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LIBERTY EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Texas 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 Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LIBERTY EL
As a reasonably sized K-5 school in AZLE, Texas, LIBERTY EL works with 540 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within AZLE ISD.
LIBERTY EL is one of 12 schools operated by AZLE ISD, a district that serves 7,304 students overall.
Looking at the student body, LIBERTY EL records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LIBERTY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 36.2%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) records that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), LIBERTY EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: W E HOOVER EL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LIBERTY EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.8%.
LIBERTY EL operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 491 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Tarrant County at a glance
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