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Liberty High
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 320 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 307 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 322 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 364 | 28% |
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 67.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,313 | 96 | 13.7:1 | 42% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 1,360 | 99.9 | 13.6:1 | 44% (603) |
| 2022-23 | 1,370 | 102.3 | 13.4:1 | 45% (611) |
| 2017-18 | 1,271 | 109.9 | 11.6:1 | 33% (421) |
About Liberty High
Liberty High is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Bealeton, Virginia. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,313 students.
Fauquier County Public Schools operates 18 schools. Combined enrollment is 10,861 students.
White students form the largest group at Liberty High, 49% of enrollment. Other groups make up 34% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 80% of Fauquier County residents are White.
Dividing enrollment by its 96 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.7:1. High schools in Virginia average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Liberty High reports 42% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Fauquier County average 33%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Liberty High would score about 76.6%. It scores 62.4%, 14.2 points below that figure.
Census estimates describe Fauquier County this way: median household income is about $130,189, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Fauquier County number 22 and enroll about 10,861.
The shortest distance from Liberty High to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Grace Miller Elementary. The five-mile area around Liberty High holds 3 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 62.9%, higher than Liberty High's 62.4%.
Locale data from NCES put Liberty High in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,271 in 2017-18 and 1,313 in 2024-25, a 3% rise. The largest shift in the student mix was in the White share, which fell from 65% to 49%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.7:1.
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Fauquier County at a glance
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