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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371004792
Liberty Elementary School
1375 W Bartlett Rd, Bartlett, IL 60103 · (630) 540-7680 · Cook County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
132 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
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 | 30 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
55.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 55.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 34.9% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 (50.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary School this school | 401 | 32.9% | 50.6% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Rockford | 374 | 35.3% | 97.8% |
| Heritage Lakes Elementary School Carol Stream | 420 | 28.1% | 52.6% |
| Wolfs Crossing Elementary School Aurora | 414 | 27.5% | 66.8% |
| Spring Trail Elementary School Carol Stream | 486 | 39.7% | 61.5% |
| Iroquois Community School Des Plaines | 411 | 28.2% | 68.2% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #577 of 1,925 | #157 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #510 of 2,077 ▲ 146 | #157 of 829 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #977 of 2,077 ▼ 390 | #312 of 829 ▼ 120 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #993 of 2,419 | #425 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #150 of 2,035 | #89 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #165 of 2,042 | #78 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #1,722 of 2,132 | #700 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.0% | #81 of 1,461 | #53 of 661 |
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
401
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 609
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 | 401 | 39.3 | 10.2:1 | 33% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 35.6 | 11.3:1 | 27% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 34.7 | 11.9:1 | 30% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 38.1 | 16.7:1 | 36% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 35 | 19.3:1 | 28% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 22% (134) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (637 to 401); teachers up 3% (38.1 to 39.3).
About Liberty Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Bartlett, Illinois. It had 401 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6.
Liberty Elementary School is one school in a 51-school district, SD U-46, which enrolls 34,036 students.
Of every 100 students at Liberty Elementary School, about 40 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Cook County at about 44% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at Liberty Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Liberty Elementary School, there are about 10.2 students; the school has 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. There are 132 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 33% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
In Illinois, Liberty Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 50.6% actual against a predicted 52.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Of the public schools around it, Liberty Elementary School is closest to Nature Ridge Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Liberty Elementary School at 5th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 420 in 2020-21 to 401 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Liberty Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Bartlett
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Eastview Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Prairieview Elementary SchoolElementary · 681 students
- Bartlett Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Centennial SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Nature Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary School is the 51st largest of the 69.
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCarpentersville, IL · 749 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolOrland Park, IL · 627 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolBolingbrook, IL · 522 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCicero, IL · 453 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolDanville, IL · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Nature Ridge Elementary School1.6 mi · 458
- Bartlett Elementary School1.7 mi · 613
- Eastview Middle School1.8 mi · 757
- Sycamore Trails Elementary School2.1 mi · 424
- Heritage Elementary School2.5 mi · 359
- Centennial School2.5 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Liberty Elementary School serve?
Liberty Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Liberty Elementary School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Liberty Elementary School.
How diverse is Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 29% Hispanic, 4% Black, 23% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School is overseen by SD U-46 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.