Enrollment
168
High
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530438000693
Liberty High School
6404 E SPANGLE-WAVERLY RD, SPANGLE, WA 99031 · (509) 245-3229 · Spokane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL168 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
72 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 41 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 42 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 24% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Liberty School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
85.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +26.8pp since 2014
Math
46.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 27 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.1% | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 42.9% |
| 2022-23 | 76.7% | 48.8% |
| 2021-22 | 80.4% | 37.0% |
| 2018-19 | 87.8% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | 74.2% | 45.2% |
| 2016-17 | N/A | 13.0% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 35.3% |
| 2014-15 | 58.3% | 45.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 High School
Liberty High School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty High School this school | 168 | 42.9% | 64.3% |
| Pomeroy Jr Sr High School POMEROY | 142 | 42.3% | 41.2% |
| Willapa Valley Middle-High Raymond | 204 | 39.7% | 38.8% |
| Toledo High School Toledo | 250 | 44.4% | 51.0% |
| Almira Coulee Hartline High School Coulee City | 102 | 42.2% | 63.3% |
| Ritzville High School Ritzville | 133 | 39.1% | N/A |
Matched among Washington high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #16 of 271 | #2 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #46 of 321 ▲ 12 | #3 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #10 of 327 ▲ 21 | #1 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #28 of 259 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 168 | #333 of 570 | #23 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #253 of 386 | #19 of 29 |
Ranked against other public high 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
168
-17 (-9%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 169
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 168 | 12.1 | 13.9:1 | 43% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 180 | 13.1 | 13.8:1 | 41% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 178 | 11.1 | 16.1:1 | 42% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | 10 | 18.5:1 | 31% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 152 | 10.4 | 14.6:1 | 38% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 139 | 9 | 15.4:1 | 40% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 155 | 9 | 17.2:1 | 32% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 205 | 11 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 169 | 10 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (152 to 168); teachers up 16% (10.4 to 12.1).
About Liberty High School
Liberty High School is a small high school in Liberty School District, located in SPANGLE, Washington. Its 168 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Washington is about 573 students.
The district for Liberty High School is Liberty School District, with 2 schools and 605 students.
Liberty High School enrolls a student body that is 84% White. It is also 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, Spokane County is about 83% White. By the diversity index, Liberty High School comes in at 29%.
Teachers at Liberty High School total 12.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.9:1. The 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 72 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 43%. That is 9 points below the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County.
A school in Washington with Liberty High School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 51.5%. Liberty High School scores 64.3%.
Liberty High School is located in Spokane County, where median household income is about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 187 public schools in Spokane County, with a combined enrollment of about 76,588.
Nearest public school: Liberty Jr High & Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Liberty High School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Liberty High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Liberty High School saw enrollment fall 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.5 to 13.9 over 4 years.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberty School District
- Liberty Jr High & ElementaryElementary · 437 students
Other Liberty High schools
33 other US public schools in 22 states are named Liberty High. Liberty High School is the 29th largest of the 34.
- Liberty High SchoolHenderson, NV · 3,203 students
- Liberty HighBrentwood, CA · 2,836 students
- Liberty High SchoolBethlehem, PA · 2,541 students
- Liberty HighWinchester, CA · 2,537 students
- Liberty High SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 2,510 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Jr High & Elementary0.2 mi · 437
- Rosalia Elementary & Secondary School10.8 mi · 163
- Freeman Middle School10.9 mi · 201
- Freeman Elementary School10.9 mi · 385
- Freeman High School11.0 mi · 301
- Betz Elementary14.3 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty High SchoolHow large is Liberty High School?
Liberty High School enrolls approximately 168 students in grades 09-12.
Is Liberty High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Liberty High School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Liberty High School.
How diverse is Liberty High School?
Liberty High School reports a student body of 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Liberty High School in?
Liberty High School is part of Liberty School District.
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