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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Liberal Sr High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,421
High
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERAL·NCES 200873001286
Liberal Sr High
1611 W 2nd, Liberal, KS 67901 · (620) 604-1200 · Seward County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,421 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Kansas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
1,226 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 51%
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 | 366 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 397 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 364 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 294 | 21% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 58% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Liberal. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
22.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
12.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 12.3% |
| 2023-24 | 7.7% | 5.5% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
11.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Liberal Sr High
Liberal Sr High's state test result (11.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Sr High this school | 1,421 | 86.3% | 11.6% |
| Dodge City High School Dodge City | 2,178 | 78.9% | 18.0% |
| North High Wichita | 2,041 | 86.2% | 13.7% |
| Ulysses High Ulysses | 438 | 71.2% | 21.5% |
| Garden City High School Garden City | 1,946 | 69.9% | 14.9% |
| Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High Kismet | 310 | 73.5% | 17.8% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Liberal Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #253 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #252 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #244 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,421 | #34 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #142 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #129 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #5 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #45 of 75 |
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
1,421
+31 (+2%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 888
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,421 | 91.2 | 15.6:1 | 86% (1,226) |
| 2023-24 | 1,403 | 89.4 | 15.7:1 | 84% (1,181) |
| 2022-23 | 1,353 | 88.4 | 15.3:1 | 77% (1,042) |
| 2020-21 | 1,390 | 79 | 17.6:1 | 79% (1,100) |
| 2017-18 | 1,319 | 82.5 | 16.0:1 | 78% (1,035) |
| 2015-16 | 1,284 | 85 | 15.1:1 | 75% (962) |
| 2010-11 | 1,206 | 75 | 16.1:1 | 69% (831) |
| 2000-01 | 1,081 | 65 | 16.6:1 | 41% (441) |
| 1990-91 | 888 | 55 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberal Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,319 to 1,421); teachers up 10% (82.5 to 91.2).
About Liberal Sr High
Liberal Sr High is a high-enrollment high school for students in Liberal, Kansas. The student body numbers 1,421 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Kansas) has about 410 students.
Liberal Sr High sits within Liberal, which has 8 schools and 4,653 students.
Liberal Sr High's enrollment is 87% Hispanic. Next come 9% White and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 67% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1 at Liberal Sr High, with 91.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, high schools in Kansas have 11.9:1, compared with 15.6:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 86% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Seward County average 86%.
Measured against Kansas public high schools, Liberal Sr High receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Kansas, Liberal Sr High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 11.6% actual against a predicted 20.9%.
In the county around the school, Seward County, the median household income is $63,827, about 11% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Seward County is home to 10 public schools and about 5,115 public school students.
The closest public school to Liberal Sr High is Cottonwood Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 11.6% is below the 18.2% average for nearby schools.
Liberal Sr High falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,390 to 1,421, a small change. Students per teacher fell from 17.6 in 2020-21 to 15.6 in 2024-25.
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Seward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,486
Census ACS
Median income
$63,827
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,115 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberal
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Seymour Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other schools in Liberal
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Seymour Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Cottonwood Elementary School0.6 mi · 500
- Sunflower Elementary School1.3 mi · 570
- Eisenhower Middle School1.4 mi · 516
- MacArthur Elementary School1.5 mi · 386
- Meadowlark Elementary School1.7 mi · 362
- Prairie View Elementary School1.8 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Liberal Sr HighHow large is Liberal Sr High?
Liberal Sr High enrolls approximately 1,421 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Liberal Sr High serve?
Liberal Sr High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberal Sr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberal Sr High is approximately 15.6:1 (91 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberal Sr High?
At Liberal Sr High, the student body is approximately 9% White, 87% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberal Sr High?
Liberal Sr High is overseen by Liberal in Seward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.