Summary
Liberty Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Ogden, Utah, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 532 students. The school is part of the Ogden City School District, which is ranked 82 out of 93 districts in Utah and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Liberty Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Utah elementary schools, with a ranking between 438-532 over the past several years, and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Liberty Elementary faces significant challenges, with high chronic absenteeism rates, low test scores, and a high proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.8% in the 2023-2024 school year was much higher than the state and district averages. Additionally, Liberty Elementary students consistently perform below the state and district averages in RISE assessments for Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in RISE Mathematics was 30.8%, compared to the state average of 48.6% and the district average of 35.7%. The school also has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 45.82% to 73.03% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages.
When comparing Liberty Elementary to nearby schools within the Ogden City School District, it performs significantly worse on key metrics. For example, Shadow Valley School, located about 2.38 miles away, consistently outperforms Liberty Elementary in test scores, with much higher percentages of students proficient or better in RISE assessments across all grade levels and subjects. Despite Liberty Elementary's higher spending per student ($9,521 in 2018-2019) compared to the state average, its academic performance remains significantly below the state and district averages, suggesting that additional funding alone may not be the sole solution to improving student outcomes.
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