Liberty High

Summary:

Liberty High is a public high school located in Brentwood, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,786 students. The school is part of the Liberty Union High School District, which is ranked 682 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Liberty High has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years, ranking between 427 and 656 out of over 2,000 California high schools. The school has a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 93.3% to 96.0% over the past five years, significantly higher than the state average and the graduation rates of the nearby schools in the same district. Liberty High's dropout rates have also been relatively low, ranging from 0.7% to 3.1% over the past five years, lower than the dropout rates of the nearby schools in the same district.

While Liberty High's chronic absenteeism rates have fluctuated, ranging from 8.6% to 28.0% over the past five years, the school's overall chronic absenteeism rate is still lower than some of the nearby schools in the Antioch Unified School District. Additionally, Liberty High consistently outperforms the Liberty Union High School District and the state of California in the Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, as well as the California Science Test (CAST). However, the school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with stronger performance for African American and English Language Learner students, and relatively lower performance for Asian and White students.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 850 Second St.
       Brentwood, CA  94513-1132


(925) 634-3521

District: Liberty Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
656th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,621 Help


Feeder schools for Liberty High:

Elementary:    Discovery Bay Elementary
    Garin Elementary
    Knightsen Elementary
    Marsh Creek Elementary
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Middle:    Edna Hill Middle
    Excelsior Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  21.2 Help
Number of students:  2,773

Racial breakdown:

White:
39.2%
Hispanic:
36.5%
Asian:
9.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  21.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Liberty High ranks better than 71.8% of high schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 5 ranked high schools in the Liberty Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.19. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Liberty High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Liberty High has the largest high school student body size in the Liberty Union High School District. Racial makeup is: White (39.2%), Hispanic (36.5%), Asian (9.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 21.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Liberty High is 21.2. 2 high schools in the Liberty Union High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Liberty High is $10,621. 3 high schools in the Liberty Union High School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Liberty High:

SchoolDigger ranks Liberty High 656th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Liberty High in the ranking list.)

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Liberty Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Liberty Union High 682nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Liberty High

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Rank History for all students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 61.21 323rd 1653 80.5%
2005 67.19 294th 1901 84.5%
2006 45.21 728th 1968 63.0%
2007 46.82 726th 2063 64.8%
2008 51.40 647th 2117 69.4%
2009 51.12 715th 2238 68.1%
2010 52.00 701st 2281 69.3%
2011 57.30 610th 2367 74.2%
2012 55.91 652nd 2354 72.3%
2013 55.16 655th 2426 73.0%
2015 73.16 486th 1994 75.6%
2016 77.06 427th 2039 79.1%
2017 75.80 485th 2021 76.0%
2018 73.98 513th 2017 74.6%
2019 74.04 471st 2133 77.9%
2022 63.93 633rd 2123 70.2%
2023 61.85 621st 2348 73.6%
2024 59.19 656th 2323 71.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.97 194th 366 47.0%
2019 28.51 318th 422 24.6%
2022 43.10 301st 515 41.6%
2023 20.49 590th 786 24.9%
2024 43.32 399th 804 50.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.49 263rd 938 72.0%
2019 54.40 230th 941 75.6%
2022 48.13 355th 1044 66.0%
2023 49.20 273rd 1323 79.4%
2024 44.34 359th 1350 73.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 50.53 460th 1547 70.3%
2024 50.89 489th 1534 68.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.19 659th 1862 64.6%
2019 58.88 708th 1937 63.4%
2022 44.50 1004th 1943 48.3%
2023 49.27 897th 2247 60.1%
2024 43.88 1013th 2235 54.7%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 39.45 168th 290 42.1%
2024 44.23 255th 451 43.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.58 409th 1760 76.8%
2019 75.69 387th 1833 78.9%
2022 66.19 519th 1858 72.1%
2023 63.03 556th 2118 73.7%
2024 58.33 636th 2098 69.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.80 754th 1052 28.3%
2019 56.50 328th 1117 70.6%
2022 42.31 526th 1161 54.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.26 585th 1834 68.1%
2019 67.00 539th 1880 71.3%
2022 56.70 710th 1916 62.9%
2023 58.18 641st 2207 71.0%
2024 56.67 659th 2172 69.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.53 528th 581 9.1%
2019 26.96 451st 582 22.5%
2022 16.85 497th 581 14.5%
2023 30.54 527th 731 27.9%
2024 15.23 602nd 712 15.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.47 320th 582 45.0%
2019 49.72 268th 592 54.7%
2022 58.29 167th 522 68.0%
2023 71.00 152nd 720 78.9%
2024 40.48 382nd 721 47.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.66 554th 1742 68.2%
2019 77.85 299th 1814 83.5%
2022 61.54 586th 1861 68.5%
2023 56.20 682nd 2142 68.2%
2024 66.23 470th 2125 77.9%
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Rank History for White students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.81 382nd 1173 67.4%
2019 61.22 468th 1222 61.7%
2022 52.91 555th 1204 53.9%
2023 53.16 550th 1434 61.6%
2024 38.82 767th 1406 45.4%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Reviews:
by a parent
Thursday, April 9, 2015

Open Quote I have a 10th grader at Liberty and I have found the school, administrators and teachers to be very good. The campus is clean and with as much time as I spend on the campus (I have a kid in band) the students seem to be respectful to each other and adults. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Liberty High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1044 19 73 298 18 n/a n/a 0 1452
1989 1040 8 54 337 33 n/a n/a 0 1472
1990 1122 16 44 401 17 n/a n/a 0 1600
1991 1142 19 51 424 18 n/a n/a 0 1654
1992 1329 19 56 498 23 n/a n/a 0 1925
1993 1450 25 58 557 17 n/a n/a 0 2107
1994 1544 34 61 571 27 n/a n/a 0 2237
1995 1800 59 84 596 24 n/a n/a 0 2563
1996 1800 59 84 596 24 n/a n/a 0 2563
1997 1506 49 58 542 25 n/a n/a 0 2180
1998 1423 41 48 532 22 n/a n/a 0 2066
1999 1166 28 50 437 20 n/a n/a 0 1701
2000 1222 34 57 470 19 n/a n/a 0 1802
2001 1307 33 63 500 11 n/a n/a 0 1914
2002 1403 55 81 565 18 n/a n/a 0 2122
2003 1403 55 81 565 18 n/a n/a 0 2122
2004 1514 80 102 598 22 n/a n/a 11 2327
2005 1688 91 131 729 26 n/a n/a 17 2682
2006 1475 106 122 691 25 n/a n/a 6 2425
2007 1359 118 135 707 22 n/a n/a 1 2342
2008 1123 113 107 673 12 n/a n/a 0 2028
2009 1108 128 106 669 14 8 3 0 2036
2010 1153 137 110 693 18 9 2 0 2122
2011 1134 157 101 693 18 11 20 0 2134
2012 1105 128 95 724 14 9 56 0 2131
2013 1107 126 84 784 16 7 98 0 2222
2014 1080 144 83 897 14 7 131 0 2356
2015 1135 156 85 956 14 11 163 0 2520
2016 1113 155 95 919 14 11 192 0 2499
2017 1153 160 124 957 13 15 157 0 2579
2018 1158 147 142 956 9 14 178 0 2604
2019 1233 155 168 946 18 16 172 0 2708
2020 1202 160 175 1028 24 18 188 0 2795
2021 1159 156 189 1017 27 16 177 1 2742
2022 1127 166 220 1045 27 16 174 4 2779
2023 1094 191 242 1048 22 17 167 5 2786
2024 1086 215 258 1011 17 18 164 4 2773

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Liberty High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1452 59.2 24.5 n/a
1989 1472 57.6 25.5 n/a
1990 1600 66.1 24.2 n/a
1991 1654 74.2 22.2 n/a
1992 1925 75.4 25.5 9.6
1993 2107 78.8 26.7 0.9
1994 2237 84.8 26.4 10.2
1995 2563 98.0 26.2 8.6
1996 2563 98.0 26.2 8.6
1997 2180 79.2 27.5 7.4
1998 2066 69.2 29.9 6.5
1999 1701 66.8 25.5 7.2
2000 1802 72.4 24.9 7.4
2001 1914 82.9 23.1 9.5
2002 2122 90.8 23.4 9.6
2003 2122 90.8 23.4 9.6
2004 2327 100.6 23.1 9.8
2005 2682 110.6 24.2 14.1
2006 2425 95.2 25.5 17.5
2007 2342 103.3 22.7 17.5
2008 2028 102.7 19.7 21.1
2009 2036 93.1 19.3 23.6
2010 2122 93.0 22.8 29.7
2011 2134 n/a n/a 19.4
2012 2131 95.5 22.2 n/a
2013 2222 98.3 22.5 28.4
2014 2356 101.8 23.1 34
2015 2520 106.0 23.7 33.6
2016 2499 114.0 21.9 32.8
2017 2579 114.7 22.4 30.9
2018 2604 117.0 22.2 30.3
2019 2708 119.4 22.6 27.3
2020 2795 n/a n/a 30.2
2021 2742 125.4 21.8 24.2
2022 2779 127.3 21.8 21.4
2023 2786 130.6 21.3 23.4
2024 2773 130.8 21.2 21.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Liberty High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1452 59.2 24.5 n/a
1989 1472 57.6 25.5 n/a
1990 1600 66.1 24.2 n/a
1991 1654 74.2 22.2 n/a
1992 1925 75.4 25.5 9.6
1993 2107 78.8 26.7 0.9
1994 2237 84.8 26.4 10.2
1995 2563 98.0 26.2 8.6
1996 2563 98.0 26.2 8.6
1997 2180 79.2 27.5 7.4
1998 2066 69.2 29.9 6.5
1999 1701 66.8 25.5 7.2
2000 1802 72.4 24.9 7.4
2001 1914 82.9 23.1 9.5
2002 2122 90.8 23.4 9.6
2003 2122 90.8 23.4 9.6
2004 2327 100.6 23.1 9.8
2005 2682 110.6 24.2 14.1
2006 2425 95.2 25.5 17.5
2007 2342 103.3 22.7 17.5
2008 2028 102.7 19.7 21.1
2009 2036 93.1 19.3 23.6
2010 2122 93.0 22.8 29.7
2011 2134 n/a n/a 19.4
2012 2131 95.5 22.2 n/a
2013 2222 98.3 22.5 28.4
2014 2356 101.8 23.1 34
2015 2520 106.0 23.7 33.6
2016 2499 114.0 21.9 32.8
2017 2579 114.7 22.4 30.9
2018 2604 117.0 22.2 30.3
2019 2708 119.4 22.6 27.3
2020 2795 n/a n/a 30.2
2021 2742 125.4 21.8 24.2
2022 2779 127.3 21.8 21.4
2023 2786 130.6 21.3 23.4
2024 2773 130.8 21.2 21.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Liberty High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $10,621

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Liberty High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 471st of 2133 High schoolsRanks 621st of 2348 High schools
 4.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Liberty High)7464.8
 9.3%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Liberty Union High)69.362.4
 6.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Liberty High)38.726.5
 12.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Liberty Union High)36.528.1
 8.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Liberty High)3929.3
 9.7%
   11th Grade Science (Liberty Union High)38.431.3
 7.1%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Liberty High)247.7
 16.3%
   12th Grade Science (Liberty Union High)27.815.4
 12.4%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students27082786
 2.9%
African American155191
 23.2%
American Indian1822
 22.2%
Asian168242
 44%
Hispanic9461048
 10.8%
Pacific Islander1617
 6.3%
White12331094
 11.3%
Two or More Races172167
 2.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients27.3%23.4%
 3.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Liberty High

Students at Liberty High are 39% White, 36% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% African American, 6% Two or more races.

Liberty High ranks 656th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,773 students attended Liberty High.

Liberty High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Discovery Bay Elementary
Elementary : Garin Elementary
Elementary : Knightsen Elementary
Elementary : Marsh Creek Elementary
Elementary : Mary Casey Black Elementary
Elementary : Timber Point Elementary
Middle : Edna Hill Middle
Middle : Excelsior Middle


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