Liberty High School

Liberty High School operates as a big high school in North Liberty, Iowa, run under Iowa City Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,286 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 175% larger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Within Iowa City Comm School District, which oversees 29 schools and 15,111 students, Liberty High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Liberty High School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Liberty High School has 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 24% of students at Liberty High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Johnson County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Liberty High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.8%, the actual is 75.9%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Johnson County shows median household income runs about $74,935, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,019 students), of which Liberty High School is one.

The closest other public school is James Van Allen Elementary School, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Liberty High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 77.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 75%: 735 students in 2018 compared to 1,286 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 17% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 735.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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