Liberty Preparatory School

Located at 243 N Milton St, in Smithville, Ohio, Liberty Preparatory School is a tiny four-year high school that instructs 46 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Liberty Preparatory School. That puts it 92% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Liberty Preparatory School is the operating authority for Liberty Preparatory School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Liberty Preparatory School records that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

In terms of school funding signals, Liberty Preparatory School shows 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Liberty Preparatory School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.5%; actual is 21.3%, a gap of -41.3 points.

Around the school, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $73,574, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Wayne County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,479 students), of which Liberty Preparatory School is one.

Green Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Preparatory School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty Preparatory School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 71.0%.

The school occupies a town-based site. As a public charter, Liberty Preparatory School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Liberty Preparatory School's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 50 (now 46). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 96% to 78%.

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