The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in Science. The lowest is 53% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Epic Elementary
Epic Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Liberty, Missouri, part of the Liberty 53 school district. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. It sits in a suburb of Kansas City that blends a historic downtown square with commercial corridors and suburban residential development, and the district’s voters recently approved a substantial bond package for facility and safety upgrades across the system.
The student body is small for an elementary school serving the full K-5 span. Racially, the school is predominantly white, with a smaller share of students who are multiracial and a modest presence of Hispanic students; Black, Asian, and other groups each make up a very small portion of the enrollment. A very low share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which sets the school apart from many Missouri public schools and signals a largely middle-income and above peer environment. Staffing, discipline, and attendance data were not available to review, so a parent looking for context on class sizes or behavioral climate would want to ask the school directly.
On the Missouri Assessment Program, Epic Elementary’s results are mixed and some are not fully visible. Fourth-grade math proficiency was reported and sat well above half of students reaching the proficient or advanced level, a strong outcome. Fifth-grade math came in at just over half proficient, still solid but a step lower than fourth grade. In English language arts, third-grade proficiency stood just above half, and fifth-grade proficiency was similar. Science, tested only in fifth grade, showed a bit over half of students proficient. Fourth-grade English language arts results were suppressed in the data, meaning the state did not release a proficiency figure for that grade and subject, likely due to a small subgroup size or a data-quality concern; a parent may want to ask the school for that year’s results. The school’s overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades placed it above the midpoint among districts in Clay County, meaning it performs somewhat better than the median for the county but is not at the very top of the field. Third-grade math results were also suppressed, so the only complete picture across all tested grades is in fifth-grade math, English, and science.
The Liberty 53 district’s recent bond approval signals investment in school infrastructure, which may affect Epic Elementary’s facilities and technology in coming years. The broader Liberty housing market shows home values that are higher than the Missouri statewide average, and rents that are moderate relative to incomes, consistent with a relatively affluent suburban setting. The local economy is anchored by the school district itself, a hospital, Hallmark Cards, and other employers, with a steady population growth trend that suggests ongoing demand for housing and school capacity.
For families considering Epic Elementary, the school offers a stable, low-poverty environment with generally solid test performance, especially in fourth-grade math. The missing pieces in third-grade and fourth-grade data mean the full academic picture is incomplete, and the absence of information on special education or English learner populations limits a parent’s ability to assess support services. The school’s small enrollment and narrow grade band mean it serves as a neighborhood feeder within a larger district that operates multiple elementary schools, so the experience a child has here may be influenced by how the district assigns students and balances programs across its elementary sites. A parent moving to Liberty and choosing between elementary schools would want to compare Epic’s results and programs directly with those of the district’s other elementaries, since the available data suggests Epic is a solid performer but not an outlier in a generally well-regarded district.
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