Enrollment
193
High
DISTRICT 765 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783000391
Liberty High School
299 SIP AVENUE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306 · (201) 714-4373 · Hudson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL193 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of New Jersey public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
133 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 53 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 50 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 21% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · 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
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
90.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -21.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 21 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.9% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 90.4% | 72.7% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+36.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 36 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 High School
Liberty High School's state test result (64.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty High School this school | 193 | 68.9% | 64.6% |
| Innovation High School Jersey City | 301 | 69.8% | 31.0% |
| Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy Trenton | 137 | 47.4% | 49.4% |
| Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts SOMERS POINT | 253 | 74.7% | 14.0% |
| Infinity Institute Jersey City | 265 | 53.2% | 93.5% |
| Bayonne Alternative High School Bayonne | 109 | 56.0% | N/A |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #56 of 397 | #6 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #88 of 400 ▼ 54 | #6 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.9% | #23 of 395 ▲ 10 | #6 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 193 | #390 of 442 | #21 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #73 of 405 | #12 of 22 |
Ranked against other public high 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
193
-23 (-11%) vs 2020
+99% since 2000-01, when it was 97
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 193 | 25 | 7.7:1 | 69% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 26 | 7.2:1 | 55% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 194 | 23 | 8.4:1 | 61% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 25 | 8.6:1 | 64% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 188 | 22 | 8.6:1 | 72% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 22 | 8.9:1 | 67% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 19 | 10.1:1 | 65% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 72% (70) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (188 to 193); teachers up 14% (22 to 25).
About Liberty High School
Liberty High School is a small high school with its address in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. The student body numbers 193 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 79% smaller than that.
Besides Liberty High School, Jersey City Public Schools runs 38 other schools. The district enrolls 24,151 students.
At Liberty High School, the largest share of students is White, at 29%. The next largest groups are 26% Asian, 25% Hispanic, and 18% Black. The White share in Hudson County as a whole is similar, at about 32%. The school's diversity index is 75%, meaning two students picked at random have a 75% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Liberty High School counts 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 7.7 students for each one. On average, high schools in New Jersey have 12.7:1, compared with 7.7:1 here. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
The allk12 Grade for Liberty High School is A. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 28.4%. Liberty High School posts 64.6%, 36.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Within Hudson County, the median household income is $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Hudson County has 130 public schools and roughly 86,216 students.
The school nearest to Liberty High School is The Ethical Community Charter School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Liberty High School is 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment at Liberty High School dropped 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 216 to 193 students.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jersey City Public Schools
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolElementary · 906 students
- Franklin L. Williams SchoolMiddle · 906 students
Other schools in JERSEY CITY
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- BelovED Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,573 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Empowerment Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,272 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
Other Liberty High schools
33 other US public schools in 22 states are named Liberty High. Liberty High School is the 28th largest of the 34.
- Liberty High SchoolHenderson, NV · 3,203 students
- Liberty HighBrentwood, CA · 2,836 students
- Liberty High SchoolBethlehem, PA · 2,541 students
- Liberty HighWinchester, CA · 2,537 students
- Liberty High SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 2,510 students
Nearby schools
- The Ethical Community Charter School0.2 mi · 357
- Mahatma K. Gandhi School0.3 mi · 821
- Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School0.4 mi · 320
- Kindle Education Public Charter School0.5 mi · 87
- Martin Luther King Jr. School0.5 mi · 752
- Jersey City Golden Door Charter School0.7 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty High SchoolHow many students attend Liberty High School?
Liberty High School enrolls approximately 193 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Liberty High School serve?
Liberty High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty High School is approximately 7.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty High School?
At Liberty High School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 25% Hispanic, 18% Black, 26% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty High School?
Liberty High School is overseen by Jersey City Public Schools in Hudson County.
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