LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY

As a big elementary campus in WOODBURY, Minnesota, LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY educates 801 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within South Washington County Schools. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY sits 133% larger than that benchmark.

South Washington County Schools runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 19,578 students. LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 19% Asian, 11% multiracial, 10% Black, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 26%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.2%; this one delivers 71.3%, a residual of +15.1 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $115,345, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY is one of 103 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brookview Elementary, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY has ticked down 12%, going from 909 students in 2018 to 801 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 54% across the same window.

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