The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in Math. The lowest is 26% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Liberty Es
Liberty Elementary sits in Sapulpa, a mid-sized city and the county seat of Creek County with a diversified manufacturing base that includes the Ardagh Group glass plant. Downtown Tulsa lies a short drive northeast, putting Sapulpa within the larger Tulsa metropolitan orbit while retaining its own identity rooted in glass, brick, and railroad history. The city is growing modestly, with recent annexation activity reflecting gradual expansion.
Liberty ES serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Its enrollment draws from a racially and ethnically mixed student body. About half of students are white. The remainder includes a substantial share of students who identify as two or more races, a marked Hispanic presence, a smaller American Indian or Alaska Native population, and a very modest Black and Asian representation. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals was not available. Information on students receiving special education services or English learner supports was also absent, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations.
The Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) results for the most recent school year show a mixed picture across tested grades and subjects, and there is an important caveat. The state changed its cut scores for math and English language arts for this assessment year, which means results cannot be directly compared to prior years. Grade-level results varied noticeably. In fourth grade math, about a fifth of students scored proficient or above, while fifth grade math was stronger, with roughly two in five reaching that bar. Third grade English language arts saw just over a quarter of students proficient, and fourth grade ELA a quarter. Third grade math results were suppressed, as were fifth grade ELA and fifth grade science results, meaning the data did not meet reporting thresholds; suppression often occurs when the number of students tested is small enough to risk identifying individuals. A parent should understand that these suppressed results mean there is no public information for those specific grade-subject combinations.
When compared against other districts in Creek County, Liberty's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades placed it in the top quartile. That county-level comparison includes fifteen districts of varying sizes and types, so the position is a relative one within that specific set.
Because Liberty ES serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and no data on chronic absenteeism was available. The school is a traditional public school within the Sapulpa district, not a charter or magnet. No recent district-wide changes that would substantially affect a parent's experience were found in publicly available records.
Sapulpa itself is an automobile-oriented city centered on a historic downtown with buildings from the 1920s oil boom. Historic Route 66 runs through town, and civic life is anchored by the Creek County Courthouse and Route 66 heritage sites. The school's location on North Brown Street places it in a residential area of the city. For a family making a school choice, Liberty ES offers a county-relative academic position that is above the middle of the pack, but the within-school proficiency rates are moderate to low depending on the grade and subject, and the cut-score change makes trends unclear. The student body is diverse, and the setting is a small industrial city with access to the broader Tulsa metro.
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