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Does Liberty Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF MISHAWAKA·NCES 180684001285
Liberty Elementary School
600 E Pregel Dr, Mishawaka, IN 46545 · (574) 254-3700 · St. Joseph County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
170 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within School City of Mishawaka. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
24.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
22.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary School this school | 446 | 38.1% | 21.8% |
| White Lick Elementary School Brownsburg | 473 | 37.6% | 70.6% |
| Emmons Elementary School Mishawaka | 422 | 42.9% | 23.6% |
| Lasalle Elementary School Mishawaka | 519 | 43.2% | 21.9% |
| Delaware Trail Elementary School Brownsburg | 512 | 37.3% | 74.2% |
| Herron Preparatory Academy Indianapolis | 428 | 36.4% | 49.0% |
Matched among Indiana elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #823 of 983 | #25 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #847 of 986 | #24 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #784 of 986 | #23 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #498 of 1,079 | #20 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #342 of 991 | #17 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #238 of 996 | #18 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #813 of 1,058 | #29 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #333 of 597 | #12 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
446
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 446 | 31.3 | 14.3:1 | 38% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 26.8 | 15.8:1 | 73% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 27.8 | 15.0:1 | 80% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 67% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 26.8 | 18.7:1 | 74% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 75% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 71% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 26 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary School.
About Liberty Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School is one of the public schools in Mishawaka, Indiana. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 446 students.
School City of Mishawaka runs 11 schools with a combined 5,051 students. Liberty Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Liberty Elementary School, about 55 are White. The school is also 21% Black, 12% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 71%. The diversity index for Liberty Elementary School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.3:1. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 46% average for public schools in St. Joseph County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Liberty Elementary School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Liberty Elementary School is a bottom-10% school in Indiana on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 21.8% against a predicted 48.6%.
The school's county is St. Joseph County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $66,868 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in St. Joseph County number 73, with about 35,614 students.
Of the public schools around it, Liberty Elementary School is closest to John J Young Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Liberty Elementary School ranks 5th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 446, starting from 436. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.8:1 to 14.3:1 over the same years.
The discussion board for Liberty Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School City of Mishawaka
- Mishawaka High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- John J Young Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Lasalle Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Beiger Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Emmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Fred J Hums Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Other schools in Mishawaka
- Penn High SchoolHigh · 3,687 students
- Mishawaka High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Schmucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- John J Young Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Virgil I Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Lasalle Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary School is the 42nd largest of the 69.
- Liberty Elementary SchoolChesterton, IN · 491 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolHobart, IN · 398 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolLiberty, IN · 367 students
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCanton, GA · 977 students
Nearby schools
- John J Young Middle School0.7 mi · 709
- Battell Elementary School0.9 mi · 291
- Walt Disney Elementary School1.1 mi · 512
- Mishawaka High School1.5 mi · 1,327
- Beiger Elementary School1.8 mi · 504
- Paramount School of Excellence South Bend1.9 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades KG-06.
Is Liberty Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Liberty Elementary School have?
Liberty Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Liberty Elementary School?
Student demographics at Liberty Elementary School are roughly 55% White, 11% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Elementary School in?
Liberty Elementary School is part of School City of Mishawaka.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.