Liberty Leadership Middle School

Liberty Leadership Middle School, a small 6-8 campus in Peoria, Illinois, run under Peoria SD 150, instructs 350 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 24% smaller than typical.

Liberty Leadership Middle School is one of 25 schools operated by Peoria SD 150, a district that enrolls 13,312 students overall.

Demographically, Liberty Leadership Middle School lists that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Peoria County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Liberty Leadership Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.4%, the actual is 28.3%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Peoria County indicate median household income runs about $65,108, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Peoria County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), Liberty Leadership Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Kellar Primary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty Leadership Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 36%: 257 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 42% to 22%. Class-load math has rose: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.