The top reported proficiency rate is 64% in Math. The lowest is 51% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Liberty Elementary School
Liberty Elementary sits on Atwater Street in Port Charlotte, a sprawling, car-dependent unincorporated community on Florida's Gulf Coast. There is no walkable downtown here; commercial life runs along the US 41 corridor and clusters in the Murdock area, where the county's shopping, government offices, and recreation facilities are concentrated. Families typically need a car for everything, and the school itself sits within that distributed, campus-by-campus layout typical of the region. The surrounding area is in a pronounced growth phase, with a major master-planned community under construction nearby and significant redevelopment of older retail into mixed-use projects, so the neighborhood around Liberty is likely to look meaningfully different within a few years.
Liberty serves prekindergarten through fifth grade, making it a full elementary pathway. Enrollment is moderately sized for a Florida elementary school. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which gives a sense of the economic circumstances many families here are navigating. Racially, the school is majority white, with Hispanic students making up a substantial share, Black students a smaller share, and students of two or more races a visible portion of the population as well. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what we reviewed.
On Florida's FAST assessments, which are the state's current standardized tests for grades three through five, Liberty's results sit in a range that a parent would describe as middling. Math proficiency is somewhat stronger than reading across the grades tested, with fourth grade showing the highest rates in both subjects. Reading results are modestly lower than math at each grade level, and fifth-grade science proficiency, measured on the statewide science assessment, comes in just above half of students reaching proficiency. None of these figures are dramatically low, but none represent a clear strength either. A parent interested in understanding whether the school's performance reflects the demographics it serves, versus instructional factors, would want to ask the school directly about how they support students who are not yet proficient and what intervention resources are available. Trend data was not available, so there is no way from this data alone to say whether scores have been rising, flat, or declining.
Charlotte County Public Schools, the district Liberty belongs to, publicly reported its highest state grade in over a decade for the most recent school year, with no schools rated at the lowest tiers. That district-level trajectory is worth noting as context, though individual school results vary. A locally renewed property tax, passed by voters and running through the 2026-27 school year, funds teacher pay, school security, and arts programming that goes beyond what state funding covers; that measure is expected back on the ballot in late 2026, and its renewal or non-renewal would directly affect what families experience at schools like Liberty. Hurricane Ian in 2022 caused serious damage to district facilities, and while the ongoing capital situation centers on the middle school, it is part of the broader context any family moving into the district should track.
On the housing side, home values in the zip code around Liberty have pulled back noticeably over the past year, and rents have declined as well, making the area more accessible than it was at the recent peak. Relative to state benchmarks, the local market sits below the Florida median, and rent as a share of income runs meaningfully higher than is generally considered comfortable, which reflects the area's affordability pressures. The broader county continues to add housing at a substantial pace.
Programs data was not available for Liberty specifically, so there is no way to characterize enrichment offerings, after-school programs, or specialty tracks from what was provided. A parent should ask the school directly about what is available beyond the core curriculum.
A comparison of Liberty's proficiency results against other schools in Charlotte County was not possible because the county has only a single district, which is too small a set for a meaningful ranking. The results stand on their own as a picture of where this school is today.
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