Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMASVILLE CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370450001774
Liberty Drive Elementary
401 Liberty Drive, Thomasville, NC 27360 · (336) 474-4186 · Davidson County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- ·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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
303 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 144 | 47% |
| Grade 5 | 162 | 53% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Thomasville City Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
34.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Drive Elementary
Liberty Drive Elementary's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Drive Elementary this school | 306 | 99.0% | 37.1% |
| Forest Hills Global Elementary Wilmington | 340 | 99.1% | 34.9% |
| Burton Elementary Durham | 293 | 99.0% | 63.4% |
| Ibraham Elementary Winston Salem | 357 | 99.2% | 32.6% |
| Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School Gastonia | 374 | 99.2% | 32.6% |
| North Graham Elementary Graham | 362 | 99.2% | 19.1% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Drive Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Davidson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #1,161 of 1,297 | #23 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,173 of 1,296 | #23 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,096 of 1,300 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #1,164 of 1,485 | #21 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,127 of 1,377 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #322 of 1,379 | #6 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #635 of 1,414 | #13 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #265 of 937 | #5 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
306
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 306 | 18.5 | 16.5:1 | 99% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 19 | 18.0:1 | 99% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 17.5 | 20.4:1 | 99% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 23 | 13.6:1 | 99% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 99% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 99% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 88% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 675 | 27 | 25.0:1 | 68% (459) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 25 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Drive Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (387 to 306); teachers down 29% (26 to 18.5).
About Liberty Drive Elementary
Liberty Drive Elementary is a small elementary school in Thomasville, North Carolina, (ZIP code 27360). Federal data show 306 students enrolled in grades 4 through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Liberty Drive Elementary is among 4 schools run by Thomasville City Schools, which serves 2,149 students.
The student body at Liberty Drive Elementary has no majority group. Black students lead at 40%. Enrollment also includes 38% Hispanic, 13% White, and 7% multiracial. In Davidson County overall, about 9% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
Liberty Drive Elementary has 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.5:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at Liberty Drive Elementary. The gap from the 76% average for public schools in Davidson County is 23 points.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Liberty Drive Elementary outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Liberty Drive Elementary scores 37.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.6%.
For Davidson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $64,172, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 49 public schools in the county, enrolling about 23,696, Liberty Drive Elementary among them.
Of the public schools around it, Liberty Drive Elementary is closest to Thomasville Primary, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Liberty Drive Elementary ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Liberty Drive Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show 313 students in 2020-21 and 306 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.6:1 to 16.5:1.
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Davidson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
172,954
Census ACS
Median income
$64,172
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
23,696 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Thomasville City Schools
- Thomasville PrimaryElementary · 753 students
- Thomasville HighHigh · 590 students
- Thomasville MiddleMiddle · 500 students
- Bulldog AcademyElementary
Other schools in Thomasville
- Ledford Senior HighHigh · 776 students
- Thomasville PrimaryElementary · 753 students
- East Davidson HighHigh · 709 students
- Ledford MiddleMiddle · 651 students
- Thomasville HighHigh · 590 students
- E Lawson Brown MiddleMiddle · 560 students
Nearby schools
- Thomasville Primary0.3 mi · 753
- Thomasville High1.7 mi · 590
- Thomasville Middle1.7 mi · 500
- Fair Grove Elementary2.3 mi · 524
- East Davidson High2.8 mi · 709
- E Lawson Brown Middle3.0 mi · 560
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Drive ElementaryHow large is Liberty Drive Elementary?
Liberty Drive Elementary enrolls approximately 306 students in grades 04-05.
Is Liberty Drive Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Drive Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Drive Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Drive Elementary is approximately 16.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Liberty Drive Elementary?
Student demographics at Liberty Drive Elementary are roughly 13% White, 38% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Drive Elementary in?
Liberty Drive Elementary is part of Thomasville City Schools.
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