Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALT LAKE DISTRICT·NCES 490087000666
Liberty School
1090 S ROBERTA ST, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84111 · (801) 578-8180 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Utah public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
468 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 47% · 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
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
11.5%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
12.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.5% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 13.0% | 15.7% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
14.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 11% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 School
Liberty School's state test result (14.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty School this school | 473 | 98.9% | 14.9% |
| Mountain View School SALT LAKE CITY | 629 | 99.2% | 24.9% |
| Meadowlark School SALT LAKE CITY | 434 | 99.1% | 19.0% |
| Parkview School SALT LAKE CITY | 371 | 98.7% | 28.5% |
| Rose Park School SALT LAKE CITY | 358 | 99.4% | 20.2% |
| Backman School SALT LAKE CITY | 396 | 98.2% | 12.3% |
Matched among Utah elementary 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #555 of 562 | #166 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #567 of 578 ▼ 14 | #172 of 180 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #570 of 578 ▲ 1 | #174 of 180 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #357 of 613 | #104 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #120 of 556 | #44 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #13 of 559 | #12 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #10 of 582 | #8 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #387 of 388 | #133 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
473
+82 (+21%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 590
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 | 473 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 18 | 21.0:1 | 99% (374) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 22.5 | 17.4:1 | 99% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 474 | N/A | N/A | 100% (472) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | N/A | N/A | 67% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | 30 | 19.8:1 | 95% (561) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 86% (595) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 23 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty School.
About Liberty School
Liberty School is a medium-sized elementary school based in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Students in pre-K through 6 attend, and enrollment is 473 students.
Federal data list 39 schools in Salt Lake District, with 20,086 students enrolled.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Liberty School, at 52%. The remaining students are 23% White, 9% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% Pacific Islander. Census figures show Salt Lake County is about 21% Hispanic. Liberty School's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 25 full-time-equivalent teachers at Liberty School and a ratio of 18.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 99% of enrollment. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in Salt Lake County.
Liberty School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Liberty School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 14.9%; the prediction is 11.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Salt Lake County show that the median household income is $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Liberty School is one of 325 public schools in the county.
Salt Lake Arts Academy is located about 0.4 miles from Liberty School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Liberty School ranks 4th of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 14.9% against a local average of 54.9%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Liberty School's enrollment climbed from 391 in 2020-21 to 473 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
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Other Liberty schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Liberty. Liberty School is the largest of the 5.
- Liberty SchoolMURRAY, UT · 244 students
- LibertyBraintree, MA · 367 students
- LibertySpringfield, MA · 238 students
- Liberty SchoolJOES, CO · 76 students
Nearby schools
- Salt Lake Arts Academy0.4 mi · 415
- Horizonte Instruction & Training Center0.5 mi · 259
- Whittier School0.7 mi · 500
- Innovations Early College High School0.8 mi · 157
- Hawthorne School0.9 mi · 318
- Emerson School1.2 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty SchoolHow large is Liberty School?
Liberty School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Liberty School serve?
Liberty School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Liberty School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Liberty School.
How diverse is Liberty School?
Liberty School reports a student body of 23% White, 52% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Liberty School public or private?
Liberty School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salt Lake District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.