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Liberty Elementary School

Public Grades K-6

818^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,005 Indiana Elementary Schools

Better than 19% of Indiana elementary schools

Summary

Liberty Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Mishawaka, Indiana, serving 422 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the School City of Mishawaka district, which is ranked 240 out of 380 districts in Indiana and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Liberty Elementary School faces several key challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 17.8% to 34.2% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. The school also consistently underperforms compared to the School City of Mishawaka district and the state of Indiana in ILEARN assessments for English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. For example, in 2024-2025, only 24.11% of Liberty students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 28.44% for the district and 40.3% for the state. Additionally, Liberty Elementary has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 60.37% to 79.86% over the past few years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

When comparing Liberty Elementary to other nearby schools in the same district, such as Twin Branch Elementary and Beiger Elementary, Liberty consistently underperforms on academic measures. For instance, in 2024-2025, Twin Branch had 46.58% of students proficient or better in ELA, compared to only 24.11% at Liberty. Comparing Liberty to schools in the neighboring South Bend Community School Corporation and Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation, Liberty's performance is significantly lower, with schools like Elsie Rogers Elementary in the Penn-Harris-Madison district having 53.85% of students proficient or better in ELA in 2024-2025, more than double Liberty's rate.

446

Students ?

14.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,645

Per pupil spending ?

38.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

600 E Pregel Dr
Mishawaka, IN 46545

(574) 254-3700

District: School City of Mishawaka

Students who attend Liberty Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	John J Young Middle School
High:	Mishawaka High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.2%

African American:

21.3%

Two or more races:

12.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 58th percentile in 2015 → 19th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (22% vs 38% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 39 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg30%

Indiana avg38%

818^th of 1,005

Indiana public elementary schools ?

Bottom 19%▼ down 40 pts since 2015

From top 42% (2015) to bottom 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 7Elementary Schools in the School City of Mishawaka

240^th of 380School City of Mishawaka among Indiana 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	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	818 of 1005	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	843 of 1011	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	805 of 1016	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	818 of 1020	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.1	784 of 1016	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.6	780 of 1031	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.5	696 of 1027	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2017	42.3	669 of 1033	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	56.1	524 of 1046	49.9%	★★★☆☆
2015	61.7	432 of 1040	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2014	67.7	349 of 1036	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	72.7	252 of 1035	75.7%	★★★★☆
2012	59.7	464 of 1015	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	50.9	616 of 1025	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2010	59.4	476 of 1009	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	56.9	502 of 1003	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	46.0	647 of 996	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2007	46.5	624 of 985	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2006	37.4	689 of 961	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	30.5	767 of 959	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	27.1	280 of 326	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

By subject vs Indiana (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts24%

Science23%

Math22%

Social Studies12%-26 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, October 11, 2018

My child is having a difficult and miserable experience there. My child’s teacher promotes a bullying behavior within the classroom as they are setting the tone. My child has been insulted and made fun of by his teacher multiple times in front of other students. I cannot recommend this school. The leadership is not on par with other schools that my child has previously attended. They make no effort to teach the children manners in a proper tone, rather just call them names such as immature, ridiculous, or silly. In general, my child’s teacher is loud, rude, over the top, and self involved.

When questions have been presented to the school regarding paperwork that has been sent home for parents regarding extra curricular activity or even daily scheduled events, no one in the office nor even my child’s teacher is aware of the scheduled events.

The school chose to not follow through on the calendar scheduled ‘learn to be kind to fellow students/anti bullying’ assembly, which they could REALLY use, considering the way the students speak to each other. My child’s teacher wasn’t even aware of it on the school monthly calendar when my child asked about it on the day it was scheduled to happen and responded that they had no idea what he was even talking about. Pretty sad...

The teaching style is very loose, perhaps non existent being a more accurate depiction, as my child is taught on a self learning assignment based method.

Worst school I’ve ever had encountered, personally. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)							ILEARN Math (2025)							ILEARN Science (2025)			ILEARN Social Studies (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	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Liberty Elementary School	Public	K-6	600 E Pregel Dr	Mishawaka	46545	St. Joseph County	School City of Mishawaka	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 254-3700	446	31	14.2	38.1%	246 (55.2%)	95 (21.3%)	48 (10.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (12.3%)	19.4	818^th of 1005 public elementary schools	18.6%		17.2	843^rd of 1011 public elementary schools	16.6%	25	30.2	27.3	17.2	22.9			24.1	22.6	27.3	17.2	21.7			22.2	22.7	23.2	23.0	12.5	$11,645	$1,435	$10,209
Battell Elementary School	Public	K-6	715 E Broadway	Mishawaka	46545	St. Joseph County	School City of Mishawaka	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 254-3900	291	22	12.9	43.3%	173 (59.5%)	48 (16.5%)	26 (8.9%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (13.7%)	39	633^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	37.0%		24.6	772^nd of 1011 public elementary schools	23.6%	139	51.2	26.7	20.5	34.9			33.0	51.2	31.1	25.0	37.2			35.8	35.6	41.9	38.6	6.8	$11,084	$1,416	$9,668
Walt Disney Elementary School	Public	K-5	4015 N Filbert Rd	Mishawaka	46545	St. Joseph County	Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 259-2486	512	32	16.0	61.3%	195 (38.1%)	158 (30.9%)	70 (13.7%)	40 (7.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (8.8%)	57.4	433^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	56.9%		60.9	402^nd of 1011 public elementary schools	60.2%	31	48.3	28.2	46.8				41.4	63.2	40.0	50.0				51.1	32.9		32.9	40.4	$10,590	$1,349	$9,241
Beiger Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1600 E Third St	Mishawaka	46544	St. Joseph County	School City of Mishawaka	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 254-4700	504	31	16.0	30.0%	346 (68.7%)	44 (8.7%)	55 (10.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (11.1%)	44.4	576^th of 1005 public elementary schools	42.7%		40.6	624^th of 1011 public elementary schools	38.3%	48	38.0	24.1	22.6	39.4			31.1	44.0	34.5	29.0	47.9			39.0	29.3	54.9	43.4	25.8	$12,348	$1,371	$10,977
Edison Middle School	Public	K-8	2701 Eisenhower Dr	South Bend	46615	St. Joseph County	South Bend Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(574) 393-4400	551	53	10.3	67.0%	72 (13.1%)	136 (24.7%)	285 (51.7%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (8.7%)								(n/a)	7.3	17.0	7.6	13.3	16.5	11.8	12.7	25.5	13.7	7.6	4.0	12.4	0.0	10.0	23.5	13.3	17.5	11.3	$18,228	$3,307	$14,921
Paramount School of Excellence South Bend	Public, Charter	K-7	3414 Hepler Street	South Bend	46635	St. Joseph County	Paramount School of Excellence South Bend	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(317) 519-4588	476	28	17.0	75.4%	73 (15.3%)	286 (60.1%)	52 (10.9%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (12.6%)	16.9	844^th of 1005 public elementary schools	16.0%		18.7	829^th of 1011 public elementary schools	18.0%	15	24.5	29.6	15.4	18.0	35.5		23.5	26.5	24.1	5.8	29.5	23.3		22.0	22.2	11.7	16.7	7.7	$11,824	$966	$10,858
Nuner Fine Arts Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	2716 Pleasant St	South Bend	46615	St. Joseph County	South Bend Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 393-2600	489	35	13.9	62.6%	137 (28.0%)	196 (40.1%)	68 (13.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	84 (17.2%)	11	908^th of 1005 public elementary schools	9.7%		9.3	939^th of 1011 public elementary schools	7.1%	31	12.8	15.4	20.3				16.1	11.4	13.9	10.8				11.9	20.0		20.0	19.2	$16,341	$4,266	$12,075
Emmons Elementary School	Public	K-6	1306 S Main St	Mishawaka	46544	St. Joseph County	School City of Mishawaka	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 254-4600	422	29	14.8	42.9%	194 (46.0%)	103 (24.4%)	55 (13.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (16.4%)	21.8	801^st of 1005 public elementary schools	20.3%		16.9	848^th of 1011 public elementary schools	16.1%	47	29.1	27.5	18.9	18.1			22.9	30.9	35.3	15.1	26.4			26.8	29.4	19.4	23.6	15.1	$11,299	$2,206	$9,093
Elsie Rogers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	56219 Currant Rd	Mishawaka	46545	St. Joseph County	Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 259-5231	361	22	16.7	40.7%	273 (75.6%)	9 (2.5%)	39 (10.8%)	12 (3.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.2%)	73.5	254^th of 1005 public elementary schools	74.7%		79.3	192^nd of 1011 public elementary schools	81.0%	62	67.9	43.6	51.0				53.9	75.0	48.4	54.9				59.2	43.6		43.6	51.0	$9,435	$978	$8,457
Lasalle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1511 Milburn Blvd	Mishawaka	46544	St. Joseph County	School City of Mishawaka	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 254-4800	519	32	16.0	43.2%	289 (55.7%)	95 (18.3%)	60 (11.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (13.5%)	19.2	820^th of 1005 public elementary schools	18.4%		14	884^th of 1011 public elementary schools	12.6%	64	20.3	20.0	23.7	17.6			20.2	15.9	36.9	28.8	14.9			23.6	32.3	18.9	25.2	15.3	$11,426	$2,282	$9,143

Frequently Asked Questions about Liberty Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Liberty Elementary School?

Students at Liberty Elementary School are 55% White, 21% African American, 12% Two or more races, 11% Hispanic.

How many students attend Liberty Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 446 students attended Liberty Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Liberty Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Liberty Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : John J Young Middle School
High : Mishawaka High School

Is Liberty Elementary School a good school?

Liberty Elementary School ranks in the bottom 18.6% of Indiana elementary schools.

What district is Liberty Elementary School in?

School City of Mishawaka

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