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Enrollment
742
Middle
DISTRICT 729 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486021042
Liberty Middle School
1212 S FIR ST, PHARR, TX 78577 · (956) 354-2610 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL742 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
697 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 233 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 243 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 36% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 2% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Middle School
Liberty Middle School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Middle School this school | 742 | 93.9% | 43.5% |
| R Yzaguirre Middle School SAN JUAN | 736 | 95.1% | 39.6% |
| Veterans Middle School RIO GRANDE CITY | 734 | 95.1% | 41.6% |
| Lamar Bruni Vergara Middle School LAREDO | 757 | 92.7% | 45.8% |
| Oliveira Middle School BROWNSVILLE | 699 | 94.8% | 40.9% |
| Alton Memorial Junior High School ALTON | 819 | 93.7% | 34.4% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #769 of 1,635 | #24 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #868 of 1,670 ▼ 102 | #30 of 54 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #756 of 1,670 ▲ 162 | #25 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #864 of 1,570 | #36 of 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #672 of 1,749 | #22 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #140 of 1,542 | #12 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.9% | #1,491 of 1,543 | #29 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #140 of 1,648 | #16 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #469 of 942 | #23 of 44 |
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
742
-99 (-12%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,151
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 742 | 62.7 | 11.8:1 | 94% (697) |
| 2023-24 | 795 | 65.1 | 12.2:1 | 98% (778) |
| 2022-23 | 795 | 64.1 | 12.4:1 | 93% (741) |
| 2020-21 | 841 | 70 | 12.0:1 | 92% (777) |
| 2017-18 | 879 | 70.2 | 12.5:1 | 87% (768) |
| 2015-16 | 1,031 | 71 | 14.5:1 | 81% (834) |
| 2010-11 | 932 | 60 | 15.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 60 | 13.2:1 | 59% (466) |
| 1990-91 | 1,151 | 59 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (879 to 742); teachers down 11% (70.2 to 62.7).
About Liberty Middle School
Liberty Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in PHARR, Texas. It had 742 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD is the local district for Liberty Middle School. It runs 44 schools with 29,749 students.
Hispanic students are 99% of those enrolled at Liberty Middle School. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 2%.
The school had 62.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is 14.4:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 94%. That is 9 points above the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Liberty Middle School is +9.9 points: 43.5% actual, 33.6% predicted.
For the population of Hidalgo County, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Across Hidalgo County, 364 public schools serve about 212,859 students.
Of the public schools around it, Liberty Middle School is closest to Kelly-Pharr Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Liberty Middle School is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 742, down from 841 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Liberty Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD
- Psja Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- Psja North Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Psja Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Psja Southwest Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
Other schools in PHARR
- Psja North Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Vanguard RembrandtCombined · 1,978 students
- Psja Southwest Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Vanguard Van GoghCombined · 1,048 students
- Lyndon B Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
Other Liberty Middle schools
28 other US public schools in 21 states are named Liberty Middle. Liberty Middle School is the 14th largest of the 29.
- Liberty Middle SchoolLIBERTY, TX · 534 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,256 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,171 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMadison, AL · 1,103 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLWest Fargo, ND · 1,103 students
Nearby schools
- Kelly-Pharr Elementary School0.3 mi · 587
- Vanguard Picasso0.4 mi · 572
- Psja Collegiate School of Health Professions0.7 mi · 340
- Psja Early College High School0.8 mi · 2,300
- Vanguard Rembrandt0.8 mi · 1,978
- Elvis J Ballew High School0.8 mi · 136
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Middle SchoolHow large is Liberty Middle School?
Liberty Middle School enrolls approximately 742 students in grades 06-08.
Is Liberty Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Middle School is approximately 11.8:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Liberty Middle School?
Student demographics at Liberty Middle School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees Liberty Middle School?
Liberty Middle School is overseen by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.