The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in Math. The lowest is 44% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Liberty Elem School
Liberty Elementary serves pre-K through sixth grade in Bartlett, a mixed-use suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area. The school draws students from a diverse residential and industrial community with a strong employment base in food distribution, logistics, and advanced manufacturing centered around Brewster Creek Business Park. Housing in the area is moderately valued, and the school sits within walking distance of Route 59 and Stearns Road but in a largely car-oriented setting outside Bartlett's small historic downtown.
The school enrolls a small but diverse cohort. Students span multiple racial and ethnic backgrounds, with roughly equal representation across White, Hispanic, and Asian students, along with smaller numbers of Black, multiracial, and Native American students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so a parent seeking to understand the school's economic context may want to inquire directly with the school. Special education and English learner enrollment counts were similarly not provided, limiting visibility into how the school serves students with these needs.
Illinois state testing from the 2024–25 school year shows proficiency rates that vary by grade and subject. In mathematics, third and fourth graders reached proficiency at roughly rates in the upper-middle range, while fifth grade showed noticeably weaker performance. Sixth grade math proficiency recovered slightly. In English language arts, results were more uneven. Third grade showed lower performance, fourth grade moved to stronger proficiency, and fifth and sixth grades stayed in the middle range. Science was assessed only in fifth grade, where the proficiency rate was below half. Overall, the school's proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among Cook County districts. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly regarding the notable dip in fifth-grade math and the generally lower performance in ELA relative to math at the primary grades.
All tested grades participated at or near full rates in state assessments, with one exception: sixth grade science participation was slightly below full. Testing cut scores changed in 2024–25, so direct year-to-year trend comparisons are not safe to make from this data.
The school's grade band ends at sixth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report. No discipline, attendance, or staffing data was available from the provided information.
Liberty Elementary sits within School District U-46, which is in the midst of substantial facility and instructional transition. A bond referendum approved in April 2023 is funding rebuilds of five aging elementary schools and construction of the district's first new middle schools in more than a generation. Hawk Hollow Middle School in Bartlett, which opened for the 2025–26 school year, will receive students from Liberty and other feeder schools. Additionally, the district has extended the elementary school day by a fixed amount starting in 2025–26, and all elementary students now have a daily advisory period for social-emotional learning and academic intervention. The district is rolling out new mathematics curriculum (Reveal Math) and piloting an EL Education literacy program at the middle level. These changes reshape schedules, instructional resources, and the school-to-middle-school transition for every family in Liberty's attendance area.
Bartlett itself offers modest walkability around a historic downtown near the Metra station and has anchors like the Bartlett Community Center and Public Library District, the latter weighing a possible renovation-and-expansion referendum. Recent housing development, including the D.R. Horton Grasslands subdivision, and continued industrial expansion at Brewster Creek reflect steady growth, though new residential inventory remains moderately priced and largely suburban in character. A parent considering Liberty Elementary should view it as a neighborhood school serving a diverse community in a stable, growing suburb with evolving district-wide instruction and aging facilities now beginning their replacement cycle.
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