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Liberty Elementary School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Liberty Elementary School
Located at 600 Edgewater Dr, in Midway, Georgia, Liberty Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that serves 718 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Liberty County.
Liberty Elementary School is one of 12 schools operated by Liberty County, a district that works with 10,925 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Liberty Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 40% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Liberty County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Liberty Elementary School shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at Liberty Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Liberty Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.
Across the wider county, Liberty County reports that median household income runs about $60,456, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Liberty County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,925 students), Liberty Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Midway Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.5%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 721 students in 2018 compared to 718 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 6% to 10% over that span.
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Liberty County at a glance
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