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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD SD 202·NCES 173174005750
Liberty Elementary School
1401 Essington Rd, Bolingbrook, IL 60490 · (815) 609-3037 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
140 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
65.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.2pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 42.9% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 (59.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary School this school | 522 | 26.8% | 59.6% |
| Brookdale Elementary School Naperville | 462 | 30.1% | 64.0% |
| Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School Plainfield | 548 | 31.4% | 55.4% |
| Heritage Lakes Elementary School Carol Stream | 420 | 28.1% | 52.6% |
| Wilder-Waite Grade School Peoria | 404 | 24.5% | 68.5% |
| The Wheatlands Elementary School Aurora | 613 | 29.7% | 64.2% |
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 Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #329 of 1,925 | #32 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #501 of 2,077 ▼ 25 | #39 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #495 of 2,077 ▲ 59 | #35 of 100 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #463 of 2,419 | #39 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #967 of 2,035 | #44 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #59 of 2,042 | #5 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #1,832 of 2,132 | #72 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #614 of 1,461 | #29 of 71 |
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
522
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 896
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 | 522 | 39.5 | 13.2:1 | 27% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 37.9 | 13.9:1 | 25% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 34.6 | 15.4:1 | 26% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 39.5 | 15.8:1 | 20% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 12% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 896 | 40 | 22.4:1 | 7% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (622 to 522); teachers unchanged (39.5 to 39.5).
About Liberty Elementary School
Federal records list Liberty Elementary School as an elementary school in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 522 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Plainfield SD 202 is the local district for Liberty Elementary School. It runs 30 schools with 24,556 students.
No group is above 50% at Liberty Elementary School; the largest is White, at 42%. The rest of enrollment is 23% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Will County, the White share is about 62%. The diversity index for Liberty Elementary School is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Liberty Elementary School lists 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.2 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. About 27% of students at Liberty Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Will County is 17 points.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 56.0%. Liberty Elementary School scores 59.6%.
Will County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $109,984, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 209 public schools in the county, enrolling about 113,008, Liberty Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Liberty Elementary School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Liberty Elementary School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 522, close to the 533 recorded in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Liberty Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield SD 202
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Bolingbrook
- Bolingbrook High SchoolHigh · 3,298 students
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 850 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Hubert H Humphrey Middle SchoolMiddle · 596 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 561 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary School is the 35th largest of the 69.
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCarpentersville, IL · 749 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolOrland Park, IL · 627 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCicero, IL · 453 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolBartlett, IL · 401 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolDanville, IL · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School0.5 mi · 548
- John F Kennedy Middle School0.7 mi · 912
- Plainfield East High School1.2 mi · 1,825
- Creekside Elementary School1.4 mi · 472
- Lakewood Falls Elementary School1.5 mi · 543
- Heritage Grove Middle School2.5 mi · 841
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Elementary SchoolHow large is Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Liberty Elementary School serve?
Liberty Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Liberty Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Liberty Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Liberty Elementary School?
Student demographics at Liberty Elementary School are roughly 42% White, 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 23% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Elementary School in?
Liberty Elementary School is part of Plainfield SD 202.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.