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Enrollment
453
Middle
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370048002225
Liberty Middle
529 Enola Road, Morganton, NC 28655 · (828) 437-1330 · Burke County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
450 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 152 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 36% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
53.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
64.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Middle
Liberty Middle's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Middle this school | 453 | 99.3% | 60.9% |
| Morehead City Middle Morehead City | 506 | 99.4% | 64.9% |
| Brevard Middle Brevard | 472 | 99.4% | 54.5% |
| Owen Middle Swannanoa | 457 | 96.7% | 42.4% |
| Table Rock Middle Morganton | 427 | 99.1% | 52.6% |
| East McDowell Middle School Marion | 392 | 99.2% | 42.8% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #121 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #95 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #165 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #346 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #183 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #352 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #162 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #63 of 300 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
453
-53 (-10%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 806
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 99% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 28.9 | 15.9:1 | 99% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 28.2 | 16.2:1 | 58% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 45% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 32.4 | 17.6:1 | 47% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 46% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 47% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 895 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 33% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 806 | 55 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (570 to 453); teachers down 11% (32.4 to 29).
About Liberty Middle
In Morganton, North Carolina, Liberty Middle is a low-enrollment middle school. Federal data show 453 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in North Carolina enroll around 605, and this school is 25% below that mark.
Liberty Middle belongs to Burke County Schools, a district of 26 schools and 11,667 students.
Of every 100 students at Liberty Middle, about 68 are White. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Burke County's residents are about 81% White, 13 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Liberty Middle scores 50%.
The school had 29 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. That is in line with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Liberty Middle earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of North Carolina public middle schools.
A school with Liberty Middle's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.5%. Liberty Middle scores 60.9%, 12.4 points above that line.
For Burke County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $58,592 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Burke County number 30, with about 12,360 students.
North Liberty is less than a tenth of a mile from Liberty Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Liberty Middle ranks 3rd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Liberty Middle as Rural: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 453, from 506 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 16.9:1 to 15.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Burke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
87,795
Census ACS
Median income
$58,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
12,360 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burke County Schools
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,299 students
- East Burke HighHigh · 874 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Patton High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Draughn High SchoolHigh · 661 students
- East Burke MiddleMiddle · 630 students
Other schools in Morganton
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,299 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Patton High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- New DimensionsElementary · 569 students
- Drexel ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Salem ElementaryElementary · 476 students
Other Liberty Middle schools
28 other US public schools in 21 states are named Liberty Middle. Liberty Middle is the 25th largest of the 29.
- Liberty Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,256 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,171 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMadison, AL · 1,103 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLWest Fargo, ND · 1,103 students
- Liberty MiddleClifton, VA · 913 students
Nearby schools
- North Liberty0.1 mi · 72
- Patton High School0.3 mi · 756
- Mull Elementary0.6 mi · 291
- Burke Middle College1.5 mi · 130
- NC School for the Deaf1.9 mi · 64
- NC School for the Deaf1.9 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty MiddleHow many students attend Liberty Middle?
Liberty Middle enrolls approximately 453 students in grades 06-08.
Is Liberty Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Middle is approximately 15.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty Middle?
At Liberty Middle, the student body is approximately 68% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Liberty Middle public or private?
Liberty Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Burke County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.