Liberty Es, Mounds OK - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Liberty Es

Liberty Es is a small public elementary school serving the rural Mounds area in Tulsa County. It enrolls students from preschool through sixth grade, and its student body is mostly White, with a significant share of students who identify as two or more races and a smaller Hispanic population. The school is not a charter or magnet school, and data on whether it qualifies as a Title I school was not available.

This school serves a community that is, by all accounts, a commuter town. Mounds has experienced a clear population decline over recent decades, and its economy is not built around large local employers. Most working residents drive to Sapulpa or Tulsa for their jobs. The town itself is low-density and rural, with a small downtown corridor along the main highway. The local housing market shows a typical home value that is above the state average, though mortgage rates nationally have been fluctuating in a narrow range. For a family considering this area, the town offers a quiet, rural setting with access to the Tulsa metro for work and amenities, but it is a place that has been shrinking rather than growing.

On state assessments, Liberty Es shows proficiency rates that are low across all tested subjects and grade levels. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was in the single digits or low double digits for third through sixth grade. In English language arts, the pattern was similar, with the highest rate in sixth grade and lower rates in the earlier grades. Fifth-grade science results were also very low. When placed against other districts in Tulsa County, the school’s overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile. A parent reading these results should know that Oklahoma changed its cut scores for math and English language arts in this testing year, which makes direct comparisons to prior years unclear, but the current numbers are soft.

The school itself has no state testing results for high school because it does not serve those grades, and there is no graduation rate to report for the same reason. Data on chronic absenteeism, special education, English learner populations, and free or reduced-price lunch eligibility were all missing from the available records, so a fuller picture of student support needs is not possible to draw from this source. The district brief found no recent parent-relevant changes such as bond measures, curriculum shifts, or capital projects to report, meaning there is no recent public signal of new investment or restructuring at the district level.

For a family, Liberty Es offers a small-school environment in a rural commuter town with modest housing costs relative to the national market. The academic results on state tests are a significant concern, and a parent may want to investigate what academic supports and interventions are in place, as well as how the school serves students with different learning needs. The school’s size and setting may appeal to families seeking a close-knit, low-key experience, but the test score data is a clear area where further inquiry with the school itself is warranted.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 36%

School 6% · District 6%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 411%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 612%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 36%

School 6% · District 6%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 46%

School 6% · District 6%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 15%

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

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 23%

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

Science

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 5%

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

This schoolLIBERTY, 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 6Lower-income32%Higher-income50%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income23%Higher-income33%11 pp gap