Liberty Middle School

Liberty Middle School is a junior high of middle-of-the-pack scale in Spanaway, Washington, part of Bethel School District, instructing 857 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 49% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

Bethel School District comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 21,732 students; Liberty Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Liberty Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 11% Black, 6% Asian. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Liberty Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Liberty Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.0%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pierce County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,564, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Liberty Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bethel Virtual Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.9%.

Liberty Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Liberty Middle School's enrollment has increased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 747 (now 857). White enrollment moved from 52% to 36% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.