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What's one thing Liberty Ridge Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530861000552
Liberty Ridge Elementary
12202 209th AVE CT E, Sumner, WA 98390 · (253) 891-4800 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
237 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 58 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
63.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.6pp since 2014
Math
51.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.8% | 48.5% |
| 2021-22 | 50.5% | 44.2% |
| 2018-19 | 56.5% | 55.5% |
| 2017-18 | 64.8% | 60.4% |
| 2016-17 | 64.8% | 61.8% |
| 2015-16 | 77.1% | 73.7% |
| 2014-15 | 72.2% | 70.6% |
% 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
62.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 14 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 Ridge Elementary
Liberty Ridge Elementary's state test result (62.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Ridge Elementary this school | 515 | 46.0% | 62.9% |
| Happy Valley Elementary School Bellingham | 455 | 45.5% | 50.3% |
| Presidents Elementary Arlington | 578 | 44.8% | 46.7% |
| Maple Grove Primary BATTLE GROUND | 497 | 50.1% | N/A |
| Peter G Schmidt Elementary Tumwater | 606 | 44.9% | 49.1% |
| Coupeville Elementary School Coupeville | 492 | 43.9% | 57.6% |
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 Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #216 of 936 | #30 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #412 of 1,103 ▼ 179 | #56 of 142 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #237 of 1,102 ▼ 32 | #26 of 142 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.2pp | #82 of 928 | #16 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #252 of 1,268 | #44 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #866 of 1,085 | #109 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #644 of 1,088 | #117 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #711 of 1,169 | #96 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.3% | #40 of 257 | #6 of 43 |
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
515
+91 (+21%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 515 | 29.9 | 17.2:1 | 46% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 30.4 | 16.7:1 | 47% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 28.4 | 18.1:1 | 44% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 40% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 30.4 | 13.5:1 | 48% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 56% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 18 | 22.8:1 | 51% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 27 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (411 to 515); teachers down 1% (30.4 to 29.9).
About Liberty Ridge Elementary
Liberty Ridge Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Sumner, Washington. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 515 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 36% bigger than average.
Besides Liberty Ridge Elementary, Sumner-Bonney Lake School District runs 14 other schools. The district enrolls 10,743 students.
Roughly 63% of students at Liberty Ridge Elementary are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 64% White share among all Pierce County residents. Liberty Ridge Elementary's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 29.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.2:1. That matches the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington fairly closely. Around 46% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Liberty Ridge Elementary is in the top 10% of Washington schools: 62.9% actual against 49.3% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pierce County, the median household income is $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 287 public schools in Pierce County, enrolling about 138,462 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Mountain View Middle School, is about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Liberty Ridge Elementary is 5th among 9 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Liberty Ridge Elementary's enrollment climbed 21%, to 515. The number of students per teacher rose from 15.1 to 17.2 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Liberty Ridge Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Sumner-Bonney Lake School District
- Sumner High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
Other schools in Sumner
- Sumner High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Maple Lawn ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Daffodil Valley ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Sumner Special ServicesElementary · 35 students
Other Liberty Ridge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Liberty Ridge Elementary. Liberty Ridge Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARYWOODBURY, MN · 801 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View Middle School1.0 mi · 937
- Bonney Lake High School1.3 mi · 1,643
- Victor Falls Elementary1.4 mi · 513
- Donald Eismann Elementary1.5 mi · 648
- Foothills Elementary2.0 mi · 470
- Tehaleh Heights Elementary School2.4 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Ridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Liberty Ridge Elementary?
Liberty Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Liberty Ridge Elementary serve?
Liberty Ridge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Ridge Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Ridge Elementary is approximately 17.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty Ridge Elementary?
At Liberty Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 63% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Liberty Ridge Elementary public or private?
Liberty Ridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.