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What's something Liberty Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARYSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530486000734
Liberty Elementary
1919 10th St, Marysville, WA 98270 · (360) 965-1800 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
274 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
34.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.4pp since 2014
Math
30.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 31.3% |
| 2022-23 | 33.6% | 29.9% |
| 2021-22 | 34.4% | 29.9% |
| 2018-19 | 36.9% | 33.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.8% | 36.8% |
| 2016-17 | 37.2% | 38.5% |
| 2015-16 | 42.7% | 41.9% |
| 2014-15 | 35.3% | 33.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Elementary
Liberty Elementary's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Elementary this school | 398 | 68.8% | 34.5% |
| Garfield Elementary School Everett | 393 | 71.5% | 55.7% |
| Hazel Dell Elementary School VANCOUVER | 370 | 65.4% | N/A |
| Cascade Elementary Marysville | 382 | 64.4% | 42.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary Mount Vernon | 445 | 71.0% | 33.7% |
| Vista Elementary School KENNEWICK | 409 | 62.8% | N/A |
Matched among Washington elementary 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #724 of 936 | #92 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #867 of 1,103 ▼ 40 | #92 of 106 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #864 of 1,102 ▲ 35 | #92 of 106 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #521 of 928 | #68 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #643 of 1,268 | #94 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #285 of 1,085 | #27 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #342 of 1,088 | #51 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #281 of 1,169 | #15 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #568 of 778 | #37 of 68 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
398
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 398 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 69% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 27.8 | 14.9:1 | 69% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 29.7 | 14.3:1 | 70% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 71% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 26.1 | 16.9:1 | 76% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 81% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 77% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 26 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 22 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (440 to 398); teachers up 4% (26.1 to 27).
About Liberty Elementary
Liberty Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Marysville, Washington. Enrolled students number 398 students, in pre-K through 5.
Marysville School District serves 9,760 students across 23 schools.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Liberty Elementary, 40% of enrollment. Other groups include 38% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. By comparison, Snohomish County residents are about 12% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Liberty Elementary comes in at 68%.
A ratio of 14.7:1 comes from the school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 69% of students at Liberty Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 28 points above the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County.
Liberty Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Liberty Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.5% and a predicted 34.0%.
In the county around the school, Snohomish County, median household income is about $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Liberty Elementary is among the 227 public schools in Snohomish County.
The closest other public school is Marysville Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Liberty Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Liberty Elementary the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 381 in 2020-21 and 398 in 2024-25, a rise of 17 students. The ratio was 12.7:1 in 2020-21 and 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marysville School District
- Marysville Getchell High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Marysville Pilchuck High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Cedarcrest SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Marysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Totem Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Quil Ceda Tulalip ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Other schools in Marysville
- Marysville Getchell High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Marysville Pilchuck High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Cedarcrest SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Marysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Totem Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
Other Liberty Elementary schools
68 other US public schools in 28 states are named Liberty Elementary. Liberty Elementary is the 53rd largest of the 69.
- Liberty ElementaryVictorville, CA · 1,014 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolCanton, GA · 977 students
- Liberty ElementaryClarksville, TN · 866 students
- Liberty ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 865 students
- Liberty ElementaryTulare, CA · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Marysville Middle School0.2 mi · 656
- Marysville NWESD 189 Youth Engagement0.4 mi · 205
- Totem Middle School0.4 mi · 522
- Marysville SD Special0.7 mi · 197
- Allen Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 437
- Pinewood Elementary1.0 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty ElementaryHow many students attend Liberty Elementary?
Liberty Elementary enrolls approximately 398 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Liberty Elementary serve?
Liberty Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary is approximately 14.7:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Liberty Elementary?
Student demographics at Liberty Elementary are roughly 38% White, 40% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Elementary in?
Liberty Elementary is part of Marysville School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.