Liberty Elem School

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Bartlett, Illinois, Liberty Elem School caters to 401 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within SD U-46.

Within SD U-46, which oversees 51 schools and 34,036 students, Liberty Elem School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Liberty Elem School records that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Cook County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Liberty Elem School reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at Liberty Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Liberty Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.5%; this one delivers 50.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Liberty Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nature Ridge Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Liberty Elem School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

Liberty Elem School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liberty Elem School has contracted 37%, going from 637 students in 2018 to 401 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 9% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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