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Enrollment
423
Middle
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUNELAND SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180280001624
Liberty Middle School
651 W Morgan Ave, Chesterton, IN 46304 · (219) 983-3776 · Porter County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Indiana public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
100 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 7 | 203 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 52% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 57% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Liberty Middle School→Chesterton Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Duneland School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
68.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
65.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 (66.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Middle School this school | 423 | 23.6% | 66.9% |
| East Tipp Middle School Lafayette | 547 | 23.9% | 55.4% |
| Liberty Intermediate School Chesterton | 452 | 27.0% | 63.7% |
| Union Township Middle School Valparaiso | 333 | 26.7% | 60.6% |
| Westchester Intermediate School Chesterton | 404 | 30.4% | 64.9% |
| Lowell Intermediate School Lowell | 486 | 29.4% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana 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 Indiana | In Porter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #9 of 324 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #17 of 325 | #2 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #5 of 325 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #217 of 334 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #141 of 314 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #167 of 315 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.6% | #310 of 330 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -57.1% | #1 of 187 | #1 of 7 |
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
423
-509 (-55%) vs 2020
-55% since 2010-11, when it was 947
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 24% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 870 | 57.1 | 15.2:1 | 29% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 884 | 50.9 | 17.4:1 | 30% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 932 | 51 | 18.3:1 | 26% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 986 | 55.9 | 17.6:1 | 30% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 985 | 47 | 21.0:1 | 27% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 947 | 34 | 27.9:1 | 26% (250) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Middle School.
About Liberty Middle School
Liberty Middle School is a small middle-grades school. Its address is in Chesterton, Indiana. Enrollment is 423 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in Indiana is about 594 students, so this school is 29% smaller than average.
Duneland School Corporation is made up of 11 schools with 5,732 students in all.
Liberty Middle School is 75% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 84% White among all Porter County residents. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Liberty Middle School employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Liberty Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 24%. Public schools in Porter County average 34%.
The allk12 Grade for Liberty Middle School is A+. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 58.8% at Liberty Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.9%.
Within Porter County, the median household income is $87,972, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Liberty Middle School, Porter County has 54 other public schools.
Nearby, Northwest Indiana Online School is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 59.9% on proficiency, and Liberty Middle School is above that at 66.9%.
The NCES locale for Liberty Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment records show 932 in 2020-21 and 423 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.3 to 14.6 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Porter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,818
Census ACS
Median income
$87,972
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
25,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Duneland School Corporation
- Chesterton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,937 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 452 students
- Westchester Middle SchoolMiddle · 448 students
- Westchester Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 404 students
- Bailly Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
Other schools in Chesterton
- Chesterton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,937 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 452 students
- Westchester Middle SchoolMiddle · 448 students
- Westchester Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 404 students
- Bailly Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
Other Liberty Middle schools
28 other US public schools in 21 states are named Liberty Middle. Liberty Middle School is the 26th 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
- Northwest Indiana Online School0.1 mi · 130
- Bailly Elementary School0.5 mi · 374
- Westchester Middle School0.7 mi · 448
- Westchester Intermediate School0.7 mi · 404
- Newton Yost Elementary School1.1 mi · 362
- Chesterton Senior High School1.4 mi · 1,937
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Middle SchoolHow large is Liberty Middle School?
Liberty Middle School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades 07-08.
Is Liberty Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Liberty Middle School have?
Liberty Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Liberty Middle School?
Student demographics at Liberty Middle School are roughly 75% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Middle School in?
Liberty Middle School is part of Duneland School Corporation.
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