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How has Liberty Tree Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
727
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLENTANGY LOCAL·NCES 390467605386
Liberty Tree Elementary School
6877 Sawmill Parkway, Powell, OH 43065 · (740) 657-5600 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
74 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
84.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.0pp since 2021
Math
86.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.6% | 86.3% |
| 2023-24 | 88.6% | 87.0% |
| 2022-23 | 90.2% | 89.0% |
| 2021-22 | 89.7% | 83.3% |
% 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
86.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Tree Elementary School
Liberty Tree Elementary School's state test result (86.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Tree Elementary School this school | 727 | 10.2% | 86.7% |
| Indian Springs Elementary Powell | 721 | 9.2% | 86.5% |
| Shale Meadows Elementary School Lewis Center | 724 | 9.4% | 89.8% |
| Abraham Depp Elementary Plain City | 902 | 3.7% | 86.5% |
| Kings Mills Elementary School Kings Mills | 567 | 16.9% | 82.8% |
| Cheshire Elementary Delaware | 508 | 11.6% | 87.5% |
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 Tree Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.7% | #102 of 673 | #11 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #184 of 1,569 ▼ 43 | #10 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #151 of 1,569 ▼ 59 | #13 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #396 of 1,514 | #18 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #125 of 1,808 | #3 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,409 of 1,582 | #29 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #343 of 1,590 | #10 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.2% | #717 of 767 | #23 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.3% | #143 of 561 | #2 of 15 |
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
727
+138 (+23%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 727 | 34.1 | 21.4:1 | 10% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 30.2 | 22.1:1 | 9% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 32 | 23.5:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 30 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 27.1 | 21.4:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 29 | 21.1:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 32 | 22.1:1 | 4% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Tree Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (580 to 727); teachers up 26% (27.1 to 34.1).
About Liberty Tree Elementary School
Liberty Tree Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Powell, Ohio. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 727 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students, which makes this school 80% bigger than average.
Olentangy Local counts 29 schools and 24,133 students, including Liberty Tree Elementary School.
The largest group at Liberty Tree Elementary School is White students, at 53%. The remaining students are 31% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Among people living in Delaware County, the White share is about 80%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Liberty Tree Elementary School scores 61%.
The school's 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Income data for the school show 10% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Delaware County average 20%.
In Ohio, Liberty Tree Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 86.7% actual against a predicted 85.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Delaware County show that median household income comes to about $133,540, roughly 59% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Delaware County counts 59 public schools with about 44,100 students.
Hyatts Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Liberty Tree Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Liberty Tree Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 86.7% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Liberty Tree Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 727, compared with 589 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 19.6:1 to 21.4:1.
This page is set up for the Liberty Tree Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olentangy Local
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- Olentangy Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Olentangy High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Olentangy Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
- Olentangy Shanahan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 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
- Indian Springs ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Scioto Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
Nearby schools
- Hyatts Middle School0.1 mi · 835
- Olentangy Liberty High School0.6 mi · 1,847
- Indian Springs Elementary0.7 mi · 721
- Olentangy Liberty Middle School1.5 mi · 1,005
- Wyandot Run Elementary School1.6 mi · 733
- Scioto Ridge Elementary School2.9 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Tree Elementary SchoolHow large is Liberty Tree Elementary School?
Liberty Tree Elementary School enrolls approximately 727 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Liberty Tree Elementary School serve?
Liberty Tree Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Tree Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Tree Elementary School is approximately 21.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty Tree Elementary School?
At Liberty Tree Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 31% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Liberty Tree Elementary School public or private?
Liberty Tree Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olentangy Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.