Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN TIOGA SD·NCES 422237004062
Liberty Elementary School
8622 Route 414, Liberty, PA 16930 · (570) 324-2521 · Tioga County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
94 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
44.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +12.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 32.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary School this school | 185 | 50.8% | 47.0% |
| Carl G Renn Elementary School Lairdsville | 181 | 49.7% | 54.0% |
| Joe Walker Elementary School Washington | 199 | 52.8% | 68.3% |
| Spring Farms Elementary School Three Springs | 174 | 54.6% | 41.6% |
| Penn Cambria Primary School Lilly | 175 | 54.3% | N/A |
| Salladasburg Elementary School Jersey Shore | 217 | 50.2% | 48.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Tioga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #939 of 1,396 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #907 of 1,511 ▲ 177 | #4 of 7 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #768 of 1,511 ▲ 113 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #1,554 of 1,638 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #984 of 1,600 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #551 of 1,045 | #4 of 7 |
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
185
+15 (+9%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 185 | 17 | 10.9:1 | 51% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 168 | 16 | 10.5:1 | 56% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 18 | 9.7:1 | 53% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | 17 | 10.0:1 | 54% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 211 | 16.4 | 12.9:1 | 48% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 216 | 19 | 11.4:1 | 45% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 49% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 269 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 33% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (211 to 185); teachers up 4% (16.4 to 17).
About Liberty Elementary School
This page covers Liberty Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Liberty, Pennsylvania. The school's 185 students are in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 58% lower than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Southern Tioga SD runs Liberty Elementary School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 1,692 students in total.
At Liberty Elementary School, White students make up 96% of the student body. Smaller groups are 3% multiracial. The county population is about 96% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Liberty Elementary School comes in at 7%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1 at Liberty Elementary School, with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 51% of enrollment. It compares with 73% for public schools in Tioga County.
allk12 grades Liberty Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Liberty Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (47.0%) and its predicted rate (55.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In the county around the school, Tioga County, median household income is about $64,899, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 14 public schools operate in Tioga County, serving about 5,053 students.
The shortest distance from Liberty Elementary School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to North Penn-Liberty JSHS. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Liberty Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Liberty Elementary School is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 170 to 185.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,945
Census ACS
Median income
$64,899
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southern Tioga SD
- North Penn-Mansfield JSHSHigh · 544 students
- Warren L Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- North Penn-Liberty JSHSHigh · 247 students
- Blossburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 194 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary School is the 66th largest of the 69.
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCanton, GA · 977 students
- Liberty ElementaryClarksville, TN · 866 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
- Liberty ElementaryTulare, CA · 861 students
Nearby schools
- North Penn-Liberty JSHS0.1 mi · 247
- Blossburg Elementary School8.8 mi · 194
- Canton JSHS15.5 mi · 372
- Canton Area Elementary School15.8 mi · 431
- Don Gill Elementary School15.9 mi · 287
- Charlotte Lappla Elementary School15.9 mi · 156
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Elementary SchoolHow large is Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School enrolls approximately 185 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Liberty Elementary School serve?
Liberty Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Liberty Elementary School have?
Liberty Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Liberty Elementary School?
Student demographics at Liberty Elementary School are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty Elementary School?
Liberty Elementary School is overseen by Southern Tioga SD in Tioga County.
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