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What's the most underrated thing about Liberty Junior School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
681
Middle
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKOTA LOCAL·NCES 390461102439
Liberty Junior School
7055 Dutchland Blvd, Liberty Township, OH 45044 · (513) 777-4420 · Butler County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Ohio public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
154 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 43%
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 7 | 346 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 335 | 49% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
82.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +8.8pp since 2021
Math
82.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 82.9% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 76.3% |
| 2022-23 | 75.2% | 72.9% |
| 2021-22 | 73.9% | 70.0% |
% 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
81.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Junior School
Liberty Junior School's state test result (81.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Junior School this school | 681 | 22.6% | 81.6% |
| Gahanna East Middle School Gahanna | 660 | 20.6% | 81.0% |
| Kings Junior High School Kings Mills | 730 | 24.2% | 79.0% |
| Mccord Middle School Columbus | 636 | 26.1% | 76.8% |
| Copley-Fairlawn Middle School Copley | 850 | 26.2% | 81.4% |
| Lee Burneson Middle School Westlake | 501 | 24.2% | 81.1% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Junior School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #69 of 316 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #92 of 637 ▲ 83 | #1 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #69 of 637 ▲ 28 | #1 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.8pp | #48 of 629 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #135 of 654 | #8 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #505 of 577 | #12 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #167 of 579 | #10 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #257 of 319 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #277 of 410 | #7 of 11 |
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
681
-114 (-14%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 681 | 33.5 | 20.3:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 28.9 | 24.8:1 | 22% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 27.9 | 26.9:1 | 16% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 795 | 33 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 32.5 | 22.7:1 | 13% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 33 | 24.1:1 | 16% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 806 | 38 | 21.2:1 | 16% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 790 | 59 | 13.4:1 | 3% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 736 | 44 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Junior School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (738 to 681); teachers up 3% (32.5 to 33.5).
About Liberty Junior School
Liberty Junior School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Liberty Township, Ohio, (ZIP code 45044). A federal count lists 681 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Ohio is about 482, so this school runs 41% larger than that.
Liberty Junior School is among 22 schools run by Lakota Local, which serves 17,853 students.
Liberty Junior School's enrollment is 70% White. The next largest groups are 11% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Liberty Junior School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
The school has about 20.3 students per teacher and 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Ohio is 17.0:1, lower than at this school. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in Butler County.
The allk12 Grade for Liberty Junior School is A. Compared with Ohio public middle schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 80.3% for a school in Ohio with Liberty Junior School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Liberty Junior School posts 81.6%.
Within Butler County, median household income is about $81,590, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 90 public schools in Butler County, with a combined enrollment of about 59,107.
The shortest distance from Liberty Junior School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Woodland Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Liberty Junior School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Liberty Junior School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 795 in 2020-21 and 681 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.1:1 to 20.3:1.
Discussions about Liberty Junior School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
392,876
Census ACS
Median income
$81,590
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
59,107 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakota Local
- Lakota West High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Lakota East High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolElementary · 791 students
- Lakota Plains Junior SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Endeavor Elementary SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Hopewell Early Childhood SchoolElementary · 727 students
Other schools in Liberty Township
- Lakota East High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Lakota Plains Junior SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- VanGorden Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 605 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Elementary School0.1 mi · 605
- Lakota East High School1.0 mi · 2,660
- Independence Elementary School1.4 mi · 608
- Liberty Early Childhood School1.7 mi · 407
- Union Elementary School2.0 mi · 682
- VanGorden Preschool2.4 mi · 195
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Junior SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Liberty Junior School?
Liberty Junior School enrolls approximately 681 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Liberty Junior School serve?
Liberty Junior School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Junior School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Junior School is approximately 20.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Liberty Junior School?
Student demographics at Liberty Junior School are roughly 70% White, 7% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Junior School in?
Liberty Junior School is part of Lakota Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.