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What's something LIBERTY MIDDLE does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
518
Middle
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEDFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510036000143
Liberty Middle
1237 Lacey Putney Way, Bedford, VA 24523 · (540) 586-7735 · Bedford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
450 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 172 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 181 | 35% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
75.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +15.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +17.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 17 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Middle
Liberty Middle's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Middle this school | 518 | 86.9% | 72.4% |
| Tunstall Middle Dry Fork | 609 | 86.0% | 76.8% |
| Shelburne Middle Staunton | 583 | 84.0% | 66.8% |
| Covington Middle Covington | 594 | 82.3% | 55.0% |
| Gretna Middle Gretna | 385 | 84.9% | 70.4% |
| Amherst Middle Amherst | 371 | 82.7% | 74.6% |
Matched among Virginia middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #149 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #110 of 342 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #145 of 342 ▲ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #250 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #136 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #258 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #100 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #122 of 224 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
518
+46 (+10%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 518 | 40.8 | 12.7:1 | 87% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 40.4 | 13.2:1 | 90% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 44.5 | 12.0:1 | 86% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 40 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 40.8 | 14.0:1 | 51% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 49% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 46% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 41% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 33 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (572 to 518); teachers unchanged (40.8 to 40.8).
About Liberty Middle
Liberty Middle is a small middle-grades school located in Bedford, Virginia. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 518 students. By comparison, middle schools in Virginia enroll about 750 students on average.
Across its 19 schools, Bedford County Public Schools enrolls 8,930 students. Liberty Middle is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Liberty Middle, about 73 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 86%. The diversity index for Liberty Middle is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.7:1. The average for middle schools in Virginia is about 13.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Liberty Middle, 87% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 59% average among public schools in Bedford County.
On BeatsExpectations, Liberty Middle is 7.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
In Bedford County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $78,937 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bedford County number 22, with about 8,930 students.
Liberty Middle's closest public school neighbor is Liberty High, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Liberty Middle at 5th of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 10%.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Liberty Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Bedford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,894
Census ACS
Median income
$78,937
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,930 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bedford County Public Schools
- Jefferson Forest HighHigh · 1,282 students
- Forest MiddleMiddle · 854 students
- Staunton River HighHigh · 816 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 708 students
- Staunton River MiddleMiddle · 612 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Bedford
- Liberty HighHigh · 708 students
- Bedford ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Bedford PrimaryElementary · 266 students
- Bedford County Alternative Education CenterElementary
- Governor's Health Sciences AcademyElementary
- Susie G. Gibson Science and Technology CenterElementary
Other Liberty Middle schools
28 other US public schools in 21 states are named Liberty Middle. Liberty Middle is the 21st largest of the 29.
- Liberty MiddleClifton, VA · 913 students
- Liberty MiddleAshland, VA · 910 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,256 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,171 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMadison, AL · 1,103 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty High0.3 mi · 708
- Bedford Primary3.0 mi · 266
- Otter River Elementary3.2 mi · 167
- Bedford Elementary3.9 mi · 448
- Forest Middle10.0 mi · 854
- Forest Elementary10.1 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty MiddleHow large is Liberty Middle?
Liberty Middle enrolls approximately 518 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Liberty Middle serve?
Liberty Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Liberty Middle?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Liberty Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty Middle?
At Liberty Middle, the student body is approximately 73% White, 4% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Middle in?
Liberty Middle is part of Bedford County Public Schools.
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