Liberty Arts Magnet K-8

Liberty Arts Magnet K-8, a modestly sized elementary-level community in Lima, Ohio, overseen by Lima City, caters to 343 students, covering grades K through 8.

Liberty Arts Magnet K-8 is one of 9 schools operated by Lima City, a district that works with 3,370 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Liberty Arts Magnet K-8 shows that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% White, 22% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Allen County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, Allen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,038 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Allen County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,579 students), Liberty Arts Magnet K-8 is one campus in the mix.

Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Arts Magnet K-8.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liberty Arts Magnet K-8 has declined 17%, going from 415 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Liberty Arts Magnet K-8 community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.