Liberty Elementary School

Located at 600 E Pregel Dr, in Mishawaka, Indiana, Liberty Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that teaches 446 students (grades K through 6), overseen by School City of Mishawaka.

Across the 11 schools in School City of Mishawaka (5,051 students total), Liberty Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Liberty Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Joseph County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below St. Joseph County's rate of about 46%.

After controlling for student poverty, Liberty Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.6%; this one comes in at 21.8%, -26.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (St. Joseph County) records that median household income runs about $66,868, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, St. Joseph County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students), of which Liberty Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is John J Young Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Liberty Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 27.7%.

Liberty Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.