Liberty Bell Jr Sr High

Set in Winthrop, Washington, Liberty Bell Jr Sr High is a compact high school, operated by Methow Valley School District. It educates 356 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Liberty Bell Jr Sr High sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.

Methow Valley School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 785 students; Liberty Bell Jr Sr High is among them.

Demographically, Liberty Bell Jr Sr High records that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Okanogan County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Liberty Bell Jr Sr High records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Liberty Bell Jr Sr High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Okanogan County's rate of about 72%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Liberty Bell Jr Sr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 47.8%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Okanogan County put median household earnings sit near $63,207, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Okanogan County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,538 students), Liberty Bell Jr Sr High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Methow Valley Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty Bell Jr Sr High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liberty Bell Jr Sr High has ticked up 26%, going from 283 students in 2018 to 356 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 6% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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