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Enrollment
684
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018003818
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2450 BANKS RD, MARGATE, FL 33063 · (754) 322-6750 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
352 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 16 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.1% | 52.2% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 684 | 51.5% | 52.3% |
| MIRROR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 639 | 48.0% | 55.9% |
| ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARGATE | 579 | 55.1% | 45.6% |
| TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES TALLAHASSEE | 621 | 50.9% | 48.0% |
| TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMARAC | 553 | 55.5% | 53.2% |
| MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI SHORES | 610 | 53.3% | 63.6% |
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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #1,214 of 2,136 | #115 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #1,097 of 2,149 ▲ 191 | #116 of 191 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #1,049 of 2,149 ▲ 117 | #107 of 191 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #763 of 2,267 | #55 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,840 of 2,077 | #131 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #894 of 2,108 | #70 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #1,238 of 2,188 | #87 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.4% | #163 of 1,374 | #30 of 157 |
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
684
-191 (-22%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 1,045
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 684 | 36 | 19.0:1 | 51% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 61% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 732 | 45 | 16.3:1 | 73% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 875 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 71% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 997 | 67 | 14.9:1 | 82% (821) |
| 2015-16 | 1,066 | 74 | 14.4:1 | 79% (845) |
| 2010-11 | 1,045 | 67 | 15.6:1 | 71% (737) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in MARGATE, Florida. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 684 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to BROWARD, a district of 325 schools and 243,591 students.
More than half of the students at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Black (56%). Other reported shares: 29% Hispanic, 9% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 28% Black among all Broward County residents. The diversity index for LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 19.0 students per teacher, from 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 19.0:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Lunch program data show 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Broward County averages 38%, lower than here.
After adjusting for student poverty, LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.3%; the prediction is 55.4%.
In Broward County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 338 public schools in the county, enrolling about 244,502, LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is ALPHABET LAND-MARGATE (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 875 to 684, a 22% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.0:1.
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Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
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- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in MARGATE
- MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 962 students
- MARGATE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 927 students
- WEST BROWARD ACADEMYElementary · 770 students
- ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGEHigh · 680 students
- ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 579 students
- SUNED HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH BROWARDHigh · 353 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 13th largest of the 69.
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT CHARLOTTE, FL · 764 students
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCanton, GA · 977 students
- Liberty ElementaryClarksville, TN · 866 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
Nearby schools
- ALPHABET LAND-MARGATE0.7 mi · 11
- WEST BROWARD ACADEMY0.9 mi · 770
- ASCEND CAREER ACADEMY0.9 mi · 215
- BROWARD MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOLS1.0 mi · 267
- RISE ACADEMY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY1.0 mi · 338
- COCONUT CREEK HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,972
Frequently asked questions
About LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 684 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 9% White, 29% Hispanic, 56% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.