Liberty Middle

Liberty Middle, a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Clifton, Virginia, one of the schools within Fairfax County Public Schools, instructs 913 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% larger than the state mean of about 750.

Liberty Middle is one of 199 schools operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, a district that serves 179,323 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Liberty Middle records that the largest single group is White at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 30% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Liberty Middle shows 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at Liberty Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Liberty Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.3%.

Around the school, Fairfax County reports that median household income runs about $153,637, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Fairfax County's 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), Liberty Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Union Mill Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Middle. On composite proficiency, Liberty Middle comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 70.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Liberty Middle's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,052 (now 913). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 21% to 30%.

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