The top reported proficiency rate is 17% in English language arts. The lowest is 0% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Liberty El
Liberty Elementary serves grades two through five in Liberty, a historic county-seat city in Southeast Texas, midway between Houston and Beaumont. The school sits within Liberty Independent School District on a campus separate from downtown, drawing from the city and surrounding Liberty County.
The school enrolls roughly several hundred students, about three-fifths of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is mixed in race and ethnicity, with white and Hispanic students forming the largest groups, along with a notable Black enrollment; very small numbers of Asian and multiracial students are present. The school does not appear to serve a significant population of English learners based on available data, though counts were not reported separately.
State testing results on the STAAR assessment, administered in English and Spanish across grades three, four, and five, show proficiency well below the Texas standard. In English-language math, only a small minority of third graders and a slightly larger share of fifth graders reached the proficient level. In English-language reading and language arts, third graders showed higher proficiency than in math, but fewer than half reached the standard; fifth-grade proficiency in Spanish-language ELA was substantially lower. A very small group of students took the Spanish-language versions of both math and ELA in grades four and five; neither group achieved proficiency on those assessments. Fifth-grade science results, based on a handful of Spanish-language test-takers, showed no students reaching proficiency. Across all subjects, fewer than one in three students school-wide met the "meets" standard, and fewer than one in ten achieved "masters." When placed against other districts in Liberty County, Liberty Elementary's overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile.
A parent considering this school should understand that test performance here is substantially below the state's proficiency standard and below the median for the county. The data reflects a school in which most students are not yet meeting grade-level expectations in the core subjects. This is not a hidden concern; state testing results are public and point to real learning gaps that warrant direct conversation with the school about how the staff are addressing reading and math skills, what interventions exist for students below grade level, and what the school's concrete improvement trajectory looks like.
Liberty ISD itself has kept its property tax rate relatively low compared to much of the state, a point in favor of affordability for homeowners. The district recently saw voters reject a bond measure for facility improvements to the high school, so athletic and fine arts infrastructure questions remain unresolved. The city of Liberty and surrounding Liberty County are experiencing steady population growth, particularly driven by Colony Ridge, a large development in the county that has drawn state-level attention. Housing values have climbed notably in recent years. The town itself retains a small-town character, with a historic downtown centered on a courthouse square, though it functions as a car-oriented, low-density place. Employment is tied to county government, schools, and the regional energy and petrochemical corridor farther east.
For a family seeking an elementary school, Liberty Elementary offers access to a small-town setting with reasonable affordability and stable community institutions, but the academic performance data shows this is a school where many students are not yet proficient in reading and math, and a parent would benefit from understanding the school's plan to raise those outcomes.
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