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How has Liberty High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,459
High
DISTRICT 1,460 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO SD 1J·NCES 410002301585
Liberty High School
7445 NE Wagon Dr, Hillsboro, OR 97124 · (503) 844-1250 · Washington County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,459 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Oregon public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
988 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 375 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 368 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 364 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 352 | 24% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 59% · 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
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -9.9pp since 2023
Math
13.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 13.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 16.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 High School
Liberty High School's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty High School this school | 1,459 | 67.7% | 30.0% |
| Glencoe High School Hillsboro | 1,492 | 67.9% | 27.4% |
| Hillsboro High School Hillsboro | 1,327 | 67.7% | 19.9% |
| Hood River Valley High School Hood River | 1,174 | 71.1% | 32.6% |
| Century High School Hillsboro | 1,563 | 68.4% | 35.3% |
| Tualatin High School Tualatin | 1,687 | 58.2% | 28.1% |
Matched among Oregon high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #88 of 177 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #124 of 194 ▼ 25 | #16 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #86 of 201 ▼ 29 | #14 of 19 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,459 | #40 of 257 | #11 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #116 of 171 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #20 of 171 | #7 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #121 of 207 | #5 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #73 of 102 | #8 of 13 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,459
+18 (+1%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 1,290
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 1,459 | 69.4 | 21.0:1 | 68% (988) |
| 2023-24 | 1,435 | 68.4 | 21.0:1 | 52% (750) |
| 2022-23 | 1,454 | 71.8 | 20.3:1 | 45% (661) |
| 2020-21 | 1,441 | 60 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,534 | 66.5 | 23.1:1 | 36% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 1,558 | 64 | 24.3:1 | 37% (575) |
| 2010-11 | 1,290 | 57 | 22.6:1 | 47% (608) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,534 to 1,459); teachers up 4% (66.5 to 69.4).
About Liberty High School
Liberty High School is a large high school that serves part of Hillsboro, Oregon. The school counted 1,459 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 132% larger than the average of about 630 students for high schools in Oregon.
Liberty High School is part of Hillsboro SD 1J, where 37 schools serve 18,465 students.
About 44% of students at Liberty High School are Hispanic, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 38% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Washington County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 25 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Liberty High School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 21.0:1 is based on 69.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Oregon is 19.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Washington County report 57%.
Liberty High School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Oregon public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Liberty High School is -6.3 points: 30.0% actual, 36.3% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Washington County, the median household earns about $107,772 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Washington County has 136 public schools with about 79,469 students, including Liberty High School.
Lenox Elementary School sits about 0.5 miles from Liberty High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Liberty High School ranks 9th on proficiency.
NCES assigns Liberty High School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,441 in 2020-21 and 1,459 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 21.0:1, from 24.0:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. You can also rate the school on this page.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillsboro SD 1J
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- J W Poynter Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- South Meadows Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
Other schools in Hillsboro
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Beaverton Academy of Science and EngineeringHigh · 852 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- J W Poynter Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Other Liberty High schools
33 other US public schools in 22 states are named Liberty High. Liberty High School is the 11th largest of the 34.
- Liberty High SchoolHenderson, NV · 3,203 students
- Liberty HighBrentwood, CA · 2,836 students
- Liberty High SchoolBethlehem, PA · 2,541 students
- Liberty HighWinchester, CA · 2,537 students
- Liberty High SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 2,510 students
Nearby schools
- Lenox Elementary School0.5 mi · 363
- West Union Elementary School1.4 mi · 311
- Rock Creek Elementary School1.9 mi · 398
- Westview High School2.0 mi · 2,423
- Quatama Elementary School2.1 mi · 483
- Orenco Elementary School2.4 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty High SchoolHow large is Liberty High School?
Liberty High School enrolls approximately 1,459 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Liberty High School serve?
Liberty High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty High School is approximately 21.0:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty High School?
At Liberty High School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Liberty High School public or private?
Liberty High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hillsboro SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.