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Does Liberty Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANDOLPH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM·NCES 370378001523
Liberty Elementary School
206 N Fayetteville St, Liberty, NC 27298 · (336) 622-2253 · Randolph County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
408 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 82%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
40.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary School this school | 411 | 99.3% | 45.2% |
| Glendale-Kenly Elementary Kenly | 433 | 99.3% | 55.1% |
| Chapel Grove Elementary Gastonia | 382 | 99.2% | 46.4% |
| Clear Creek Elementary Hendersonville | 435 | 99.3% | 66.7% |
| Bruce H. Tharrington Primary Mount Airy | 432 | 99.3% | N/A |
| Grantham Elementary Goldsboro | 442 | 99.3% | 65.4% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Randolph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #949 of 1,297 | #14 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #986 of 1,296 | #15 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #942 of 1,300 | #13 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #866 of 1,485 | #9 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #965 of 1,377 | #22 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #629 of 1,379 | #6 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #432 of 1,414 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #616 of 937 | #10 of 17 |
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
411
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 411 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 99% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 31.5 | 12.2:1 | 99% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 29.1 | 14.3:1 | 77% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 56% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 66% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 70% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 65% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 46% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 41 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (453 to 411); teachers down 13% (30 to 26).
About Liberty Elementary School
In Liberty, North Carolina, Liberty Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 411 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Randolph County School System counts 14,994 students in its 32 schools, and Liberty Elementary School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Liberty Elementary School is 52% White. The school is also 32% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 7% Black. That is lower than the 78% White share among all Randolph County residents. By the diversity index, Liberty Elementary School comes in at 62%.
Staffing totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. That ratio is over the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Liberty Elementary School is 99%. The gap from the 84% average for public schools in Randolph County is 15 points.
The allk12 Grade for Liberty Elementary School is C. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 28% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Liberty Elementary School, the prediction is 48.5% and the result is 45.2%.
In Randolph County (population about 146,348), median household income is about $61,022, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 42 public schools operate in Randolph County, serving about 21,656 students.
Of nearby public schools, Northeastern Randolph Middle School is the closest, at about 4.8 miles. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Liberty Elementary School comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Liberty Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 419 in 2020-21 and 411 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 13.5:1 to 15.8:1.
The Liberty Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Randolph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,348
Census ACS
Median income
$61,022
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
21,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Randolph County School System
- Randleman High SchoolHigh · 870 students
- Southwestern Randolph High SchoolHigh · 801 students
- Randleman Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Trinity High SchoolHigh · 675 students
- Wheatmore High SchoolHigh · 667 students
Other schools in Liberty
- Northeastern Randolph Middle SchoolMiddle · 476 students
- Nathanael Greene ElementaryElementary · 263 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary School is the 47th largest of the 69.
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCanton, GA · 977 students
- Liberty ElementaryClarksville, TN · 866 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
- Liberty ElementaryTulare, CA · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Northeastern Randolph Middle School4.8 mi · 476
- Nathanael Greene Elementary6.6 mi · 263
- Eastern Randolph High School7.4 mi · 586
- Grays Chapel Elementary School7.6 mi · 446
- Sylvan Elementary7.7 mi · 298
- Providence Grove High School8.0 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Elementary SchoolHow large is Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
Is Liberty Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Liberty Elementary School have?
Liberty Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Liberty Elementary School?
Student demographics at Liberty Elementary School are roughly 52% White, 32% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School is overseen by Randolph County School System in Randolph County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.