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Liberty High School
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BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Liberty High School
Set in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Liberty High School is a high-enrollment secondary school, overseen by Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an. It enrolls 1,526 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 143% bigger than typical.
Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 25,607 students; Liberty High School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Liberty High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian.
On the resource side, Liberty High School records 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below El Paso County's rate of about 42%.
With demographic context factored in, Liberty High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.4%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of -9.8 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household income runs about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Liberty High School is one.
Timberview Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Liberty High School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.2%.
Liberty High School operates from an urban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liberty High School has declined 8%, going from 1,650 students in 2018 to 1,526 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 71% to 66% over that span.
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