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Liberty Union High

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At a glance

821^stof 1,530 California districts▼ 64

Better than 46% of California districts

High 5Grades 9-12

20 Oak St.
Brentwood, CA 94513-1379·(925) 634-2166·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 46.3% of districts

Schools

8,203

Students

Top rankedHeritage High423^rd of 2,135 California high schools

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Biggest riser

La Paloma High (Continuation) up 42 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Independence High 12.3 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

The five high schools in Liberty Union High serve grades 9–12 and enroll 8,203 students, with school enrollments ranging from 163 to 2,836. Four are larger comprehensive schools; La Paloma High (Continuation) is a continuation school, and Independence High is also very small. Results vary substantially across schools, and the clearest area-wide weakness is math: the five-school average is 20% proficient, compared with 38% statewide.

Heritage High leads in all three subjects, with 67% proficient in English language arts (ELA), 40% in math, and 50% in science; it is above the state in each. At the other end, La Paloma High (Continuation) has 12% in ELA, 2% in math, and 8% in science. The gap between these schools is 55 percentage points in ELA, 38 in math, and 42 in science. Liberty High is second in ELA and science, while Freedom High is near the state in ELA—50% versus 49%—but below it in math and science.

Recent score directions are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the group’s average ELA result fell by 4 percentage points, while math and science each rose by about 1 point. Heritage’s scores fell in all three subjects but it remains the top performer; Freedom’s math and science rose by 5 points each. SchoolDigger ranks Heritage highest among these schools, at the 80th percentile, and La Paloma lowest, at the 10th; Independence’s SchoolDigger percentile rank fell from 46 to 30 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. Reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025 range from 20% at Heritage to 65% at La Paloma; these figures offer context, not an explanation for score differences. Liberty and Freedom have the same student-teacher ratio, 21.5, yet Liberty scores higher in all three subjects.

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Ranking:

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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)		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 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
La Paloma High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	400 Ghiggeri Way	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Liberty Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 634-2888	178	12	14.4	64.6%	35 (19.7%)	21 (11.8%)	104 (58.4%)	9 (5.1%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	10.5	1920^th of 2135 public high schools	10.1%		11.1	1962^nd of 2162 public high schools	9.3%	42	8.9		8.0	12.0	12.0	2.0	2.0	$23,276	$2,040	$21,236
Liberty High	Public	9-12	850 Second St.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Liberty Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 634-3521	2,836	131	21.5	35.7%	1,110 (39.1%)	221 (7.8%)	1,014 (35.8%)	276 (9.7%)	15 (0.5%)	23 (0.8%)	174 (6.1%)	63.5	744^th of 2135 public high schools	65.2%		65.2	686^th of 2162 public high schools	68.3%	58	38.1		37.8	61.1	61.1	29.4	29.4	$17,541	$593	$16,948
Freedom High	Public	9-12	1050 Neroly Rd.	Oakley	94561	Contra Costa County	Liberty Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 625-5900	2,460	114	21.5	39.3%	551 (22.4%)	283 (11.5%)	1,237 (50.3%)	239 (9.7%)	6 (0.2%)	9 (0.4%)	126 (5.1%)	45.4	1130^th of 2135 public high schools	47.1%		45.1	1139^th of 2162 public high schools	47.3%	9	30.1	11.8	29.6	50.3	50.3	18.7	18.7	$18,318	$728	$17,590
Independence High	Public	9-12	929 Second St.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Liberty Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 634-2589	163	13	12.3	27.6%	67 (41.1%)	15 (9.2%)	59 (36.2%)	8 (4.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.0%)	29.1	1499^th of 2135 public high schools	29.8%		36.4	1346^th of 2162 public high schools	37.7%	153	20.4		20.0	38.9	38.9	11.1	11.1	$25,484	$578	$24,906
Heritage High	Public	9-12	101 American Ave.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Liberty Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 634-0037	2,566	116	22.1	19.4%	759 (29.6%)	279 (10.9%)	678 (26.4%)	629 (24.5%)	12 (0.5%)	11 (0.4%)	188 (7.3%)	79.2	423^rd of 2135 public high schools	80.2%		86.6	270^th of 2162 public high schools	87.5%	153	50.6		50.0	67.0	67.0	40.2	40.2	$18,012	$494	$17,518

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Brentwood Union	0.7 mi	12	436^th
Knightsen Elementary	3.48 mi	2	594^th
Byron Union Elementary	3.5 mi	5	553^rd
Oakley Union Elementary	3.93 mi	9	1121^st
Antioch Unified	5.04 mi	27	1339^th

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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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