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Enrollment
888
Middle
DISTRICT 812 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDWARDSVILLE CUSD 7·NCES 171353005717
Liberty Middle School
1 District Dr, Edwardsville, IL 62025 · (618) 655-6800 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL888 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Illinois public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
171 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 309 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 291 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 288 | 32% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
61.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.8pp since 2023
Math
48.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 40.5% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Middle School
Liberty Middle School's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Middle School this school | 888 | 19.3% | 55.8% |
| Mascoutah Middle School Mascoutah | 973 | 21.2% | 60.8% |
| Kaneland Harter Middle School Sugar Grove | 822 | 18.5% | 49.5% |
| Old Quarry Middle School Lemont | 856 | 19.7% | 74.2% |
| Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School Mahomet | 812 | 23.3% | 67.0% |
| Sam Rotolo Middle School Batavia | 1,080 | 18.3% | 57.6% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #131 of 578 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #159 of 640 ▼ 6 | #2 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #276 of 640 ▲ 77 | #2 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 888 | #47 of 691 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #515 of 558 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #336 of 560 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #530 of 581 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #385 of 440 | #9 of 11 |
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
888
-66 (-7%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 916
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 | 888 | 53 | 16.8:1 | 19% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 53.5 | 16.7:1 | 18% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 896 | 54 | 16.6:1 | 18% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 954 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 922 | 49 | 18.8:1 | 16% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 925 | 48 | 19.3:1 | 16% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 916 | 59 | 15.5:1 | 16% (142) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (922 to 888); teachers up 8% (49 to 53).
About Liberty Middle School
Located in Edwardsville, Illinois, Liberty Middle School is a large middle school. Its 888 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students.
Edwardsville CUSD 7 oversees Liberty Middle School and 12 other schools, with 7,060 students in total.
Liberty Middle School's enrollment is 77% White. The remaining shares are 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. By the diversity index, Liberty Middle School comes in at 40%.
Liberty Middle School operates with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. About 19% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is lower than the 46% average for public schools in Madison County.
Liberty Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 60.4% at Liberty Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.8%.
Across Madison County, median household income is about $75,793, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Liberty Middle School is among the 84 public schools in Madison County.
Nearest public school: Goshen Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Liberty Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Liberty Middle School's average proficiency of 55.8% compares with 54.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 888 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 954.
The Liberty Middle School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,238
Census ACS
Median income
$75,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
35,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edwardsville CUSD 7
- Edwardsville High SchoolHigh · 2,342 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Albert Cassens ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Columbus Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- N O Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
Other schools in Edwardsville
- Edwardsville High SchoolHigh · 2,342 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Columbus Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- N O Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
- Goshen ElementaryElementary · 346 students
Other Liberty Middle schools
28 other US public schools in 21 states are named Liberty Middle. Liberty Middle School is the 8th largest of the 29.
- Liberty Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,256 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,171 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMadison, AL · 1,103 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLWest Fargo, ND · 1,103 students
- Liberty MiddleClifton, VA · 913 students
Nearby schools
- Goshen Elementary0.2 mi · 346
- LeClaire Elementary School1.5 mi · 312
- Albert Cassens Elementary2.2 mi · 477
- Edwardsville High School2.6 mi · 2,342
- Lincoln Middle School2.7 mi · 736
- Columbus Elementary School2.8 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Middle SchoolHow large is Liberty Middle School?
Liberty Middle School enrolls approximately 888 students in grades 06-08.
Is Liberty Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Middle School is approximately 16.8:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty Middle School?
At Liberty Middle School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Liberty Middle School public or private?
Liberty Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Edwardsville CUSD 7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.