Liberty High

Liberty High is one of the tight-knit secondary schools in Bedford, Virginia, one of the schools within Bedford County Public Schools, with 708 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so Liberty High sits 42% leaner than that benchmark.

Bedford County Public Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 8,930 students; Liberty High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Liberty High reports that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 11% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Bedford County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Liberty High records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bedford County (around 59%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Liberty High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.4%; this one delivers 64.4%.

In the broader community, Bedford County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,937, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Bedford County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,930 students), of which Liberty High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Liberty Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Liberty High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 74.2%.

Liberty High operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Liberty High's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 812 (now 708).

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