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How has LIBERTY HILL H S changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,156
High
DISTRICT 1,236 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY HILL ISD·NCES 482742003085
Liberty Hill High School
16500 W STATE HWY 29, LIBERTY HILL, TX 78642 · (512) 260-5500 · Williamson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL2,156 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Texas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
137 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
408 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 374 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 659 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 571 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 552 | 26% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 51.0% | 12.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 41.0% | 23.0% | 14.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 61.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 33.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
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 Hill High School
Liberty Hill High School's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hill High School this school | 2,156 | 18.9% | 66.0% |
| Kingwood High School KINGWOOD | 2,877 | 16.9% | 76.3% |
| Wylie High School ABILENE | 1,537 | 17.6% | 73.8% |
| McCallum High School AUSTIN | 1,897 | 23.0% | 76.8% |
| Boerne - Samuel V Champion High School BOERNE | 2,067 | 14.0% | 78.6% |
| Bowie High School AUSTIN | 2,876 | 14.0% | 78.8% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Hill High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #334 of 1,385 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #240 of 1,425 ▲ 31 | #7 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #598 of 1,425 ▼ 51 | #15 of 21 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +36.0pp | #61 of 1,184 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,156 | #265 of 2,107 | #9 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #847 of 1,344 | #13 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #452 of 1,346 | #18 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #1,457 of 1,522 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +92.3% | #31 of 672 | #2 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,156
+659 (+44%) vs 2020
+707% since 1990-91, when it was 267
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 2,156 | 137.4 | 15.7:1 | 19% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 2,213 | 128.5 | 17.2:1 | 19% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 2,001 | 117.7 | 17.0:1 | 23% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 1,497 | 88 | 17.0:1 | 19% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 1,121 | 74.3 | 15.1:1 | 16% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 1,089 | 70 | 15.6:1 | 19% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 22% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 41 | 10.6:1 | 20% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 267 | 24 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Hill High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 92% (1,121 to 2,156); teachers up 85% (74.3 to 137.4).
About Liberty Hill High School
Liberty Hill High School sits in LIBERTY HILL, Texas, and is classified as a high school. School enrollment was 2,156 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Texas average about 796 students.
LIBERTY HILL ISD has a total of 11 schools and 9,836 students, Liberty Hill High School among them.
A majority of students at Liberty Hill High School, 60%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. That is close to the 60% White share among all Williamson County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Liberty Hill High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The school reports 137.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.7 students per teacher. High schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 19% of students. Across public schools in Williamson County, the average is 29%.
Liberty Hill High School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Liberty Hill High School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 66.0% actual, 65.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In the county around the school, Williamson County, median household income is about $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Liberty Hill High School is among the 208 public schools in Williamson County.
The school nearest to Liberty Hill High School is Liberty Hill Elementary School, at a distance of about 2.0 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Liberty Hill High School places 1st of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 1,497 to 2,156. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The ratio was 17.0:1 in 2020-21 and 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIBERTY HILL ISD
- Santa Rita Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,230 students
- Liberty Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,050 students
- Rancho Sienna Elementary SchoolElementary · 770 students
- Bill Burden Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Santa Rita Elementary SchoolElementary · 745 students
- Louine Noble Elementary SchoolElementary · 740 students
Other schools in LIBERTY HILL
- Santa Rita Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,230 students
- Liberty Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,050 students
- Bill Burden Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Santa Rita Elementary SchoolElementary · 745 students
- Louine Noble Elementary SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Liberty Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Hill Elementary School2.0 mi · 736
- Louine Noble Elementary School3.0 mi · 740
- Liberty Hill Middle School3.4 mi · 1,050
- Ki Charter Academy Liberty Hill3.8 mi · 125
- Bill Burden Elementary School4.1 mi · 764
- Legacy Ranch High School4.8 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Hill High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Liberty Hill High School?
Liberty Hill High School enrolls approximately 2,156 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Liberty Hill High School serve?
Liberty Hill High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Hill High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Hill High School is approximately 15.7:1 (137 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Liberty Hill High School?
Student demographics at Liberty Hill High School are roughly 60% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Hill High School in?
Liberty Hill High School is part of LIBERTY HILL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.