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Enrollment
1,286
High
DISTRICT 1,162 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470002241
Liberty High School
1400 S. Dubuque Street, North Liberty, IA 52317 · (319) 688-1210 · Johnson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,286 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Iowa public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
313 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 367 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 326 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 303 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 290 | 23% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 48% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.3% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 76.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 High School
Liberty High School's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty High School this school | 1,286 | 24.3% | 75.9% |
| Prairie High School Cedar Rapids | 1,766 | 29.8% | 64.8% |
| Bettendorf High School Bettendorf | 1,433 | 29.4% | 77.3% |
| Clear Creek Amana High School Tiffin | 800 | 28.3% | 76.1% |
| Southeast Polk High School Pleasant Hill | 1,722 | 33.4% | 67.5% |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School Sergeant Bluff | 552 | 26.1% | 79.1% |
Matched among Iowa high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #122 of 313 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #122 of 314 ▼ 43 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #164 of 314 ▼ 21 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,286 | #34 of 340 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #211 of 259 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #46 of 260 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #256 of 320 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +75.0% | #3 of 133 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,286
+131 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,286 | 77.2 | 16.7:1 | 24% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 1,228 | 73.4 | 16.7:1 | 25% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 1,167 | 77.6 | 15.0:1 | 25% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 1,155 | 68 | 17.0:1 | 28% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 1 | 735.0:1 | 31% (230) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 75% (735 to 1,286); teachers up 7619% (1 to 77.2).
About Liberty High School
Liberty High School is a large high school in North Liberty, Iowa. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,286 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Iowa is about 468, so this school runs 175% larger than that.
Liberty High School is part of Iowa City Comm School District, where 29 schools serve 15,111 students.
Roughly 67% of students at Liberty High School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 76%. Liberty High School's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 77.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Liberty High School was 16.7:1. For comparison, high schools in Iowa average 17.3:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 24%. The average for public schools in Johnson County is 37%.
allk12 grades Liberty High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Liberty High School, the prediction is 79.8% and the result is 75.9%.
In the county around the school, Johnson County, the median household income is $74,935, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 43 public schools in Johnson County, enrolling about 20,019 students in all.
The shortest distance from Liberty High School to another public school is about 1.5 miles, to James Van Allen Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Liberty High School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
Over 4 years, Liberty High School's enrollment climbed 11%, to 1,286.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Penn Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
Other schools in North Liberty
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Penn Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Christine Grant ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- James Van Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Buford Garner ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- North Bend ElementaryElementary · 326 students
Other Liberty High schools
33 other US public schools in 22 states are named Liberty High. Liberty High School is the 14th largest of the 34.
- Liberty High SchoolHenderson, NV · 3,203 students
- Liberty HighBrentwood, CA · 2,836 students
- Liberty High SchoolBethlehem, PA · 2,541 students
- Liberty HighWinchester, CA · 2,537 students
- Liberty High SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 2,510 students
Nearby schools
- James Van Allen Elementary School1.5 mi · 376
- North Central Middle School1.6 mi · 925
- Penn Elementary School1.6 mi · 512
- Buford Garner Elementary1.6 mi · 344
- Wickham Elementary2.0 mi · 315
- Christine Grant Elementary2.2 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty High SchoolHow many students attend Liberty High School?
Liberty High School enrolls approximately 1,286 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Liberty High School serve?
Liberty High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Liberty High School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Liberty High School.
How diverse is Liberty High School?
Liberty High School reports a student body of 67% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Liberty High School public or private?
Liberty High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iowa City Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.