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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Liberty Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
977
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111002521
Liberty Elementary School
10500 Bells Ferry Rd, Canton, GA 30114 · (770) 704-1300 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL977 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
398 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 17 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 159 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 189 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 165 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (159) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (153).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -7.0pp since 2021
Math
60.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.2% | 57.4% |
| 2021-22 | 49.1% | 60.4% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 (52.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary School this school | 977 | 40.7% | 52.9% |
| Chestnut Mountain Elementary School Flowery Branch | 918 | 41.4% | 46.9% |
| Central Elementary School Carrollton | 991 | 43.6% | 65.0% |
| Holly Springs Elementary School Canton | 831 | 43.0% | 50.1% |
| Indian Knoll Elementary Canton | 881 | 35.3% | 57.9% |
| Loganville Elementary School Loganville | 951 | 48.1% | 63.5% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #297 of 1,208 | #12 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #243 of 1,215 ▲ 10 | #11 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #420 of 1,215 ▼ 52 | #17 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.4pp | #202 of 1,183 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 977 | #94 of 1,324 | #7 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #913 of 1,301 | #17 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #492 of 1,301 | #8 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #1,115 of 1,312 | #10 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #228 of 854 | #1 of 11 |
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
977
-29 (-3%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 1,413
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 977 | 68.6 | 14.2:1 | 41% (398) |
| 2023-24 | 954 | 72 | 13.3:1 | 40% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 986 | 73.7 | 13.4:1 | 32% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 1,006 | 67 | 15.0:1 | 27% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 1,225 | 71 | 17.3:1 | 26% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 1,256 | 73 | 17.2:1 | 23% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 1,413 | 75 | 18.8:1 | 23% (326) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,225 to 977); teachers down 3% (71 to 68.6).
About Liberty Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School is a large elementary school found in Canton, Georgia. The latest federal count shows 977 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 61% higher.
Liberty Elementary School is in Cherokee County, a district with 42,031 students across 37 schools.
Liberty Elementary School's enrollment is 59% White. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Cherokee County residents are about 76% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Liberty Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Liberty Elementary School employs 68.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, lower than at this school. Liberty Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 41%.
The model predicts 56.3% for a school in Georgia with Liberty Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Liberty Elementary School posts 52.9%.
Liberty Elementary School is located in Cherokee County, where median household income is about $108,115, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Liberty Elementary School is one of 38 public schools in Cherokee County, which together enroll about 42,642 students.
The next-closest public school is Freedom Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Liberty Elementary School. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Liberty Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 1,006 to 977 over 4 years.
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Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
Other schools in Canton
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Teasley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,586 students
- Dean Rusk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,543 students
- Creekland Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,503 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 69.
- Liberty Elementary SchoolMidway, GA · 718 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolToccoa, GA · 571 students
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty ElementaryClarksville, TN · 866 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom Middle School0.2 mi · 929
- Sixes Elementary School1.7 mi · 741
- J. Knox Elementary1.8 mi · 909
- iGrad Virtual Academy School1.9 mi · 210
- Cherokee Charter Academy2.0 mi · 611
- Cherokee High School3.5 mi · 3,012
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Elementary SchoolHow large is Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School enrolls approximately 977 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Liberty Elementary School serve?
Liberty Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Liberty Elementary School have?
Liberty Elementary School employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty Elementary School?
At Liberty Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 19% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Elementary School in?
Liberty Elementary School is part of Cherokee County.
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