Liberty Elem

Liberty Elem, a compact elementary-level community in Galena, Kansas, overseen by Galena, instructs 167 students, covering grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Liberty Elem sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

Liberty Elem is one of 5 schools operated by Galena, a district that hosts 825 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Liberty Elem logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Cherokee County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Liberty Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.5%, the actual is 33.7%, a residual of +2.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cherokee County) shows that median household earnings sit near $57,668, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cherokee County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,647 students), Liberty Elem is one campus in the mix.

Galena High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty Elem ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liberty Elem has contracted 16%, going from 199 students in 2018 to 167 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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