Liberty Intermediate School

Liberty Intermediate School, a sizable junior high in Bourbonnais, Illinois, run under Bourbonnais SD 53, enrolls 714 students, covering grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Liberty Intermediate School sits 55% above that benchmark.

Bourbonnais SD 53 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,276 students; Liberty Intermediate School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Liberty Intermediate School records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Kankakee County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Liberty Intermediate School lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 54% of students at Liberty Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Liberty Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kankakee County put median household earnings sit near $71,281, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Liberty Intermediate School is one of 44 public schools in Kankakee County (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students).

The closest other public school is Noel Levasseur Elem School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Liberty Intermediate School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 39.0%.

Liberty Intermediate School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Liberty Intermediate School's enrollment has expanded 32% since 2018, when it stood at 539 (now 714). The White share of enrollment declined from 70% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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