LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a big elementary school in Bismarck, North Dakota, operated by BISMARCK 1. The school teaches 470 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, North Dakota's public schools average about 212 students each, so LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 122% bigger than that benchmark.

Within BISMARCK 1, which oversees 26 schools and 14,086 students, LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Burleigh County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Burleigh County (around 24%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Burleigh County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,851 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Burleigh County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,427 students), of which LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 24%, going from 616 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 92% to 85% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.