LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized middle school in LIBERTY, New York, one of the schools within LIBERTY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 516 students in grades 5 through 8.

LIBERTY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,758 students; LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 32% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sullivan County shows median household earnings sit near $72,382, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sullivan County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,164 students), LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.