Is Liberty High School a good school?

Liberty High School ranks 813 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Liberty High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 588 students attended Liberty High School.

What is the racial makeup of Liberty High School?

Students at Liberty High School are 53% Hispanic, 34% White, 7% African American, 5% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Liberty High School?

Liberty High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Liberty Elementary School Middle : Liberty Middle School

Liberty High School

Summary:

Liberty High School is a public high school serving 596 students in grades 9-12 in Liberty, New York, which is part of the Liberty Central School District. While the school provides educational opportunities for the local community, it has faced several challenges in recent years, including declining academic performance, lower graduation rates, and high chronic absenteeism compared to nearby schools.

Academically, Liberty High School has consistently ranked in the lower half of New York high schools, with its Regents exam performance generally below the state average. Compared to nearby schools like Tri-Valley Secondary School and Livingston Manor High School, Liberty High School's academic outcomes are relatively lower. Additionally, the school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 65.2% and 85.1%, which is below the state average, and its dropout rate has ranged from 4.9% to 15.2% in recent years.

One potential contributing factor to Liberty High School's challenges is its higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students (61.58% free/reduced lunch) compared to the state average and nearby schools. This socioeconomic factor may be linked to the school's high chronic absenteeism rate, which has ranged from 34.1% to 50.1% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average. Addressing these issues, such as providing additional support and resources for students, could be crucial steps in improving the overall performance and educational experience at Liberty High School.

Detail:

Public 9-12

125 Buckley St
Liberty, NY 12754-1601

(845) 292-5400

District: Liberty Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
813^th of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,333

Feeder schools for Liberty High School:

Elementary:	Liberty Elementary School
Middle:	Liberty Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.7

Number of students: 588

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

53.1%

White:

34.4%

African American:

7.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 44.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Liberty High School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2018 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.31. (See more...)

Compare Details Liberty High School ranks worse than 65.5% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.56. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Liberty High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

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 (53.1%), White (34.4%), African American (7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 44.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Liberty High School is 12.7. (See more...)

Compare Liberty High School employs 46.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Liberty High School is $17,333.

Schooldigger 2018 Rankings:

Liberty High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Liberty High School 813^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Liberty High School in the ranking list.)

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Liberty Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Liberty Central School District 799^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Liberty High School

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	44.89	708^th	1095	35.3%
2012	43.84	833^rd	1337	37.7%
2013	35.08	898^th	1373	34.6%
2014	31.60	976^th	1401	30.3%
2015	27.79	1038^th	1407	26.2%
2016	29.55	1028^th	1429	28.1%
2017	27.97	1080^th	1455	25.8%
2018	25.31	1123^rd	1438	21.9%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Liberty High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	57.66	448^th	935	52.1%
2006	58.47	478^th	986	51.5%
2007	51.42	598^th	1002	40.3%
2008	64.39	360^th	1027	64.9%
2009	56.00	539^th	1086	50.4%
2010	65.89	331^st	1117	70.4%
2011	56.77	571^st	1165	51.0%
2012	55.41	617^th	1198	48.5%
2013	63.97	473^rd	1217	61.1%
2014	64.58	389^th	1237	68.6%
2015	57.08	537^th	1255	57.2%
2016	53.46	586^th	1255	53.3%
2017	44.43	693^rd	1221	43.2%
2018	61.19	501^st	1210	58.6%
2019	56.31	594^th	1207	50.8%
2022	45.55	667^th	1190	43.9%
2023	42.10	712^th	1228	42.0%
2024	33.56	813^th	1242	34.5%

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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	72.16	100^th	546	81.7%
2019	54.46	206^th	565	63.5%
2022	54.56	160^th	481	66.7%
2023	45.51	289^th	583	50.4%
2024	39.69	378^th	637	40.7%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.07	713^th	1095	34.9%
2019	19.45	977^th	1132	13.7%
2022	25.38	809^th	1038	22.1%
2023	18.89	998^th	1130	11.7%
2024	14.89	1081^st	1144	5.5%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.66	362^nd	1154	68.6%
2019	54.54	530^th	1179	55.0%
2022	42.17	650^th	1101	41.0%
2023	31.34	798^th	1155	30.9%
2024	21.35	934^th	1170	20.2%

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Rank History for high school Migrant students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	36.75	3^rd	4	25.0%
2023	57.74	3^rd	5	40.0%
2024	41.98	6^th	7	14.3%

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Rank History for high school Homeless students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	33.07	394^th	564	30.1%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	62.42	461^st	1176	60.8%
2019	60.51	517^th	1193	56.7%
2022	49.54	615^th	1155	46.8%
2023	40.92	722^nd	1197	39.7%
2024	31.15	842^nd	1219	30.9%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	59.29	508^th	1176	56.8%
2019	50.61	634^th	1190	46.7%
2022	40.32	685^th	1154	40.6%
2023	43.81	675^th	1191	43.3%
2024	36.72	769^th	1211	36.5%

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Rank History for high school African American students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	44.02	303^rd	593	48.9%
2023	56.88	223^rd	671	66.8%
2024	48.17	315^th	690	54.3%

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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	56.37	322^nd	791	59.3%
2019	52.96	350^th	815	57.1%
2022	46.38	379^th	760	50.1%
2023	44.15	426^th	851	49.9%
2024	34.47	553^rd	865	36.1%

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Rank History for high school White students at Liberty High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	59.03	296^th	765	61.3%
2019	61.00	279^th	793	64.8%
2022	38.83	505^th	738	31.6%
2023	36.26	551^st	776	29.0%
2024	30.24	596^th	781	23.7%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, 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: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Liberty High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	570	52	16	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	707
1990	559	61	17	74	0	n/a	n/a	0	711
1991	565	76	18	77	0	n/a	n/a	0	736
1992	445	70	14	62	0	n/a	n/a	0	591
1993	458	64	8	53	0	n/a	n/a	0	583
1994	467	79	17	79	0	n/a	n/a	0	642
1995	449	81	13	71	1	n/a	n/a	0	615
1996	449	81	13	71	1	n/a	n/a	0	615
1997	462	73	24	81	0	n/a	n/a	0	640
1998	455	74	19	75	0	n/a	n/a	0	623
1999	464	67	12	58	1	n/a	n/a	0	602
2000	492	70	16	80	0	n/a	n/a	0	658
2001	511	66	13	75	0	n/a	n/a	0	665
2002	567	88	16	100	3	n/a	n/a	0	774
2003	567	88	16	100	3	n/a	n/a	0	774
2004	531	89	17	111	0	n/a	n/a	0	748
2005	524	83	17	130	2	n/a	n/a	0	756
2006	489	75	10	119	2	n/a	n/a	0	695
2007	384	55	12	103	2	n/a	n/a	0	556
2008	375	37	13	101	1	n/a	n/a	0	527
2009	341	35	8	96	1	n/a	n/a	32	513
2010	318	35	6	98	3	n/a	n/a	11	471
2011	308	56	5	116	4	0	0	0	489
2012	586	109	6	243	3	0	10	0	957
2013	541	114	8	249	2	0	13	0	927
2014	515	115	5	262	1	0	10	0	908
2015	483	102	9	265	1	0	16	0	876
2016	476	99	8	280	1	0	17	0	881
2017	469	93	13	339	0	0	25	0	939
2018	484	86	12	379	0	0	28	0	989
2019	241	44	6	184	0	0	9	0	484
2020	223	41	8	202	1	0	14	0	489
2021	212	43	7	223	0	0	16	0	501
2022	238	45	8	253	0	0	20	0	564
2023	232	47	6	285	0	0	26	0	596
2024	202	41	5	312	0	0	28	0	588

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 School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	707	61.1	11.5	n/a
1990	711	59.3	11.9	n/a
1991	736	58.3	12.6	n/a
1992	591	44.3	13.3	n/a
1993	583	42.4	13.8	n/a
1994	642	47.7	13.5	19.5
1995	615	49.9	12.3	18.5
1996	615	49.9	12.3	18.5
1997	640	49.6	12.9	22
1998	623	49.0	12.7	25.8
1999	602	52.1	11.6	37
2000	658	56.0	11.8	38.9
2001	665	59.0	11.3	26.5
2002	774	53.0	14.6	30.7
2003	774	53.0	14.6	30.7
2004	748	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	756	48.9	15.5	35.2
2006	695	52.0	13.4	47.6
2007	556	49.0	11.3	49.3
2008	527	52.5	10.0	49.1
2009	513	51.0	10.1	66.1
2010	471	50.4	9.3	56.3
2011	489	43.9	11.1	50.5
2012	957	82.9	11.5	50.5
2013	927	83.0	11.1	59.9
2014	908	81.4	11.1	57
2015	876	75.0	11.6	63.5
2016	881	72.0	12.2	59.7
2017	939	78.5	11.9	58.5
2018	989	83.0	11.9	53.6
2019	484	36.0	13.4	63.2
2020	489	43.0	11.3	58.3
2021	501	41.4	12.1	64.3
2022	564	43.1	13.0	60.1
2023	596	44.8	13.2	61.6
2024	588	46.2	12.7	44.4

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 School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	707	61.1	11.5	n/a
1990	711	59.3	11.9	n/a
1991	736	58.3	12.6	n/a
1992	591	44.3	13.3	n/a
1993	583	42.4	13.8	n/a
1994	642	47.7	13.5	19.5
1995	615	49.9	12.3	18.5
1996	615	49.9	12.3	18.5
1997	640	49.6	12.9	22
1998	623	49.0	12.7	25.8
1999	602	52.1	11.6	37
2000	658	56.0	11.8	38.9
2001	665	59.0	11.3	26.5
2002	774	53.0	14.6	30.7
2003	774	53.0	14.6	30.7
2004	748	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	756	48.9	15.5	35.2
2006	695	52.0	13.4	47.6
2007	556	49.0	11.3	49.3
2008	527	52.5	10.0	49.1
2009	513	51.0	10.1	66.1
2010	471	50.4	9.3	56.3
2011	489	43.9	11.1	50.5
2012	957	82.9	11.5	50.5
2013	927	83.0	11.1	59.9
2014	908	81.4	11.1	57
2015	876	75.0	11.6	63.5
2016	881	72.0	12.2	59.7
2017	939	78.5	11.9	58.5
2018	989	83.0	11.9	53.6
2019	484	36.0	13.4	63.2
2020	489	43.0	11.3	58.3
2021	501	41.4	12.1	64.3
2022	564	43.1	13.0	60.1
2023	596	44.8	13.2	61.6
2024	588	46.2	12.7	44.4

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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