Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000453
LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1855 NW 71ST ST, MIAMI, FL 33147 · (305) 691-8532 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
196 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +26.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 26 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 42.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 299 | 65.6% | 44.5% |
| AGENORIA S PASCHAL/OLINDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 296 | 67.9% | 41.1% |
| TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE ELEMENTARY MIAMI | 382 | 65.7% | 45.5% |
| DR. ROBERT B. INGRAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPA LOCKA | 232 | 65.1% | 41.4% |
| ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 283 | 68.6% | 42.8% |
| JESSE J. MCCRARY JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 382 | 64.9% | 38.1% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #1,612 of 2,136 | #225 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #713 of 2,149 ▲ 1,029 | #122 of 279 ▲ 121 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,651 of 2,149 ▲ 69 | #229 of 279 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #1,988 of 2,267 | #240 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,789 of 2,077 | #221 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #1,483 of 2,108 | #54 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #663 of 2,188 | #85 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #195 of 1,374 | #44 of 185 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
299
-16 (-5%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 754
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 299 | 16 | 18.7:1 | 66% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 74% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 14 | 19.2:1 | 85% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 97% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 98% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 97% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 270 | 19 | 14.2:1 | 97% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 98% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 754 | 39 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This page covers LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. Total enrollment is 299 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 50% lower.
Enrollment across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE totals 335,685 students.
The share of Black students at LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 64%, a majority. The school is also 36% Hispanic. That is higher than the 15% Black share among all Miami-Dade County residents. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Based on 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 18.7:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Income data for the school show 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 18 points lower.
Among Florida public elementary schools, LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.3%. LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 44.5%.
In Miami-Dade County, home to about 2,738,356 people, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Miami-Dade County number 561, with about 335,817 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, SECONDARY STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER-804, is the closest to LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On proficiency, LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 39.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 315 to 299. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.8:1 in 2020-21, and 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
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Frequently asked questions
About LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 299 students in grades PK-05.
Is LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 36% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.