Liberty Middle School

Set in Newark, Ohio, Liberty Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school, operated by Newark City. It caters to 456 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 14 schools in Newark City (5,805 students total), Liberty Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Liberty Middle School shows that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 10% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Licking County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Licking County) reports that median household income runs about $84,426, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Licking County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students), Liberty Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Legend Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Liberty Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 479 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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