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Liberal Senior High

Summary:

Liberal Senior High is a public high school located in Liberal, Kansas, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,353 students. The school is part of the Liberal School District, which is ranked 266 out of 266 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Liberal Senior High consistently performs significantly below the state average in standardized test scores across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 7.68% of 10th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 27.57%. Similarly, only 5.46% of 10th-grade students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 21.31%. The school's performance across different student subgroups is also concerning, with the school ranking 244 out of 295 Kansas high schools for White students, 91 out of 105 for Hispanic students, and 92 out of 124 for Special Education students.

Liberal Senior High has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 77.01% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the state average. The school's spending per student, at $10,314 in the 2018-2019 school year, is lower than the state average, which may contribute to the school's academic challenges. Despite the school's low performance, there is no clear evidence of significant improvement over time, with the school's ratings and rankings remaining stagnant, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1611 W 2nd
       Liberal, KS  67901

(620) 604-1200

District: Liberal

SchoolDigger Rank:
306th of 318 Kansas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,314 Help


Feeder schools for Liberal Senior High:

Elementary:    Cottonwood Elementary School
    MacArthur Elementary School
    Meadowlark Elementary School
    Prairie View Elementary School
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Middle:    Eisenhower Middle School
    Seymour Rogers Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.6 Help
Number of students:  1,403

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
85.2%
White:
9.7%
Two or more races:
2.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Liberal Senior High ranks worse than 96.2% of high schools in Kansas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 7.15. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Liberal Senior High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (85.2%), White (9.7%), two or more races (2.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 84.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Liberal Senior High is 15.6. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Liberal Senior High is $10,314.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Liberal Senior High:

SchoolDigger ranks Liberal Senior High 306th of 318 Kansas public high schools. (See Liberal Senior High in the ranking list.)

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Liberal:

SchoolDigger ranks Liberal 266th of 266 Kansas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Liberal Senior High

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Rank History for all students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 3.23 254th 262 3.1%
2007 3.06 270th 280 3.6%
2008 3.85 262nd 267 1.9%
2009 0.96 283rd 291 2.7%
2010 18.32 270th 302 10.6%
2011 47.12 191st 298 35.9%
2012 46.35 233rd 317 26.5%
2013 28.53 282nd 323 12.7%
2015 15.95 306th 326 6.1%
2016 17.79 267th 313 14.7%
2017 17.00 273rd 316 13.6%
2018 17.28 270th 314 14.0%
2019 12.25 301st 325 7.4%
2021 11.37 303rd 320 5.3%
2022 8.72 310th 324 4.3%
2023 8.37 309th 327 5.5%
2024 7.15 306th 318 3.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 36.79 40th 67 40.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.52 10th 47 78.7%
2019 40.80 27th 49 44.9%
2021 40.49 19th 41 53.7%
2022 33.60 24th 36 33.3%
2023 43.15 20th 42 52.4%
2024 44.90 17th 39 56.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.75 34th 110 69.1%
2019 50.56 42nd 111 62.2%
2021 24.21 110th 115 4.3%
2022 23.43 114th 117 2.6%
2023 17.96 120th 122 1.6%
2024 28.73 92nd 124 25.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.45 181st 228 20.6%
2019 23.43 200th 229 12.7%
2021 15.91 198th 213 7.0%
2022 14.17 211th 223 5.4%
2023 17.17 224th 250 10.4%
2024 14.60 233rd 249 6.4%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 38.27 1st 4 75.0%
2023 51.42 4th 10 60.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.55 218th 248 12.1%
2019 13.48 229th 249 8.0%
2021 10.17 236th 250 5.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.75 34th 110 69.1%
2019 50.56 42nd 111 62.2%
2021 24.21 110th 115 4.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.25 219th 248 11.7%
2019 11.09 238th 252 5.6%
2021 12.96 238th 258 7.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 29.24 23rd 32 28.1%
2023 29.65 26th 33 21.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.65 34th 46 26.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.83 66th 89 25.8%
2019 21.74 75th 92 18.5%
2021 18.96 87th 99 12.1%
2022 16.46 92nd 102 9.8%
2023 19.99 95th 110 13.6%
2024 19.53 91st 105 13.3%
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Rank History for White students at Liberal Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.90 232nd 296 21.6%
2019 40.50 189th 306 38.2%
2021 63.15 87th 302 71.2%
2022 32.95 225th 307 26.7%
2023 32.41 225th 309 27.2%
2024 25.46 244th 295 17.3%
See the entire list of Best Kansas High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Kansas State 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.

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Data source: Kansas State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Liberal Senior High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 653 88 71 143 0 n/a n/a 0 955
1989 615 90 53 169 3 n/a n/a 0 930
1990 579 84 51 151 0 n/a n/a 0 865
1991 603 72 43 170 0 n/a n/a 0 888
1992 626 75 46 149 6 n/a n/a 0 902
1993 631 87 46 186 5 n/a n/a 0 955
1994 633 78 44 229 0 n/a n/a 0 984
1995 602 85 59 311 8 n/a n/a 0 1065
1996 602 85 59 311 8 n/a n/a 0 1065
1997 598 83 60 331 6 n/a n/a 0 1078
1998 589 83 65 358 4 n/a n/a 0 1099
1999 566 74 66 406 6 n/a n/a 0 1118
2000 552 82 49 429 6 n/a n/a 0 1118
2001 495 66 45 469 6 n/a n/a 0 1081
2002 429 62 46 577 5 n/a n/a 0 1119
2003 429 62 46 577 5 n/a n/a 0 1119
2004 410 60 47 615 6 n/a n/a 0 1138
2005 410 61 44 650 2 n/a n/a 0 1167
2006 364 60 49 713 4 n/a n/a 0 1190
2007 357 59 45 760 2 n/a n/a 0 1223
2008 357 60 53 764 1 n/a n/a 0 1235
2009 319 64 52 791 2 n/a n/a 1 1229
2010 267 52 40 815 19 3 19 0 1215
2011 271 44 44 807 16 1 23 0 1206
2012 254 38 36 825 12 0 28 0 1193
2013 266 29 39 835 11 0 26 0 1206
2014 251 30 41 876 15 0 24 0 1237
2015 238 25 33 927 19 0 17 0 1259
2016 230 24 30 963 20 0 17 0 1284
2017 218 29 34 992 22 0 15 0 1310
2018 197 30 40 1024 15 0 13 0 1319
2019 190 32 42 1104 8 0 21 0 1397
2020 168 29 41 1088 8 0 26 0 1360
2021 161 26 36 1131 7 0 29 0 1390
2022 150 21 34 1111 4 0 29 0 1349
2023 128 14 29 1146 4 0 32 0 1353
2024 136 14 22 1195 5 0 31 0 1403

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 Liberal Senior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 955 53.0 18.0 0
1989 930 53.0 17.5 n/a
1990 865 55.5 15.5 0
1991 888 55.3 16.0 n/a
1992 902 54.9 16.4 32.2
1993 955 56.4 16.9 28.6
1994 984 58.2 16.9 31.1
1995 1065 60.3 17.7 37.7
1996 1065 60.3 17.7 37.7
1997 1078 61.8 17.4 39.1
1998 1099 64.6 17.0 39.5
1999 1118 63.0 17.7 38
2000 1118 66.2 16.9 38.9
2001 1081 65.4 16.5 40.8
2002 1119 60.7 18.4 48.8
2003 1119 60.7 18.4 48.8
2004 1138 62.2 18.3 52.6
2005 1167 65.0 18.0 54.5
2006 1190 66.0 18.0 56.4
2007 1223 76.2 16.0 57.2
2008 1235 72.5 17.0 54.6
2009 1229 71.2 17.3 63.8
2010 1215 75.0 16.2 66.7
2011 1206 75.0 16.0 68.9
2012 1193 72.6 16.4 70.9
2013 1206 81.0 14.8 70.3
2014 1237 84.0 14.7 71.8
2015 1259 84.0 14.9 74.8
2016 1284 85.0 15.1 74.9
2017 1310 78.8 16.6 78.1
2018 1319 82.5 15.9 78.5
2019 1397 93.4 14.9 80.2
2020 1360 86.4 15.7 79.9
2021 1390 79.4 17.5 79.1
2022 1349 88.4 15.2 71.5
2023 1353 88.4 15.3 77
2024 1403 89.4 15.6 84.2

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 Liberal Senior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 955 53.0 18.0 0
1989 930 53.0 17.5 n/a
1990 865 55.5 15.5 0
1991 888 55.3 16.0 n/a
1992 902 54.9 16.4 32.2
1993 955 56.4 16.9 28.6
1994 984 58.2 16.9 31.1
1995 1065 60.3 17.7 37.7
1996 1065 60.3 17.7 37.7
1997 1078 61.8 17.4 39.1
1998 1099 64.6 17.0 39.5
1999 1118 63.0 17.7 38
2000 1118 66.2 16.9 38.9
2001 1081 65.4 16.5 40.8
2002 1119 60.7 18.4 48.8
2003 1119 60.7 18.4 48.8
2004 1138 62.2 18.3 52.6
2005 1167 65.0 18.0 54.5
2006 1190 66.0 18.0 56.4
2007 1223 76.2 16.0 57.2
2008 1235 72.5 17.0 54.6
2009 1229 71.2 17.3 63.8
2010 1215 75.0 16.2 66.7
2011 1206 75.0 16.0 68.9
2012 1193 72.6 16.4 70.9
2013 1206 81.0 14.8 70.3
2014 1237 84.0 14.7 71.8
2015 1259 84.0 14.9 74.8
2016 1284 85.0 15.1 74.9
2017 1310 78.8 16.6 78.1
2018 1319 82.5 15.9 78.5
2019 1397 93.4 14.9 80.2
2020 1360 86.4 15.7 79.9
2021 1390 79.4 17.5 79.1
2022 1349 88.4 15.2 71.5
2023 1353 88.4 15.3 77
2024 1403 89.4 15.6 84.2

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Liberal Senior High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $384 (3.7%) $9,930 (96.3%) $10,314

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Liberal Senior High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 301st of 325 High schoolsRanks 309th of 327 High schools
 1.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
10th Grade English Language Arts (Liberal Senior High)12.47.8
 4.6%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Liberal)12.47.8
 4.6%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)28.526.7
 1.7%
10th Grade Mathematics (Liberal Senior High)11.56.4
 5.1%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Liberal)11.56.4
 5.1%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)24.521
 3.5%
11th Grade Science (Liberal Senior High)12.77.9
 4.9%
   11th Grade Science (Liberal)12.77.9
 4.9%
   11th Grade Science (Kansas)32.428.9
 3.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students13971353
 3.1%
African American3214
 56.3%
American Indian84
 50%
Asian4229
 31%
Hispanic11041146
 3.8%
Pacific Islander00
White190128
 32.6%
Two or More Races2132
 52.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients80.2%77%
 3.2%

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Frequently Asked Questions about Liberal Senior High

Students at Liberal Senior High are 85% Hispanic, 10% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Liberal Senior High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Cottonwood Elementary School
Elementary : MacArthur Elementary School
Elementary : Meadowlark Elementary School
Elementary : Prairie View Elementary School
Elementary : Sunflower Elementary School
Middle : Eisenhower Middle School
Middle : Seymour Rogers Middle School

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,403 students attended Liberal Senior High.

Liberal Senior High ranks in the bottom 3.8% of Kansas high schools.


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