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LIBERTY H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 39 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LIBERTY H S
Set in LIBERTY, Texas, LIBERTY H S is a medium-sized high school, operated by LIBERTY ISD. It instructs 768 students across grades 9 through 12.
Within LIBERTY ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 2,438 students, LIBERTY H S is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, LIBERTY H S lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 41% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
Looking at school resources, LIBERTY H S lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Liberty County (around 80%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
With demographic context factored in, LIBERTY H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 48.3%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Liberty County indicate median household income runs about $68,703, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LIBERTY H S is one of 41 public schools in Liberty County (combined enrollment of about 27,599 students).
The closest other public school is LIBERTY MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around LIBERTY H S. On composite proficiency, LIBERTY H S comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. LIBERTY H S's enrollment has expanded 29% since 2018, when it stood at 595 (now 768). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 34% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.
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