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How has LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY 53·NCES 291854002863
LIBERTY OAKS ELEM.
8150 N FARLEY AVE, KANSAS CITY, MO 64158 · (816) 736-5600 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
148 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 52% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -7.2pp since 2021
Math
35.4%
MO avg 43.8% . -4.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 28.2% | 35.8% | 22.1% |
| Math | 14.5% | 20.9% | 25.0% | 39.5% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 36.9% |
| 2022-23 | 44.8% | 39.9% |
| 2021-22 | 49.1% | 40.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 LIBERTY OAKS ELEM.
LIBERTY OAKS ELEM.'s state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. this school | 496 | 29.8% | 39.2% |
| SOUTHEAST ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 548 | 31.8% | 47.9% |
| TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL KANSAS CITY | 484 | 29.8% | 37.4% |
| HENDERSON ELEM. ST CHARLES | 653 | 30.5% | 59.4% |
| PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 437 | 33.0% | 42.2% |
| HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 483 | 29.6% | 49.7% |
Matched among Missouri elementary 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 LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #546 of 1,002 | #32 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #667 of 1,019 ▼ 55 | #36 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #544 of 1,018 ▼ 86 | #31 of 41 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.1pp | #164 of 943 | #6 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #165 of 1,294 | #13 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #420 of 950 | #13 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #168 of 953 | #17 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #940 of 1,165 | #29 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #611 of 684 | #32 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
496
0 (0%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 496 | 39.4 | 12.6:1 | 30% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 40.4 | 12.7:1 | 31% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 37.3 | 14.0:1 | 31% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 24% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 35.5 | 14.4:1 | 22% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 21% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 14% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LIBERTY OAKS ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (513 to 496); teachers up 11% (35.5 to 39.4).
About LIBERTY OAKS ELEM.
LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. is a public elementary school run by LIBERTY 53 in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 496 students. Elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students, which makes this school 57% larger than average.
Across its 18 schools, LIBERTY 53 enrolls 11,826 students. LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. is White: 59%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 79% White. The diversity index for LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. The school has 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is close to this figure. In all, 30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Missouri public elementary schools.
LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.2%, compared with a predicted 48.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Clay County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $88,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 80 public schools and about 41,553 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR., is about 0.7 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 496 in 2020-21 and 496 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (14.2:1).
The LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIBERTY 53
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,262 students
- LIBERTY HIGHHigh · 1,842 students
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 809 students
- SHOAL CREEK ELEM.Elementary · 795 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 678 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Nearby schools
- EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR.0.7 mi · 45
- SHOAL CREEK ELEM.1.2 mi · 795
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 678
- EPIC ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 293
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLE1.3 mi · 809
- LIBERTY HIGH1.4 mi · 1,842
Frequently asked questions
About LIBERTY OAKS ELEM.How many students attend LIBERTY OAKS ELEM.?
LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-05.
Is LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at LIBERTY OAKS ELEM.?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at LIBERTY OAKS ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at LIBERTY OAKS ELEM.?
At LIBERTY OAKS ELEM., the student body is approximately 59% White, 14% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. public or private?
LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by LIBERTY 53.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.