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Enrollment
857
Middle
DISTRICT 712 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530048003343
Liberty Middle School
7319 Eustis-Hunt Rd E, Spanaway, WA 98387 · (253) 800-6500 · Pierce County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL857 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
463 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 285 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 287 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 285 | 33% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
44.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.3pp since 2014
Math
30.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 7 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 | 44.0% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 33.7% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 30.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.2% | 24.8% |
| 2018-19 | 54.4% | 39.5% |
| 2017-18 | 53.5% | 39.5% |
| 2016-17 | 56.3% | 39.6% |
| 2015-16 | 55.4% | 42.2% |
| 2014-15 | 51.4% | 42.4% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Middle School
Liberty Middle School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Middle School this school | 857 | 54.0% | 36.5% |
| Meadowdale Middle School LYNNWOOD | 740 | 52.7% | 52.5% |
| Cedar Heights Middle School Covington | 876 | 50.6% | 35.0% |
| Ballou Jr High Puyallup | 852 | 49.4% | 43.6% |
| Surprise Lake Middle School Milton | 613 | 55.5% | 33.6% |
| Doris Stahl Junior High Puyallup | 846 | 45.9% | 45.1% |
Matched among Washington middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #179 of 294 | #29 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #213 of 357 ▼ 46 | #27 of 45 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #207 of 357 ▼ 12 | #28 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #188 of 290 | #30 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 857 | #42 of 377 | #4 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #271 of 340 | #31 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.2% | #25 of 340 | #9 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #158 of 359 | #17 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.7% | #39 of 130 | #8 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
857
+82 (+11%) vs 2020
+28% since 2010-11, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 857 | 40.6 | 21.1:1 | 54% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 898 | 40.4 | 22.2:1 | 55% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 936 | 41.5 | 22.6:1 | 55% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 38 | 20.4:1 | 51% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 34.4 | 21.7:1 | 43% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 32 | 21.9:1 | 43% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 29 | 23.1:1 | 27% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (747 to 857); teachers up 18% (34.4 to 40.6).
About Liberty Middle School
Liberty Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Washington, with an address in Spanaway. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 857 students. It has 49% more students than the average for middle schools in Washington (about 577).
Liberty Middle School belongs to Bethel School District, a district of 39 schools and 21,732 students.
Of every 100 students at Liberty Middle School, about 36 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 22% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 11% Black, and 6% Asian. Census figures show Pierce County is about 64% White. A diversity index of 77% means there is a 77% chance two randomly chosen students at Liberty Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 21.1:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1. The school reported 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Liberty Middle School would score about 44.0%. It scores 36.5%, 7.5 points below that figure.
For Pierce County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $99,564, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 287 public schools and about 138,462 students.
Liberty Middle School's nearest public school is Bethel Virtual Academy (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Liberty Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 775 (2020-21) to 857 (2024-25).
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Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bethel School District
- Graham Kapowsin High SchoolHigh · 2,087 students
- Spanaway Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Bethel High SchoolHigh · 1,688 students
- Spanaway Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Cedarcrest Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Chester H Thompson ElementaryElementary · 688 students
Other schools in Spanaway
- Spanaway Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Bethel High SchoolHigh · 1,688 students
- Cedarcrest Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Bethel Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Shining Mountain ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Elk Plain School of ChoiceElementary · 574 students
Other Liberty Middle schools
28 other US public schools in 21 states are named Liberty Middle. Liberty Middle School is the 10th largest of the 29.
- Liberty Middle SchoolCamas, WA · 708 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,256 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,171 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMadison, AL · 1,103 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLWest Fargo, ND · 1,103 students
Nearby schools
- Bethel Virtual Academy0.0 mi · 482
- Pioneer Valley Elementary0.1 mi · 524
- North Star Elementary1.0 mi · 446
- Graham Elementary1.5 mi · 428
- Emma L Carson Elementary1.7 mi · 676
- Frederickson Elementary2.1 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Middle SchoolHow large is Liberty Middle School?
Liberty Middle School enrolls approximately 857 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Liberty Middle School serve?
Liberty Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Liberty Middle School?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Liberty Middle School.
How diverse is Liberty Middle School?
Liberty Middle School reports a student body of 36% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty Middle School?
Liberty Middle School is overseen by Bethel School District in Pierce County.
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