Liberty Middle

Liberty Middle is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Ashland, Virginia, part of Hanover County Public Schools. The school teaches 910 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 750.

Across the 24 schools in Hanover County Public Schools (17,434 students total), Liberty Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Liberty Middle records that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Hanover County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Hanover County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Liberty Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.9%, the actual is 73.1%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Hanover County shows median household earnings sit near $112,805, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Hanover County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,434 students), of which Liberty Middle is one.

Patrick Henry High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Liberty Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 77.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Liberty Middle's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,071 (now 910). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 9% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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