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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Liberty Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WORTHINGTON CITY·NCES 390451304156
Liberty Elementary School
8081 Saddle Run, Powell, OH 43065 · (614) 450-5200 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
138 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 43%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 54% · 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
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.5pp since 2021
Math
80.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.8% | 80.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.1% | 78.3% |
| 2022-23 | 70.5% | 76.7% |
| 2021-22 | 74.2% | 72.8% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 (76.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary School this school | 425 | 32.5% | 76.9% |
| Conneaut Elementary School Bowling Green | 414 | 32.1% | 79.6% |
| Mill Valley Elementary School Marysville | 403 | 29.3% | 74.1% |
| Brown Elementary School Hilliard | 448 | 27.9% | 76.2% |
| Meadowlawn Elementary School Sandusky | 421 | 36.6% | 64.9% |
| Granby Elementary School Columbus | 404 | 36.4% | 69.5% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #314 of 673 | #29 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #349 of 1,569 ▲ 54 | #23 of 199 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #422 of 1,569 ▲ 168 | #36 of 199 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #605 of 1,514 | #93 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #732 of 1,808 | #93 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #331 of 1,582 | #18 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #604 of 1,590 | #144 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #484 of 767 | #51 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #495 of 992 | #85 of 135 |
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
425
-50 (-11%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 425 | 27.7 | 15.3:1 | 32% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 31% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 28.7 | 14.8:1 | 29% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 27 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 27.1 | 18.1:1 | 30% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 35% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 28% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 3% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 32 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (489 to 425); teachers up 2% (27.1 to 27.7).
About Liberty Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Powell, Ohio. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 425 students.
Worthington City (19 schools, 10,874 students) runs Liberty Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Liberty Elementary School, about 71 are White. The school is also 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 59%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Liberty Elementary School scores 47%.
There are about 15.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Liberty Elementary School, which has 27.7. Elementary schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 32%. Public schools in Franklin County average 41%.
Liberty Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (76.9%) and its predicted rate (76.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
For Franklin County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $75,176, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 402 public schools in the county, enrolling about 195,359, Liberty Elementary School among them.
Liberty Elementary School's nearest public school is Sutter Park Preschool (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Liberty Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.6:1 to 15.3:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Worthington City
- Thomas Worthington High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Worthingway Middle SchoolMiddle · 640 students
- Mccord Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Worthington Estates Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Perry Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
Other schools in Powell
- Olentangy Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Olentangy Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,005 students
- Hyatts Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Wyandot Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Liberty Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Indian Springs ElementaryElementary · 721 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary School is the 44th largest of the 69.
- Liberty Elementary SchoolNorth Ridgeville, OH · 624 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 545 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCaledonia, OH · 402 students
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCanton, GA · 977 students
Nearby schools
- Sutter Park Preschool0.1 mi · 321
- Granby Elementary School0.5 mi · 404
- Mccord Middle School0.6 mi · 636
- Worthington Kilbourne High School0.7 mi · 1,623
- Worthington Hills Elementary School0.7 mi · 528
- Olde Sawmill Elementary School0.8 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-05.
Is Liberty Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty Elementary School?
At Liberty Elementary School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Elementary School in?
Liberty Elementary School is part of Worthington City.
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