The top reported proficiency rate is 53% in Math. The lowest is 43% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Liberty Elementary School
Liberty Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Sioux City, a mid-sized city in Woodbury County. The school is a regular public school within the Sioux City Community School District, and it is not a charter or magnet school.
The student body is notably diverse. A very large majority of students come from low-income households, with a rate of economic disadvantage that stands out even for a public elementary school. The racial and ethnic composition is majority Hispanic, followed by White students, Black students, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students, American Indian or Alaska Native students, students identifying as two or more races, and Asian students. No single group forms an overwhelming majority, giving the school a genuinely multi-ethnic peer environment.
State testing results for the 2024-25 school year, which is the only year data was available, place Liberty in a challenging position relative to other elementary schools in Woodbury County. On the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP), the overall proficiency rate across math, English language arts, and science combined placed Liberty at school in the bottom quartile among the county's districts. In math, roughly half of tested students scored at proficient or above. In English language arts, a similar share did so. Science proficiency was lower, with fewer than half of tested students meeting the bar. Because only one year of testing data was available, it is not possible to see whether performance is trending up or down. The participation rate on all three assessments was strong, at about nine in ten students, so the results reflect nearly the full tested population.
For a school that serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The school's academic program data was not available, so details on specific curricula, enrichment offerings, or interventions for students who need extra support are not part of this picture. Likewise, discipline and staffing data were not provided.
The broader Sioux City Community School District appears to have undergone little in the way of recent structural changes that would be immediately visible to a parent. The search for district-level updates found no significant shifts to note.
Housing in the area around Liberty Elementary is more affordable than the state average. The typical home value has seen recent modest growth, and the rent-to-income ratio suggests housing is not unusually burdensome by national standards. For a family weighing this school, the housing market in this part of Sioux City is notably accessible compared to much of Iowa.
The takeaway for a parent or resident is this. Liberty Elementary offers a diverse, high-poverty learning environment where a majority of students are not yet meeting state proficiency benchmarks in math, reading, or science. The school is large for an elementary, with enrollment comfortably over the typical elementary size. The absence of multi-year data means there is no track record to gauge whether the school is improving. A parent considering this school would likely want to ask the principal or district office about academic interventions, how the school supports students who are below grade level, and what enrichment programs are available, as those details were not part of the available evidence.
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