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What's the most underrated thing about Liberty Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225002774
Liberty Elementary
25491 Riding Center Drive, South Riding, VA 20152 · (703) 957-4370 · Loudoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
150 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 66%
Community
1
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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 156 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (156).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · 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
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 85.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
86.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 Elementary
Liberty Elementary's state test result (86.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary this school | 813 | 18.5% | 86.8% |
| Waxpool Elementary Ashburn | 678 | 16.7% | 89.9% |
| Elaine E. Thompson Elementary Sterling | 756 | 18.3% | 84.3% |
| Buffalo Trail Elementary Aldie | 756 | 12.2% | 83.5% |
| Creighton's Corner Elementary Ashburn | 824 | 19.9% | 83.4% |
| Cardinal Ridge Elementary Centreville | 834 | 18.9% | 85.1% |
Matched among Virginia 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #121 of 1,101 | #12 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #50 of 1,111 ▲ 51 | #4 of 59 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #124 of 1,111 ▲ 116 | #7 of 59 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #81 of 1,176 | #6 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #372 of 1,105 | #44 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #320 of 1,106 | #23 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.5% | #1,038 of 1,157 | #37 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #114 of 759 | #12 of 46 |
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
813
-143 (-15%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 927
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 813 | 62 | 13.1:1 | 18% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 61.8 | 14.1:1 | 17% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 866 | 59.8 | 14.5:1 | 14% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 956 | 52 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,063 | 53.8 | 19.8:1 | 11% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 1,003 | 49 | 20.5:1 | 10% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 927 | 41 | 22.6:1 | 9% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,063 to 813); teachers up 15% (53.8 to 62).
About Liberty Elementary
Liberty Elementary is a large elementary school located in South Riding, Virginia. The school reports 813 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students.
Liberty Elementary is part of a district of 98 schools: Loudoun County Public Schools, with 81,486 students.
Enrollment at Liberty Elementary is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 49%. It is also 27% White, 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Loudoun County is roughly 22% Asian. Liberty Elementary has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Liberty Elementary employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.1:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 18% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Loudoun County.
The allk12 Grade for Liberty Elementary is A-. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Liberty Elementary is +3.7 points: 86.8% actual, 83.1% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Loudoun County show that median household income is about $181,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Liberty Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Loudoun County, which together enroll about 81,486 students.
Of nearby public schools, Freedom High is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Liberty Elementary is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 956 to 813. Students per teacher fell from 18.4 in 2020-21 to 13.1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Liberty Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Loudoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
432,998
Census ACS
Median income
$181,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
81,486 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Loudoun County Public Schools
- Independence HighHigh · 2,166 students
- Lightridge HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,885 students
- Briar Woods HighHigh · 1,862 students
- John Champe HighHigh · 1,851 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
Other schools in South Riding
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,885 students
- Little River ElementaryElementary · 701 students
- Hutchison Farm ElementaryElementary · 672 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary is the 6th largest of the 69.
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCanton, GA · 977 students
- Liberty ElementaryClarksville, TN · 866 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
- Liberty ElementaryTulare, CA · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom High0.2 mi · 1,885
- Hutchison Farm Elementary0.9 mi · 672
- Buffalo Trail Elementary0.9 mi · 756
- Pinebrook Elementary1.0 mi · 699
- Mercer Middle1.0 mi · 1,459
- J. Michael Lunsford Middle1.4 mi · 1,182
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Liberty Elementary?
Liberty Elementary enrolls approximately 813 students in grades PK-05.
Is Liberty Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Liberty Elementary have?
Liberty Elementary employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Liberty Elementary?
Liberty Elementary reports a student body of 27% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Black, 49% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Elementary in?
Liberty Elementary is part of Loudoun County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.