Summary:
The city of Liberty, Texas, is served by the Liberty Independent School District (Isd), which includes four public schools—Liberty High School, Liberty Elementary, Liberty Middle, and San Jacinto Elementary—serving approximately 2,438 students from elementary through high school, with the district ranking in the 20th percentile statewide and earning a 1-star rating.
Among the schools, Liberty Middle stands out for its academic growth and advanced performance, showing the strongest upward trend in state ranking (from the 20th to the 32nd percentile over three years) and achieving a remarkable 100% proficiency rate in Algebra I—nearly double the district and state averages. In contrast, Liberty High School is the most consistent performer, maintaining a 2-star rating with a strong 93.5% graduation rate and a very low 0.4% dropout rate, though its test scores remain below state averages. Liberty Elementary and San Jacinto Elementary serve the youngest students, with San Jacinto having the highest rate of economic disadvantage (63.86% eligible for free/reduced lunch) and Liberty Elementary showing a significant achievement gap for Spanish-language test takers.
Key metrics reveal a district-wide math crisis, with proficiency rates often 10-20 percentage points below state averages across all grade levels, while reading scores also lag but less severely. An interesting finding is the inverse relationship between spending and performance: Liberty High School has the highest per-student spending ($12,805) but stagnant performance, while Liberty Middle has the lowest spending ($10,993) yet shows the most improvement. The district's average economic disadvantage rate is about 57%, and student-teacher ratios range from 16.7:1 at Liberty Middle to 18.4:1 at Liberty High, suggesting that instructional strategy and resource allocation may matter more than raw spending levels.
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