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Liberty Elementary

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At a glance

96^thof 1,530 California districts▼ 12

Better than 93% of California districts

Elementary 2 Alternative 1Grades K-12

170 Liberty School Rd.
Petaluma, CA 94952·(707) 795-4380·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 93.7% of districts

Schools

218

Students

5-star school

Top rankedLiberty Elementary559^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Summary:

The Liberty Elementary area has two schools serving kindergarten through grade 6: [school link]Liberty Primary[/school link] serves K–1, and [school link]Liberty Elementary[/school link] serves grades 1–6; together they enroll 218 students, and both include grade 1. Test results are supplied only for [school link]Liberty Elementary[/school link], so the strongest academic finding is that its 2025–2026 proficiency was above California’s in all three reported subjects, especially mathematics.

[school link]Liberty Elementary[/school link] stands out academically: 83% of students were proficient in math, compared with 38% statewide, a 45-point advantage; its ELA rate was 66% versus 49% statewide, and science was 72% versus 36%. The data do not support an academic ranking between the two schools because no test scores are provided for [school link]Liberty Primary[/school link]. On attendance, however, [school link]Liberty Primary[/school link] reported the lower chronic absenteeism rate: 0% in 2025–2026, compared with 3% at [school link]Liberty Elementary[/school link]; both were below the [district link]Liberty Elementary[/district link] district rate of 8% and California’s 18%. In 2024–2025, [school link]Liberty Primary[/school link] also reported higher per-student spending ($55,834 versus $16,544) and a lower student-teacher ratio (19.6 versus 23.1). These are observations, not explanations of student outcomes.

Recent test results show a mixed trend at [school link]Liberty Elementary[/school link]: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA fell by 7 percentage points and math by 2, while science rose by 22. Its advantage over the state narrowed by 7 points in ELA and 3 in math, but widened by 19 in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also moved from the 94th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 90th in 2025–2026. As context, the schools’ 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 19% at [school link]Liberty Elementary[/school link] and 16% at [school link]Liberty Primary[/school link], a 3-point difference; California provides free meals to all students, while the schools’ reported eligibility figures remain as stated.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)					Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Liberty Elementary	Public, Charter	1-6	170 Liberty School Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Liberty Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 795-4380	162	7	23.1	19.1%	106 (65.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (25.3%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.0%)	91.6	559^th of 5817 public elementary schools	90.4%		93	468^th of 5857 public elementary schools	92.0%	91	72.4	72.4	55.6	70.8	75.9	62.5	66.4	81.5	83.3	93.1	75.0	83.7			$16,544	$16,494	$50
Liberty Primary	Public	K-1	170 Liberty School Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Liberty Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 795-4380	56	3	19.6	16.1%	41 (73.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (23.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)								(n/a)													≥ 98%		$55,834	$54,736	$1,098
Liberty Independent Study	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	170 Liberty School Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Liberty Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(707) 795-4380	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)															$50	$00	$50

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Heartwood Charter District	0 mi	1
Petaluma City Elementary	2.57 mi	10	661^st
Wilmar Union Elementary	2.63 mi	1	442^nd
Cinnabar Elementary	2.63 mi	2	1399^th
Waugh Elementary	3.13 mi	2	151^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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