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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NYACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362148003050
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
142 LAKE RD, VALLEY COTTAGE, NY 10989 · (845) 353-7240 · Rockland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of New York 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.
- C+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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
168 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 58%
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 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within NYACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 50.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for New York 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 New York'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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 452 | 37.2% | 53.0% |
| RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUFFERN | 437 | 35.5% | 41.7% |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOHEGAN LAKE | 411 | 35.3% | 63.4% |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL KINGSTON | 492 | 37.8% | 31.3% |
| SOUTH COUNTRY SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 496 | 43.1% | 38.8% |
| BROOKHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKHAVEN | 515 | 41.4% | 33.5% |
Matched among New York 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,048 of 2,335 | #15 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,080 of 2,342 ▲ 217 | #16 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,039 of 2,343 ▼ 305 | #15 of 33 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #1,064 of 2,585 | #14 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,087 of 2,338 | #20 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #437 of 2,388 | #17 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #1,771 of 2,534 | #15 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #1,288 of 1,757 | #6 of 18 |
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
452
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 452 | 39.2 | 11.6:1 | 37% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 39.1 | 11.5:1 | 39% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 36.6 | 11.7:1 | 47% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 46% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 49% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 38% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 39 | 11.3:1 | 29% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 21% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 32 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in VALLEY COTTAGE, New York, as a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 452 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
NYACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 5 schools and 2,820 students.
About 50% of the student body at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic. The remaining students are 27% White, 11% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Rockland County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. A total of 168 students, or 37%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Rockland County is 48%.
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.3% for LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 53.0%, 8.4 points below the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Rockland County show that the median household earns about $109,959 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Rockland County, 66 public schools serve about 41,335 students.
The closest school to LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is VALLEY COTTAGE SCHOOL, located about 1.1 miles away. LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 53.0% versus a 71.0% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 435 (2020-21) to 452 (2024-25).
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NYACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NYACK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 945 students
- NYACK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 644 students
- UPPER NYACK SCHOOLElementary · 395 students
- VALLEY COTTAGE SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
Other schools in VALLEY COTTAGE
- VALLEY COTTAGE SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 41st largest of the 69.
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLIBERTY, NY · 664 students
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCanton, GA · 977 students
- Liberty ElementaryClarksville, TN · 866 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
Nearby schools
- VALLEY COTTAGE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 384
- NYACK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 945
- UPPER NYACK SCHOOL2.0 mi · 395
- LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 441
- STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 314
- CLARKSTOWN NORTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,209
Frequently asked questions
About LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 27% White, 50% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NYACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.