Is Liberty Elementary a good school?

Liberty Elementary ranks 4157 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Liberty Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 602 students attended Liberty Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Liberty Elementary?

Students at Liberty Elementary are 88% Hispanic, 4% African American, 4% White, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Liberty Elementary attend?

Students who attend Liberty Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Chemawa Middle High : Arlington High High : Riverside STEM Academy

Liberty Elementary

Summary:

Liberty Elementary is a public elementary school located in Riverside, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 602 students. The school is part of the Riverside Unified School District, which is ranked 774 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Liberty Elementary faces significant challenges, particularly in terms of chronic absenteeism and academic performance. The school has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 11.6% in 2017-2018 to 39.2% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, Liberty Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the Riverside Unified School District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 35.84% of Liberty Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 45.48% in the district and 47.04% statewide. The school's performance is also low for specific student subgroups, such as English Language Learners, Special Education students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

When comparing Liberty Elementary to other nearby schools in the Riverside Unified District, such as Hawthorne Elementary, Adams Elementary, Jackson Elementary, and Harrison Elementary, Liberty consistently underperforms academically across all grade levels and subject areas. The high chronic absenteeism rates at Liberty Elementary appear to be closely linked to the school's poor academic performance, and the high percentage of students from low-income families may also be a significant factor in the school's challenges.

Detail:

Public K-6

9631 Hayes St.
Riverside, CA 92503-3660

(951) 352-8225

District: Riverside Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4157^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,219

Students who attend Liberty Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Chemawa Middle
High:	Arlington High
	Riverside STEM Academy

Student/teacher ratio: 24.5

Number of students: 602

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

88.2%

African American:

4.2%

White:

3.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 87%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Liberty Elementary ranks worse than 70.9% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 25^th among 29 ranked elementary schools in the Riverside Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.39. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (88.2%), African American (4.2%), White (3.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 87% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary is 24.5. 18 elementary schools in the Riverside Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Liberty Elementary employs 24.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Liberty Elementary is $7,219. 23 elementary schools in the Riverside Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Liberty Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Liberty Elementary 4157^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Liberty Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Riverside Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Riverside Unified 774^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Liberty Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Liberty Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	23.32	3675^th	4809	23.6%
2005	36.43	2925^th	4822	39.3%
2006	26.93	3522^nd	4818	26.9%
2007	21.59	4164^th	5113	18.6%
2008	23.11	4107^th	5113	19.7%
2009	20.38	4397^th	5193	15.3%
2010	26.88	4090^th	5314	23.0%
2011	21.96	4540^th	5377	15.6%
2012	20.32	4628^th	5390	14.1%
2013	27.19	4261^st	5530	22.9%
2015	26.81	3951^st	5611	29.6%
2016	21.16	4512^th	5614	19.6%
2017	27.93	4003^rd	5692	29.7%
2018	26.10	4151^st	5662	26.7%
2019	24.33	4429^th	5789	23.5%
2022	27.25	4122^nd	5883	29.9%
2023	28.11	4064^th	5874	30.8%
2024	27.39	4157^th	5862	29.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Liberty Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.52	2430^th	3246	25.1%
2019	33.18	2262^nd	3275	30.9%
2022	34.91	2208^th	3311	33.3%
2023	40.01	1823^rd	3250	43.9%
2024	39.14	1887^th	3160	40.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Liberty Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	33.78	1483^rd	2420	38.7%
2024	25.40	2090^th	2634	20.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Liberty Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.74	3419^th	5084	32.7%
2019	33.39	3610^th	5173	30.2%
2022	36.55	3293^rd	5264	37.4%
2023	38.73	3161^st	5374	41.2%
2024	33.13	3683^rd	5511	33.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Liberty Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.74	3563^rd	5413	34.2%
2019	31.89	3677^th	5492	33.0%
2022	29.51	3782^nd	5635	32.9%
2023	30.48	3713^th	5617	33.9%
2024	29.75	3814^th	5605	32.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Liberty Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.87	1541^st	2128	27.6%
2019	23.59	2138^th	2585	17.3%
2022	30.44	1469^th	2227	34.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Liberty Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.48	4523^rd	5431	16.7%
2019	19.56	4706^th	5510	14.6%
2022	26.10	4122^nd	5663	27.2%
2023	26.70	4070^th	5650	28.0%
2024	25.69	4205^th	5636	25.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Liberty Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.50	3306^th	4830	31.6%
2019	30.18	3683^rd	4963	25.8%
2022	34.78	3306^th	5084	35.0%
2023	39.90	2913^th	5098	42.9%
2024	35.74	3286^th	5102	35.6%

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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Liberty Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	453	40	40	178	12	n/a	n/a	0	723
1989	398	47	27	189	8	n/a	n/a	0	669
1990	416	49	20	206	8	n/a	n/a	0	699
1991	405	50	26	243	13	n/a	n/a	0	737
1992	424	59	24	279	11	n/a	n/a	0	797
1993	391	62	25	289	14	n/a	n/a	0	781
1994	350	70	23	327	10	n/a	n/a	0	780
1995	306	67	39	403	12	n/a	n/a	0	827
1996	306	67	39	403	12	n/a	n/a	0	827
1997	286	92	36	418	13	n/a	n/a	0	845
1998	253	111	39	421	12	n/a	n/a	0	836
1999	253	89	35	445	13	n/a	n/a	0	835
2000	231	77	35	458	12	n/a	n/a	0	813
2001	219	76	32	484	10	n/a	n/a	0	821
2002	185	76	36	622	11	n/a	n/a	0	930
2003	185	76	36	622	11	n/a	n/a	0	930
2004	160	67	28	602	6	n/a	n/a	0	863
2005	147	54	26	601	4	n/a	n/a	0	832
2006	137	56	29	620	3	n/a	n/a	0	845
2007	130	57	20	626	7	n/a	n/a	2	842
2008	100	39	18	584	7	n/a	n/a	0	748
2009	119	40	14	592	9	7	4	0	785
2010	100	42	13	626	7	8	12	0	808
2011	100	43	18	638	8	11	16	0	834
2012	93	42	17	680	7	14	18	0	871
2013	62	33	12	645	4	16	12	0	784
2014	77	19	11	643	4	13	16	0	783
2015	55	12	11	674	3	22	16	0	793
2016	64	22	11	670	4	17	17	0	805
2017	53	11	10	642	5	12	17	0	750
2018	59	8	6	627	1	10	19	0	730
2019	56	19	6	624	1	3	16	0	725
2020	41	22	7	583	3	3	15	0	674
2021	32	20	8	514	2	1	11	0	588
2022	26	21	10	516	1	0	18	0	592
2023	22	25	6	531	2	0	16	0	602

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 Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	723	26.7	27.0	n/a
1989	669	26.7	25.0	n/a
1990	699	27.7	25.2	n/a
1991	737	28.8	25.5	n/a
1992	797	29.3	27.2	55.1
1993	781	27.8	28.1	67.2
1994	780	30.4	25.7	77.7
1995	827	35.3	23.4	78
1996	827	35.3	23.4	78
1997	845	36.8	23.0	76.4
1998	836	40.6	20.6	83
1999	835	44.1	18.9	83.1
2000	813	41.9	19.4	77.9
2001	821	39.8	20.6	80.9
2002	930	43.9	21.2	84.3
2003	930	43.9	21.2	84.3
2004	863	43.5	19.8	80.8
2005	832	42.0	19.8	86.5
2006	845	40.0	21.1	81.2
2007	842	38.5	21.9	82.3
2008	748	38.5	19.4	79.8
2009	785	35.0	19.6	86.8
2010	808	37.0	21.8	90.6
2011	834	n/a	n/a	81.1
2012	871	31.3	27.7	n/a
2013	784	28.1	27.8	92.3
2014	783	28.5	27.4	93.2
2015	793	28.0	28.3	92.2
2016	805	30.0	26.8	90.8
2017	750	28.2	26.5	86.7
2018	730	28.0	26.0	91.8
2019	725	29.0	25.0	91.2
2020	674	n/a	n/a	92.6
2021	588	19.9	29.5	84.2
2022	592	23.5	25.1	90.4
2023	602	24.5	24.5	87

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 Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	723	26.7	27.0	n/a
1989	669	26.7	25.0	n/a
1990	699	27.7	25.2	n/a
1991	737	28.8	25.5	n/a
1992	797	29.3	27.2	55.1
1993	781	27.8	28.1	67.2
1994	780	30.4	25.7	77.7
1995	827	35.3	23.4	78
1996	827	35.3	23.4	78
1997	845	36.8	23.0	76.4
1998	836	40.6	20.6	83
1999	835	44.1	18.9	83.1
2000	813	41.9	19.4	77.9
2001	821	39.8	20.6	80.9
2002	930	43.9	21.2	84.3
2003	930	43.9	21.2	84.3
2004	863	43.5	19.8	80.8
2005	832	42.0	19.8	86.5
2006	845	40.0	21.1	81.2
2007	842	38.5	21.9	82.3
2008	748	38.5	19.4	79.8
2009	785	35.0	19.6	86.8
2010	808	37.0	21.8	90.6
2011	834	n/a	n/a	81.1
2012	871	31.3	27.7	n/a
2013	784	28.1	27.8	92.3
2014	783	28.5	27.4	93.2
2015	793	28.0	28.3	92.2
2016	805	30.0	26.8	90.8
2017	750	28.2	26.5	86.7
2018	730	28.0	26.0	91.8
2019	725	29.0	25.0	91.2
2020	674	n/a	n/a	92.6
2021	588	19.9	29.5	84.2
2022	592	23.5	25.1	90.4
2023	602	24.5	24.5	87

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.

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