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Which teacher or staff member at Liberty Junior High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,087
Middle
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURBANK SD 111·NCES 173681005027
Liberty Junior High School
5900 W 81st St, Burbank, IL 60459 · (708) 952-3255 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,087 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
766 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 56%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 331 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 322 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 434 | 40% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Burbank SD 111. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 18.5% |
% 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Junior High School
Liberty Junior High School's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Junior High School this school | 1,087 | 70.5% | 28.7% |
| Indian Trail Jr High School Addison | 1,111 | 72.2% | 32.8% |
| Belvidere South Middle School Belvidere | 754 | 65.1% | 28.6% |
| Elm Middle School Elmwood Park | 615 | 63.1% | 46.3% |
| Grove Jr High School Elk Grove Village | 741 | 61.1% | 34.9% |
| Oliver W Holmes Middle School Wheeling | 615 | 71.2% | 22.3% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #452 of 578 | #76 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #492 of 640 ▼ 74 | #104 of 146 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #501 of 640 ▼ 4 | #103 of 146 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,087 | #19 of 691 | #5 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #450 of 558 | #116 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #227 of 560 | #60 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #103 of 581 | #43 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.4% | #18 of 127 | #4 of 40 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,087
-142 (-12%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 786
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 | 1,087 | 73.1 | 14.9:1 | 70% (766) |
| 2023-24 | 1,119 | 74.2 | 15.1:1 | 1% (14) |
| 2022-23 | 1,190 | 70.1 | 17.0:1 | 66% (789) |
| 2020-21 | 1,229 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 853 | 47.3 | 18.1:1 | 59% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 750 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 60% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 786 | 57 | 13.8:1 | 56% (443) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (853 to 1,087); teachers up 55% (47.3 to 73.1).
About Liberty Junior High School
Liberty Junior High School is a large middle school in Burbank, Illinois. The school's 1,087 students are in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students.
Burbank SD 111 enrolls 3,257 students, and its 8 schools include Liberty Junior High School.
A majority of students at Liberty Junior High School, 60%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 31% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Liberty Junior High School comes in at 54%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1 at Liberty Junior High School, with 73.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 70%.
allk12 grades Liberty Junior High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Liberty Junior High School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 28.7% actual against 30.8% predicted.
Liberty Junior High School is located in Cook County, where median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
The nearest other public school, Reavis High School, is about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Liberty Junior High School. On state test proficiency, Liberty Junior High School ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Liberty Junior High School went from 1,229 students to 1,087.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Liberty Junior High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Burbank SD 111
- Luther Burbank Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Maddock Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Edward J Tobin Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- J B Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Harry E Fry SchoolElementary · 268 students
- Richard Byrd Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
Other schools in Burbank
- Reavis High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- Luther Burbank Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Maddock Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Edward J Tobin Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- J B Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Harry E Fry SchoolElementary · 268 students
Other Liberty Junior High schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Liberty Junior High. Liberty Junior High School is the largest of the 3.
- Liberty Junior High SchoolNew Lenox, IL · 573 students
- Liberty Junior High SchoolDALLAS, TX · 549 students
Nearby schools
- Reavis High School0.6 mi · 1,930
- Harry E Fry School0.6 mi · 268
- Luther Burbank Elementary School0.6 mi · 453
- J B Kennedy Elementary School0.6 mi · 295
- Edward J Tobin Elementary School0.8 mi · 346
- F B Mccord Elementary School1.0 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Liberty Junior High School?
Liberty Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,087 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Liberty Junior High School serve?
Liberty Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Liberty Junior High School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Liberty Junior High School.
How diverse is Liberty Junior High School?
Liberty Junior High School reports a student body of 31% White, 60% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty Junior High School?
Liberty Junior High School is overseen by Burbank SD 111 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.