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Enrollment
913
Middle
DISTRICT 1,029 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126002271
Liberty Middle
6801 Union Mill Rd., Clifton, VA 20124 · (703) 988-8100 · Fairfax County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Virginia public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
345 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 7 | 447 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 466 | 51% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
78.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
80.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 (76.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Middle this school | 913 | 37.8% | 76.3% |
| Johnson Middle Fairfax | 1,165 | 36.1% | 74.0% |
| Farmwell Station Middle Ashburn | 981 | 32.4% | 86.1% |
| Bull Run Middle Gainesville | 1,129 | 39.4% | 76.6% |
| Holman Middle Glen Allen | 862 | 38.7% | 82.0% |
| Stone Middle Centreville | 718 | 39.0% | 73.3% |
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 | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #107 of 337 | #11 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #81 of 342 ▲ 13 | #12 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #115 of 342 ▼ 15 | #14 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 913 | #106 of 343 | #14 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #76 of 327 | #8 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #15 of 333 | #3 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #256 of 340 | #11 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #89 of 224 | #6 of 18 |
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
913
-161 (-15%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 1,144
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 913 | 78.2 | 11.7:1 | 38% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 903 | 75.6 | 11.9:1 | 38% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 922 | 68.8 | 13.4:1 | 35% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 1,074 | 90 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,052 | 87.9 | 12.0:1 | 30% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 1,088 | 88 | 12.4:1 | 23% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 1,144 | 62 | 18.4:1 | 21% (243) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,052 to 913); teachers down 11% (87.9 to 78.2).
About Liberty Middle
The public middle-grades school Liberty Middle is located in Clifton, Virginia. The student body numbers 913 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Virginia) has about 750 students.
Liberty Middle is a school in Fairfax County Public Schools. The district has 199 schools and 179,323 students.
At Liberty Middle, the largest share of students is White, at 32%. The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 17 points below the 49% share among Fairfax County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1 at Liberty Middle, with 78.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in Virginia have 13.1:1, compared with 11.7:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 38% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Fairfax County average 37%.
Measured against Virginia public middle schools, Liberty Middle receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Virginia, Liberty Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 76.3% actual against a predicted 77.8%.
Federal survey data for Fairfax County show that the median household income is $153,637, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Fairfax County is home to 222 public schools and about 174,475 public school students.
Union Mill Elementary is located about 1.0 miles from Liberty Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Liberty Middle is ahead of the 70.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
Liberty Middle falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Liberty Middle's enrollment declined from 1,074 in 2020-21 to 913 in 2024-25.
The Liberty Middle community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Fairfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,147,837
Census ACS
Median income
$153,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
222
174,475 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- Chantilly HighHigh · 2,937 students
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Westfield HighHigh · 2,737 students
Other schools in Clifton
- Centreville HighHigh · 2,347 students
- Union Mill ElementaryElementary · 874 students
Other Liberty Middle schools
28 other US public schools in 21 states are named Liberty Middle. Liberty Middle is the 5th largest of the 29.
- Liberty MiddleAshland, VA · 910 students
- Liberty MiddleBedford, VA · 518 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,256 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,171 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMadison, AL · 1,103 students
Nearby schools
- Union Mill Elementary1.0 mi · 874
- Centreville High1.4 mi · 2,347
- Centreville Elementary1.6 mi · 741
- Centre Ridge Elementary2.1 mi · 635
- Mountain View High2.2 mi · 145
- Manassas Park High2.2 mi · 1,070
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Liberty Middle?
Liberty Middle enrolls approximately 913 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Liberty Middle serve?
Liberty Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Liberty Middle?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Liberty Middle.
How diverse is Liberty Middle?
Liberty Middle reports a student body of 32% White, 30% Hispanic, 7% Black, 25% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty Middle?
Liberty Middle is overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.