Liberty Elementary School

Liberty Elementary School is a K-5 school of sizable scale in Sioux City, Iowa, part of Sioux City Comm School District, serveing 659 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Liberty Elementary School sits 103% above that benchmark.

Liberty Elementary School is one of 21 schools operated by Sioux City Comm School District, a district that educates 14,189 students overall.

On demographics, Liberty Elementary School lists that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 12% White, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 9% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Woodbury County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Liberty Elementary School lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Woodbury County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Liberty Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Woodbury County) shows that median household earnings sit near $73,658, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Woodbury County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students), of which Liberty Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Hunt Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Liberty Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 59.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 754 students in 2018 compared to 659 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 19% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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