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LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL is a big high school in LIBERTY, Missouri, run under LIBERTY 53. The school works with 2,262 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 351% larger than typical.
Within LIBERTY 53, which oversees 18 schools and 11,826 students, LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Clay County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.4%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Clay County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $88,468 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL is one of 80 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students).
Nearest neighbor: WARREN HILLS ELEM., around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL has increased 21%, going from 1,868 students in 2018 to 2,262 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 76% across the same window.
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