Liberty El Sch

As a low-enrollment K-5 school in Liberty, Pennsylvania, Liberty El Sch instructs 185 students from grades K through 6, run under Southern Tioga SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 58% smaller than typical.

Liberty El Sch is one of 5 schools operated by Southern Tioga SD, a district that educates 1,692 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Liberty El Sch shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 3% multiracial. Compared to Tioga County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Liberty El Sch has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Liberty El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tioga County (around 73%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Liberty El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Tioga County indicate median household income runs about $64,899, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Liberty El Sch is one of 14 public schools in Tioga County (combined enrollment of about 5,053 students).

North Penn-Liberty JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Liberty El Sch at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 211 students in 2018 compared to 185 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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