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Liberty Elementary School

Public Grades K-6

867^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,015 Indiana Elementary Schools

Better than 15% of Indiana elementary schools

Summary

Liberty Elementary School is a K–6 school in Mishawaka, Indiana, serving 446 students as part of the School City of Mishawaka, a district ranked 272 of 374 Indiana districts with 1 star.

In 2025–26, Liberty ranked 867 of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools — the 15th percentile — also with 1 star. Only 19.01% of students were proficient in English language arts, 22.54% in math, and 17.86% in science, all below district averages (27.68% ELA, 29.19% math, 30.18% science) and far below state grade-level averages. The school is below district and state in every reported grade and subject, with particular weak spots in 5th-grade ELA (14.49%), 4th-grade math (17.65%), and 4th-grade science (15.69%). Chronic absenteeism was 19.6% in 2024–25 — better than the district's 28.6% but worse than the state's 16.7% — and has improved from 39.2% in 2021–22. This is not a one-year dip: Liberty fell from the 50th percentile and 3 stars in 2015–16 to 1 star since 2018–19.

Notably, Liberty's struggles do not track with resources or poverty. Its free/reduced-lunch rate (38.12%) is among the lowest in the district, its per-student spending ($11,645) is among the highest, and its student–teacher ratio (14.2) is relatively small. Yet Battell Elementary School, less than a mile away with higher poverty, lower spending, and worse attendance, posts much higher proficiency (34.15% ELA, 33.54% math, 39.51% science). Elsie Rogers Elementary School and Walt Disney Elementary School in Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp also far outperform Liberty. By contrast, South Bend's Edison Middle School and Nuner Fine Arts Academy spend more per student with smaller classes but score lower. For parents, the clearest priorities appear to be instruction in math, science, and 5th-grade ELA.

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 — 50th percentile in 2016 → 15th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (20% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 35 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school20%

District avg29%

Indiana avg47%

867^th of 1,015

Indiana public elementary schools ?

Bottom 15%▼ down 35 pts since 2016

From top 50% (2016) to bottom 15% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

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

272^nd of 374School 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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Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	15.4	867 of 1015	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
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 (2025-2026) ?

Math23%

English Language Arts19%

Science18%

Social Studies17%-30 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 (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	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 (2025)	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	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%)	15.4	867^th of 1015 public elementary schools	14.6%		19.4	818^th of 1005 public elementary schools	18.6%	49	21.3	23.5	14.5	18.0			19.0	31.2	17.7	19.7	21.3			22.5	15.7	19.7	17.9	17.4	$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%)	42	604^th of 1015 public elementary schools	40.5%		39	633^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	37.0%	29	29.7	53.9	32.6	21.4			34.2	37.8	51.3	30.4	16.7			33.5	51.3	28.6	39.5	43.5	$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%)	55.1	455^th of 1015 public elementary schools	55.2%		57.4	433^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	56.9%	22	38.9	43.8	47.8				43.5	44.4	55.0	37.8				45.4	41.3		41.3	46.7	$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%)	30.2	716^th of 1015 public elementary schools	29.5%		44.4	576^th of 1005 public elementary schools	42.7%	140	33.3	16.3	30.9	12.7			23.5	49.2	36.7	30.9	23.8			35.2	32.7	25.4	28.6	34.6	$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%)	9.5	944^th of 1015 public elementary schools	7.0%					(n/a)	7.6	20.4	19.2	8.2	6.0	15.1	12.1	24.5	18.5	12.8	6.9	4.8	11.6	12.1	20.4	6.9	12.7	19.2	$18,228	$3,307	$14,921
Paramount School of Excellence South Bend	Public, Charter	K-8	3414 Hepler Street	South Bend	46635	St. Joseph County	Paramount School of Excellence South Bend	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(574) 274-4785	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%)	21.8	809^th of 1015 public elementary schools	20.3%		16.9	844^th of 1005 public elementary schools	16.0%	35	22.2	21.6	21.3	36.5	27.1	50.0	29.1	42.2	29.7	14.9	26.9	20.8	18.8	25.7	24.3	3.9	12.4	12.8	$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%)	7.3	966^th of 1015 public elementary schools	4.8%		11	908^th of 1005 public elementary schools	9.7%	58	14.3	8.9	11.1				11.8	8.2	14.3	9.5				10.3	16.1		16.1	17.7	$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%)	21.1	815^th of 1015 public elementary schools	19.7%		21.8	801^st of 1005 public elementary schools	20.3%	14	31.8	31.9	8.3	18.0			22.4	24.2	38.3	18.3	22.0			25.1	29.8	24.0	26.8	15.3	$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%)	79.3	189^th of 1015 public elementary schools	81.4%		73.5	254^th of 1005 public elementary schools	74.7%	65	59.3	66.7	58.7				61.5	66.7	68.4	52.4				62.1	61.4		61.4	41.3	$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%)	17.8	840^th of 1015 public elementary schools	17.2%		19.2	820^th of 1005 public elementary schools	18.4%	20	16.2	19.1	14.3	22.4			18.0	21.6	26.9	25.5	27.6			25.2	25.4	20.7	23.2	23.2	$11,426	$2,282	$9,143

Frequently Asked Questions about Liberty Elementary School

What district is Liberty Elementary School in?

School City of Mishawaka

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.

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

How many students attend Liberty Elementary School?

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

Is Liberty Elementary School a good school?

Liberty Elementary School ranks in the bottom 14.6% of Indiana elementary schools.

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