Liberty Corner School

Liberty Corner School is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, part of Bernards Township School District, caters to 429 students in grades K through 5.

Bernards Township School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,645 students; Liberty Corner School is among them.

Demographically, Liberty Corner School reports that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Somerset County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Liberty Corner School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 4% of students at Liberty Corner School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Somerset County's rate of about 28%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Liberty Corner School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.1%; this one delivers 75.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Somerset County indicate median household income runs about $140,374, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), Liberty Corner School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: William Annin Middle School, around 1.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty Corner School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 71.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Liberty Corner School's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 536 (now 429). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 66% to 52%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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