West Liberty High School

West Liberty High School operates as a tight-knit senior high in West Liberty, Iowa, operated by West Liberty Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 397 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Across the 4 schools in West Liberty Comm School District (1,291 students total), West Liberty High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, West Liberty High School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school shows 41% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at West Liberty High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, West Liberty High School is in the bottom 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 70.5%; West Liberty High School posts 57.0%, -13.6 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Muscatine County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,396 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Muscatine County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students), of which West Liberty High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Liberty Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around West Liberty High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Liberty High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Liberty High School has changed only slightly, going from 393 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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