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Enrollment
674
Middle
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566007784
Liberty Hill Middle School
4500 KIT CARSON TRL, KILLEEN, TX 76542 · (254) 336-1370 · Bell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
411 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 217 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 245 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 31% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Middle School
Liberty Hill Middle School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hill Middle School this school | 674 | 61.0% | 38.4% |
| Charles E Patterson Middle School KILLEEN | 746 | 57.1% | 38.4% |
| Life Middle Waxahachie WAXAHACHIE | 551 | 60.4% | 44.0% |
| Rodriguez Middle School OAK POINT | 612 | 56.2% | 37.6% |
| Iowa Colony Junior High School IOWA COLONY | 699 | 58.4% | 42.4% |
| Springwoods Village Middle School HOUSTON | 590 | 62.7% | 39.2% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #1,018 of 1,635 | #13 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,292 of 1,670 ▼ 194 | #17 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,404 of 1,670 ▼ 358 | #19 of 23 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #1,259 of 1,570 | #17 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #801 of 1,749 | #11 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,155 of 1,542 | #14 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #130 of 1,543 | #7 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #917 of 1,648 | #10 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #327 of 942 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
674
-211 (-24%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 674 | 41.6 | 16.2:1 | 61% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 42.4 | 16.9:1 | 67% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 44.9 | 15.5:1 | 64% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 885 | 50 | 17.7:1 | 51% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 847 | 54 | 15.7:1 | 43% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 868 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 44% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 877 | 57 | 15.4:1 | 38% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 27% (193) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Hill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (847 to 674); teachers down 23% (54 to 41.6).
About Liberty Hill Middle School
In KILLEEN, Texas, Liberty Hill Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 674 students.
KILLEEN ISD runs 55 schools with a combined 42,883 students. Liberty Hill Middle School is one of them.
No group is above 50% at Liberty Hill Middle School; the largest is Black, at 41%. The rest of enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 14% White, 10% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. Among all residents of Bell County, the Black share is about 23%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Liberty Hill Middle School has 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. At Liberty Hill Middle School, 61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Liberty Hill Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of Texas public middle schools.
Liberty Hill Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.4%) and its predicted rate (47.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Bell County show that median household income comes to about $68,865, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Bell County counts 130 public schools with about 71,041 students.
Cedar Valley Elementary School is the nearest public school to Liberty Hill Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Liberty Hill Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Liberty Hill Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Liberty Hill Middle School as City: Mid-size.
The school's student count fell 24% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.7:1 to 16.2:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Liberty Hill Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in KILLEEN
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
- Killeen Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,091 students
Other Liberty Hill Middle schools
One other US public school is named Liberty Hill Middle. Liberty Hill Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Liberty Hill Middle SchoolLIBERTY HILL, TX · 1,050 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Valley Elementary School0.4 mi · 570
- Timber Ridge Elementary School0.4 mi · 717
- Union Grove Middle School1.6 mi · 733
- Maude Moore Wood Elementary School1.7 mi · 728
- Saegert Elementary School1.7 mi · 940
- Mountain View Elementary School1.8 mi · 765
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Hill Middle SchoolHow large is Liberty Hill Middle School?
Liberty Hill Middle School enrolls approximately 674 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Liberty Hill Middle School serve?
Liberty Hill Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Liberty Hill Middle School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Liberty Hill Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty Hill Middle School?
At Liberty Hill Middle School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 31% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Hill Middle School in?
Liberty Hill Middle School is part of KILLEEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.