Liberty Middle, Lemoore CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Liberty Middle

Liberty Middle is a public middle school serving grades seven and eight in Lemoore, a small San Joaquin Valley city anchored by Naval Air Station Lemoore and large-scale dairy processing. The school enrolls a modest population, about evenly split between the two grades. Three-quarters of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of white, Asian, and other students. The school's data on special populations such as English learners and students with IEPs was not available.

In English language arts, Liberty Middle shows relative strength. Students in both seventh and eighth grade sit near or above the midpoint of proficiency on California's assessment. Seventh graders perform somewhat better than eighth graders, with a solid majority meeting or exceeding the state standard. By contrast, math proficiency is notably lower, with fewer than two in five students meeting the standard in either grade. Science proficiency is weaker still, with only about one in five eighth graders proficient. Social studies data from an older assessment showed similar gaps, with proficiency well below half.

Across tested subjects and grades, Liberty Middle's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint among other districts in Kings County. This means the school is performing better than many of its county neighbors, even as it faces challenges in math and science. A parent may want to look into the school's supports and curriculum approaches in math and science more directly with administrators, particularly given that math proficiency is lower than language arts and the gap widens from seventh to eighth grade.

Lemoore itself is a mostly residential small city with a compact walkable downtown grid, where restored brick buildings house shops and restaurants alongside city offices and schools. Newer neighborhoods follow suburban patterns. The Naval Air Station dominates the local economy and drives housing demand, with apartments and rentals catering to military families. Leprino Foods operates two large cheese manufacturing plants in the city. Recent population growth has been modest, though new residential subdivisions and downtown mixed-use redevelopment are underway. Housing values and rents have risen modestly in the most recent period, with renting slightly more affordable than buying relative to local income.

The Lemoore Union Elementary School District recently opened a new campus, Freedom Elementary, funded by a voter-approved general obligation bond. That expansion signals growing enrollment and district investment. Liberty Middle operates within this context of modest but steady growth and bond-backed infrastructure spending. The school serves a community where most families rely on public schools, given the high free-and-reduced-lunch rate, and where economic anchors such as the military base and food processing provide stable if working-class employment.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 738%

School 38% · District 39% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 36% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 63% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 860%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 24% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 42% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolLemoore Union Elementary, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income60%Higher-income70%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income56%Higher-income77%21 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income36%Higher-income45%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income50%14 pp gap