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Liberty Middle
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsWhat this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Liberty Middle
Located at 125 Falcon Lane, in Liberty, South Carolina, Liberty Middle is a close-knit intermediate school that works with 458 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Pickens 01. Compared to the state average of about 622 students per school, that is 26% below typical.
Liberty Middle is one of 23 schools operated by Pickens 01, a district that educates 16,313 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Liberty Middle logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Pickens County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Liberty Middle has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Pickens County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,064 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pickens County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,866 students), of which Liberty Middle is one.
Nearest neighbor: Liberty Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Liberty Middle's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 531 (now 458). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.
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Pickens County at a glance
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