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What's something Liberty Point International School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
417
Middle
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 70·NCES 080615001357
Liberty Point International School
484 SOUTH MAHER DRIVE, PUEBLO WEST, CO 81007 · (719) 547-3752 · Pueblo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Colorado public middle schools
- CTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
254 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
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 6 | 148 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 28% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
15.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 15.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 15.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 Point International School
Liberty Point International School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Point International School this school | 417 | 60.9% | 25.8% |
| Vineland Middle School PUEBLO | 362 | 62.7% | 26.8% |
| Brush Middle School BRUSH | 328 | 65.5% | 20.1% |
| Grand Valley Middle School PARACHUTE | 264 | 63.6% | 14.8% |
| Everitt Middle School WHEAT RIDGE | 456 | 56.6% | 29.2% |
| Pagosa Springs Middle School PAGOSA SPRINGS | 484 | 54.8% | 38.0% |
Matched among Colorado 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 Point International School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #159 of 241 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #185 of 244 ▼ 11 | #8 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #171 of 246 ▼ 28 | #8 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #154 of 278 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #161 of 227 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #71 of 227 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #86 of 246 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #106 of 169 | #3 of 7 |
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
417
-119 (-22%) vs 2020
+176% since 1990-91, when it was 151
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 417 | 24.1 | 17.3:1 | 61% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 25.9 | 16.8:1 | 67% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 26.3 | 17.8:1 | 60% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 60% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 26.9 | 17.6:1 | 63% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 50% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 26 | 19.1:1 | 47% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 31 | 22.8:1 | 26% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 151 | 7 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Point International School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (474 to 417); teachers down 10% (26.9 to 24.1).
About Liberty Point International School
A medium-sized middle school in PUEBLO WEST, Colorado, Liberty Point International School is part of Pueblo County School District 70. The latest federal count shows 417 students in grades 6 through 8.
Pueblo County School District 70 is the district for Liberty Point International School. It has 27 schools and 10,563 students.
Roughly 50% of students at Liberty Point International School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 43% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 72%. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Liberty Point International School's 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.3:1. On average, middle schools in Colorado have 15.9:1, compared with 17.3:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%.
Liberty Point International School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of Colorado public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 29.8% at Liberty Point International School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.8%.
Among Pueblo County residents, the median household income is $64,010, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Liberty Point International School, Pueblo County has 65 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Liberty Point Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Liberty Point International School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 33.5% on proficiency, and Liberty Point International School is below that at 25.8%.
Liberty Point International School is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment declined 22% from its 2020-21 level of 536. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.6:1 to 17.3:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Pueblo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
169,356
Census ACS
Median income
$64,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
32,254 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pueblo County School District 70
- Pueblo West High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Pueblo County High SchoolHigh · 1,148 students
- Swallows Charter AcademyElementary · 677 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other schools in PUEBLO WEST
- Pueblo West High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Swallows Charter AcademyElementary · 677 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Liberty Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Point Elementary School0.1 mi · 451
- Swallows Charter Academy High School0.8 mi · 178
- Swallows Charter Academy0.9 mi · 677
- Pueblo Classical Academy1.0 mi · 173
- Pueblo Classical Academy1.0 mi · 177
- Desert Sage Elementary School1.7 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Point International SchoolHow many students attend Liberty Point International School?
Liberty Point International School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades 06-08.
Is Liberty Point International School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Point International School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Liberty Point International School have?
Liberty Point International School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
How diverse is Liberty Point International School?
Liberty Point International School reports a student body of 50% White, 43% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Point International School in?
Liberty Point International School is part of Pueblo County School District 70.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.