Next come 15% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 58% Hispanic among all Kings County residents. Liberty Middle's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 19.4:1 comes from the school's 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The lunch program counts 81% of students at Liberty Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against California public middle schools, Liberty Middle receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in California with Liberty Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 31.9%. Liberty Middle scores 48.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, the median household income is $70,995, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 67 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 28,742 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Freedom Elementary is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Liberty Middle. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Liberty Middle ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 636, close to the 624 recorded in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,298
Census ACS
Median income
$70,995
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
28,742 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lemoore Union Elementary
- P. W. Engvall ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Lemoore ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Cinnamon ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- Freedom ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- Lemoore University Elementary CharterMiddle · 155 students
Other schools in Lemoore
- Lemoore HighHigh · 1,798 students
- P. W. Engvall ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Lemoore ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Cinnamon ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- Freedom ElementaryElementary · 434 students
Other Liberty Middle schools
28 other US public schools in 21 states are named Liberty Middle. Liberty Middle is the 16th largest of the 29.
- Liberty Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,256 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,171 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMadison, AL · 1,103 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLWest Fargo, ND · 1,103 students
- Liberty MiddleClifton, VA · 913 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom Elementary0.4 mi · 434
- Bridges Academy0.5 mi · 1
- Lemoore Elementary0.9 mi · 508
- Cinnamon Elementary1.0 mi · 454
- Meadow Lane Elementary1.0 mi · 464
- Lemoore High1.2 mi · 1,798
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty MiddleHow large is Liberty Middle?
Liberty Middle enrolls approximately 636 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Liberty Middle serve?
Liberty Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Liberty Middle?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Liberty Middle.
How diverse is Liberty Middle?
Liberty Middle reports a student body of 15% White, 72% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Liberty Middle public or private?
Liberty Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lemoore Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.