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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Liberty Lake Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111002681
Liberty Lake Elementary
23606 E Boone Ave, Liberty Lake, WA 99019 · (509) 558-4300 · Spokane County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Washington public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- BThree-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
18.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
149 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 206 | 39% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 170 | 32% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Central Valley School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.3pp since 2014
Math
67.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 67.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.4% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 60.2% |
| 2018-19 | 72.5% | 68.9% |
| 2017-18 | 74.0% | 72.4% |
| 2016-17 | 76.6% | 72.8% |
| 2015-16 | 81.9% | 79.3% |
| 2014-15 | 75.7% | 79.2% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Lake Elementary
Liberty Lake Elementary's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Lake Elementary this school | 524 | 28.4% | 69.0% |
| Hutton Elementary Spokane | 492 | 29.7% | 73.4% |
| Liberty Creek Elementary School Liberty Lake | 453 | 30.2% | N/A |
| Midway Elementary COLBERT | 418 | 27.5% | 70.2% |
| Sunrise Elementary Spokane Valley | 644 | 25.8% | 72.2% |
| Spokane Public Montessori Spokane | 413 | 29.3% | 44.1% |
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 Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #149 of 936 | #7 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #154 of 1,103 ▼ 23 | #6 of 83 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #192 of 1,102 ▲ 10 | #12 of 83 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #412 of 928 | #45 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #233 of 1,268 | #9 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #995 of 1,085 | #76 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #983 of 1,088 | #69 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #954 of 1,169 | #79 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #600 of 778 | #55 of 67 |
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
524
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 524 | 28.7 | 18.3:1 | 28% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 24.5 | 19.9:1 | 32% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 25.5 | 18.8:1 | 28% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 20% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 23% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 32 | 20.6:1 | 17% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 29 | 23.2:1 | 18% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 27 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (570 to 524); teachers down 7% (31 to 28.7).
About Liberty Lake Elementary
Liberty Lake Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Liberty Lake, Washington. The school's enrollment of 524 students covers grades 3 through 5. Enrollment is 38% higher than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
Federal data list 33 schools in Central Valley School District, with 15,087 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at Liberty Lake Elementary, with 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 83% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Liberty Lake Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Federal data list 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Liberty Lake Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.3:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The lunch program counts 28% of students at Liberty Lake Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Spokane County report 52%.
allk12 grades Liberty Lake Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.1% for Liberty Lake Elementary. The school posts 69.0%, 7.8 points above the prediction.
Federal survey data for Spokane County show that median household income is about $78,582, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 187 public schools operate in Spokane County, serving about 76,588 students.
The shortest distance from Liberty Lake Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Liberty Creek Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Liberty Lake Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Liberty Lake Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Liberty Lake Elementary had 513 students in 2020-21 and 524 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.3:1) than in 2020-21 (19.7:1).
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other schools in Liberty Lake
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- Selkirk Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Liberty Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- CVSD Open Doors ProgramsHigh · 102 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Creek Elementary School0.2 mi · 453
- CVSD Open Doors Programs0.8 mi · 102
- Selkirk Middle School2.1 mi · 613
- Ridgeline High School2.2 mi · 1,575
- Otis Orchards School2.5 mi · 339
- Central Valley Virtual Learning3.0 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Lake ElementaryHow large is Liberty Lake Elementary?
Liberty Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 524 students in grades 03-05.
Is Liberty Lake Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty Lake Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Liberty Lake Elementary have?
Liberty Lake Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Liberty Lake Elementary?
Student demographics at Liberty Lake Elementary are roughly 80% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Lake Elementary in?
Liberty Lake Elementary is part of Central Valley School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.