LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in LIBERTY, Missouri, one of the schools within LIBERTY 53. Current enrollment sits at 609 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 32% above that benchmark.

Across the 18 schools in LIBERTY 53 (11,826 students total), LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of -4.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM., around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 609). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 81% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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