Liberty Elementary School

Liberty Elementary School is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Hobart, Indiana, one of the schools within School City of Hobart, caters to 398 students in grades 1 through 5.

Within School City of Hobart, which oversees 6 schools and 3,978 students, Liberty Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Liberty Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Liberty Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household earnings sit near $71,493, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Lake County's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), Liberty Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hobart Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.3%.

Liberty Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Liberty Elementary School's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 398). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 63% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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