Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANVILLE CCSD 118·NCES 171179001388
Liberty Elementary School
20 E Liberty Ln, Danville, IL 61832 · (217) 444-3000 · Vermilion County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
358 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 33% larger than its 4th grade class (58).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
17.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.2% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 12.7% | 4.2% |
% 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
13.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 (13.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary School this school | 377 | 95.0% | 13.3% |
| Meade Park Elementary School Danville | 312 | 96.5% | 15.3% |
| McIntosh Elementary Rockford | 398 | 91.5% | 15.3% |
| Wells Elementary School East Moline | 307 | 94.8% | 19.7% |
| Taft Primary School Kankakee | 316 | 91.1% | 18.5% |
| Hines Primary School Peoria | 403 | 88.8% | 20.6% |
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 Vermilion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,806 of 1,925 | #15 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,754 of 2,077 ▲ 152 | #14 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #1,979 of 2,077 ▼ 132 | #15 of 15 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #1,116 of 2,419 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,942 of 2,035 | #13 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #280 of 2,042 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #156 of 2,132 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +78.7% | #15 of 615 | #1 of 6 |
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
377
+152 (+68%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 347
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 | 377 | 20.5 | 18.4:1 | 95% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 20.5 | 17.6:1 | 91% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 18.3 | 18.6:1 | 88% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 211 | 16.5 | 12.8:1 | 70% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | 19 | 16.5:1 | 75% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 70% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 22 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 79% (211 to 377); teachers up 24% (16.5 to 20.5).
About Liberty Elementary School
In Danville, Illinois, Liberty Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 377 students, in kindergarten through 4.
Danville CCSD 118 is made up of 9 schools with 4,940 students in all.
Liberty Elementary School's enrollment is 51% Black. Enrollment also includes 20% White, 14% multiracial, and 13% Hispanic. Among people living in Vermilion County, the Black share is about 15%. Liberty Elementary School has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 95% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 71% average for public schools in Vermilion County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Liberty Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.3%; the prediction is 16.7%.
Within Vermilion County, median household income is about $56,877, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 41 public schools in Vermilion County, with a combined enrollment of about 11,267.
The closest public school, Edison Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles from Liberty Elementary School. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Liberty Elementary School is 8th among 9 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Liberty Elementary School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
In 2020-21, federal data counted 225 students at Liberty Elementary School; in 2024-25, 377. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
The Liberty Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Vermilion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,386
Census ACS
Median income
$56,877
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
11,267 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Danville CCSD 118
- Danville High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- North Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- South View Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Mark Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Northeast Elementary Magnet SchoolElementary · 347 students
Other schools in Danville
- Danville High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- North Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- South View Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Mark Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Northeast Elementary Magnet SchoolElementary · 347 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary School is the 55th 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 SchoolBartlett, IL · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Edison Elementary School1.0 mi · 233
- North Ridge Middle School1.3 mi · 740
- Danville High School2.5 mi · 1,253
- Mark Denman Elementary School2.5 mi · 545
- Northeast Elementary Magnet School2.6 mi · 347
- Meade Park Elementary School4.0 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School enrolls approximately 377 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Liberty Elementary School serve?
Liberty Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary School is approximately 18.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty Elementary School?
At Liberty Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 13% Hispanic, 51% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Elementary School in?
Liberty Elementary School is part of Danville CCSD 118.
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