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Liberty Senior High School

Public Grades 9-12

20^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 438 Washington High Schools

Better than 95% of Washington high schools

Summary

Liberty Senior High School is a top-ranked public high school serving 1,495 students in grades 9-12 in Renton, Washington, operating within the highly-regarded Issaquah School District.

The school consistently demonstrates exceptional performance, ranking in the 95th percentile statewide with a 96.3% graduation rate and dropout rates below 1%. Student proficiency in English (85%) and Science (85%) far exceeds state averages, though math scores, while strong, are an area for growth relative to the district. Liberty effectively supports students from all backgrounds, with economically disadvantaged students performing at the 94th percentile statewide. This excellence is sustained within a supportive district framework, though performance for some student subgroups indicates opportunities for focused support.

Comparisons with nearby schools highlight significant differences. Liberty's academic outcomes are markedly higher than those of schools in the Renton School District, such as Renton Senior High School and Hazen Senior High School. Within its own district, the alternative Gibson Ek High School has a similar graduation rate but different instructional and spending models. The dramatic range in performance among schools in close geographic proximity underscores broader systemic factors influencing educational opportunity in the region.

1,495

Students ?

21.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,170

Per pupil spending ?

18.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

16655 SE 136th St
Renton, WA 98059-6950

(425) 837-4800

District: Issaquah School District

Feeder schools for Liberty Senior High School:

Elementary:	Apollo Elementary
	Briarwood Elementary
	Maple Hills Elementary
	Newcastle Elementary School
Middle:	Maywood Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.9%

Asian:

28.2%

Hispanic:

12.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 96th percentile in 2012 → 95th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Washington average (78% vs 48% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 5% of Washington high schools

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the Washington average (83%)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Near the bottom of Issaquah School District's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school78%

District avg77%

Washington avg48%

20^th of 438

Washington public high schools ?

Top 5%▲ up 8 pts since 2017

From top 12% (2017) to top 5% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4High Schools in the Issaquah School District

3^rd of 247Issaquah School District among Washington districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	95.3	20 of 438	95.4%	★★★★★
2024	95.6	14 of 437	96.8%	★★★★★
2023	92.2	27 of 442	93.9%	★★★★★
2022	93.4	23 of 434	94.7%	★★★★★
2021	90.3	27 of 455	94.1%	★★★★★
2019	82.6	52 of 417	87.5%	★★★★☆
2018	86.1	28 of 315	91.1%	★★★★★
2017	81.9	37 of 301	87.7%	★★★★☆
2013	78.9	31 of 454	93.2%	★★★★★
2012	80.9	17 of 450	96.2%	★★★★★
2011	76.0	36 of 440	91.8%	★★★★★
2010	83.5	46 of 423	89.1%	★★★★☆
2009	84.0	37 of 402	90.8%	★★★★★
2008	82.2	44 of 396	88.9%	★★★★☆
2007	79.0	63 of 399	84.2%	★★★★☆
2006	82.3	48 of 395	87.8%	★★★★☆
2005	84.2	38 of 394	90.4%	★★★★★
2004	81.2	62 of 390	84.1%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	88.9	17 of 119	85.7%	★★★★☆
2024	92.8	5 of 113	95.6%	★★★★★
2023	89.7	11 of 118	90.7%	★★★★★
2022	87.5	17 of 124	86.3%	★★★★☆
2021	75.5	30 of 136	77.9%	★★★★☆
2019	60.3	43 of 121	64.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	95.3	14 of 350	96.0%	★★★★★
2024	93.5	18 of 347	94.8%	★★★★★
2023	90.5	25 of 357	93.0%	★★★★★
2022	94.5	14 of 368	96.2%	★★★★★
2021	88.6	33 of 390	91.5%	★★★★★
2019	82.8	44 of 358	87.7%	★★★★☆
2018	87.0	14 of 243	94.2%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	70.8	58 of 249	76.7%	★★★★☆
2024	64.0	69 of 248	72.2%	★★★★☆
2023	83.3	25 of 249	90.0%	★★★★★
2022	86.4	26 of 261	90.0%	★★★★★
2021	84.6	23 of 278	91.7%	★★★★★
2019	81.0	32 of 241	86.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	87.6	21 of 355	94.1%	★★★★★
2024	80.9	40 of 356	88.8%	★★★★☆
2023	68.2	82 of 362	77.3%	★★★★☆
2022	84.5	36 of 370	90.3%	★★★★★
2021	77.1	45 of 392	88.5%	★★★★☆
2019	79.8	43 of 344	87.5%	★★★★☆
2018	76.8	26 of 227	88.5%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	94.0	22 of 359	93.9%	★★★★★
2024	96.2	10 of 362	97.2%	★★★★★
2023	92.2	22 of 358	93.9%	★★★★★
2022	90.7	29 of 363	92.0%	★★★★★
2021	90.8	22 of 395	94.4%	★★★★★
2019	79.5	56 of 355	84.2%	★★★★☆
2018	81.9	36 of 254	85.8%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	91.3	13 of 170	92.4%	★★★★★
2024	88.1	18 of 161	88.8%	★★★★☆
2023	86.9	17 of 166	89.8%	★★★★★
2022	90.0	9 of 179	95.0%	★★★★★
2021	81.6	23 of 195	88.2%	★★★★☆
2019	56.3	72 of 163	55.8%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	55.0	45 of 127	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.1	28 of 110	74.5%	★★★★☆
2022	58.8	36 of 130	72.3%	★★★★☆
2021	76.8	21 of 212	90.1%	★★★★★
2018	61.8	34 of 139	75.5%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Washington percentile	Rating
2025	93.9	16 of 373	95.7%	★★★★★
2024	93.6	18 of 374	95.2%	★★★★★
2023	83.5	47 of 379	87.6%	★★★★☆
2022	89.2	24 of 390	93.8%	★★★★★
2021	85.9	42 of 413	89.8%	★★★★★
2019	83.0	36 of 382	90.6%	★★★★★
2018	81.8	31 of 222	86.0%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2025)96th percentile~ school

White (2025)96th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)94th percentile~ school

Male (2025)94th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)92nd percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2025)86th percentile-10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)77th percentile-19 vs school

Special Education (2025)65th percentile-31 vs school

By subject vs Washington (2024-2025) ?

Science85%+36 vs state

English Language Arts85%+32 vs state

Math62%+20 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Monday, March 23, 2026

I received an excellent education at Liberty. The staff are kind, insightful, and helpful. The campus is well maintained and extracurriculars are abundant. The school maintains an environment that fosters competitiveness, open dialogue, and friendliness. Close Quote

by a student
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

I had heard great things about this school before attending. It didn't take long to find out how horribly wrong they were. The staff is incompetent at best. They are completely blind to the real problems in the school such as drugs and criminal activity but quick to punish innocent students for things like taking too long in the bathroom. Lockers were unavailable and most of the school was under heavy construction. I was greeted each morning by the smell of sulphur, loud clanking of machinery, and unwelcoming grimaces from teachers and principals. The school-funded dances are a joke to say the least. All the students are jammed in the gym and there is no refreshments anywhere. This was very surprising considering the tickets were over thirty dollars each. I would like to think that after the school is done with construction it will get better but the chances are slim to none. I have never been more appalled by unproffessionalism than I was attending this school. I suffered a concussion playing football for their team. I brought the helmet to my doctor who was a concussion specialist to find that the helmet was faulty. Nobody followed up asking how I was when I was out of the game and I even had a teacher accuse me of faking to get attention. If there was a lower rating I'd be quick to give it. If you care about your children's happiness you will reconsider sending them here. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, September 1, 2012

An absolutely wonderful school that just keeps getting better and better. As the test scores show, liberty has finally reached the same level of students meeting or exceeding the standard in testing as skyline and issaquah. The whole community will benefit from a brand new liberty in a couple of years. Our family is looking forward to attending one of the top 2% of high schools in the state. Congrats liberty staff on a job well done. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)		SBAC English Language Arts (2025)		SBAC Math (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 11th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 10th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 10th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Liberty Senior High School	Public	9-12	16655 SE 136th St	Renton	98059	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-4800	1,495	69	21.6	18.3%	686 (45.9%)	37 (2.5%)	191 (12.8%)	422 (28.2%)	5 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	150 (10.0%)	95.3	20^th of 438 public high schools	95.4%		95.6	14^th of 437 public high schools	96.8%	6	85.4	85.4	85.0	85.0	62.4	62.4	$17,170	$219	$16,951
Hazen Senior High School	Public	9-12	1101 Hoquiam Ave NE	Renton	98059	King County	Renton School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 204-4200	1,796	74	24.4	38.2%	505 (28.1%)	91 (5.1%)	477 (26.6%)	532 (29.6%)	2 (0.1%)	13 (0.7%)	174 (9.7%)	66.8	119^th of 438 public high schools	72.8%		60.5	150^th of 437 public high schools	65.7%	31	50.6	50.6	69.5	69.5	45.7	45.7	$17,224	$1,008	$16,216
YouthSource and RTC	Public	11-12	3000 NE 4th St	Renton	98056	King County	Renton Technical College	No	No	No	No	(425) 235-2352	296	0			76 (25.7%)	70 (23.6%)	119 (40.2%)	15 (5.1%)	5 (1.7%)	8 (2.7%)	2 (0.7%)								(n/a)
Renton Technical High School	Public	11-12	3000 4th St NE	Renton	98056	King County	Renton Technical College	No	No	No	No	(425) 235-2352	66	0			7 (10.6%)	3 (4.5%)	55 (83.3%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Lindbergh Senior High School	Public	9-12	16426 128th Ave SE	Renton	98058	King County	Renton School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 204-3200	1,201	58	20.7	50.0%	233 (19.4%)	191 (15.9%)	313 (26.1%)	327 (27.2%)	4 (0.3%)	18 (1.5%)	112 (9.3%)	41.2	259^th of 438 public high schools	40.9%		36.4	286^th of 437 public high schools	34.6%	27	39.7	39.7	58.3	58.3	31.8	31.8	$19,612	$1,278	$18,333
Renton Technical College	Public	9-12	Renton Technical College - You	Renton	98056	King County	Tukwila School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 901-7905	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Open Door Youth Reengagement	Public	11-12	2607 Jones Ave S	Renton	98055	King County	Renton School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 204-2520	50	0		64.0%	13 (26.0%)	11 (22.0%)	17 (34.0%)	6 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.0%)	1 (2.0%)								(n/a)							$6,656	$801	$5,855
Renton Senior High School	Public	9-12	400 S 2nd St	Renton	98055	King County	Renton School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 204-3400	1,208	57	21.0	65.6%	105 (8.7%)	266 (22.0%)	421 (34.9%)	302 (25.0%)	2 (0.2%)	18 (1.5%)	91 (7.5%)	19.6	357^th of 438 public high schools	18.5%		23	351^st of 437 public high schools	19.7%	6	34.5	34.5	42.7	42.7	19.7	19.7	$19,699	$1,273	$18,426
Griffin Home	Public	6-12	2500 Lake Washington Blvd N	Renton	98056	King County	Renton School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 204-2550	0	0	12.5		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)							$58,546	$801	$57,745
Gibson Ek High School	Public	9-12	379 1st PL SE	Issaquah	98027	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-6350	198	11	18.0	14.6%	138 (69.7%)	6 (3.0%)	20 (10.1%)	14 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (10.1%)	84.8	52^nd of 438 public high schools	88.1%		91.2	35^th of 437 public high schools	92.0%	17	83.3	83.3	73.3	73.3	46.7	46.7	$19,489	$277	$19,212

Frequently Asked Questions about Liberty Senior High School

What schools feed into Liberty Senior High School?

Liberty Senior High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Apollo Elementary
Elementary : Briarwood Elementary
Elementary : Maple Hills Elementary
Elementary : Newcastle Elementary School
Middle : Maywood Middle School

Is Liberty Senior High School a good school?

Yes! Liberty Senior High School is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 20^th of 438 Washington high schools.

What is the racial makeup of Liberty Senior High School?

Students at Liberty Senior High School are 46% White, 28% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What district is Liberty Senior High School in?

Issaquah School District

How many students attend Liberty Senior High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,495 students attended Liberty Senior High School.

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