Liberty Lake Elementary, Liberty Lake WA

Original Research by School Decision on Liberty Lake Elementary

Liberty Lake Elementary serves students in third through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Central Valley School District. It is an upper-elementary building, meaning children typically enter after primary grades and leave for middle school. There is no preschool, kindergarten, or first or second grade on site, so families should plan for separate feeder schools.

The school sits in Liberty Lake, a suburban community about sixteen miles east of downtown Spokane and less than two miles from the Idaho border. The town is primarily residential, with single-family subdivisions and commercial strips along Sprague Avenue and Liberty Lake Road. It is one of the faster-growing communities in Washington, and the built environment is car-dependent; there is no compact downtown. The lake itself, a historic recreation area, lies just outside city limits and provides fishing and boating. The school draws from these neighborhoods, and the overall feel is that of an expanding suburban bedroom community with recent construction.

Academically, Liberty Lake Elementary posts strong results. On Washington’s state assessments, the share of students meeting proficiency benchmarks across math, English language arts, and science places the school in the top quarter among all districts in Spokane County. Most students score at or above the standard in each tested subject at each grade level. Math proficiency is solid across third through fifth grade, with the strongest performance in third grade. English language arts results are similarly robust, and fifth-grade science results are also high. This is a school where a large majority of students are meeting grade-level expectations, and the overall proficiency index is well above the county median. Because only one year of testing data was provided, there is no trend to show improvement or decline; the picture is of a single strong snapshot.

The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Asian, Black, Native American, and multiracial students. Just under a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a moderate level of economic diversity. The school does not report data on students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent who wants to understand how those groups are served should ask the school directly. No discipline data or chronic absenteeism figures were available, either.

Liberty Lake Elementary is part of Central Valley School District, a system that operates roughly thirty schools and serves a large number of students. The district recently passed a replacement Educational Programs and Operations levy that funds ongoing maintenance and operations but does not pay for new construction. That levy is a significant part of the local property tax commitment. The district has a sizable general fund budget that supports its many buildings and programs.

Parents choosing this school can expect a solid academic environment that is well above the county average in test performance. The setting is suburban, with growth that suggests new housing and families moving in. Because the school only covers three grades, families will need to plan for transitions before and after. The missing data points on special education, English learner services, and discipline mean that a parent with specific needs should reach out to the school to get those numbers directly. For most families, the combination of high proficiency and a straightforward grade-span structure will be the main draws.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 32% · ▲ 43 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 58% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 40% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 26% · ▲ 44 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 31% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 61% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 59% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

This schoolCentral Valley School District, 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 3Lower-income64%Higher-income73%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income66%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income58%Higher-income77%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income64%Higher-income79%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income51%Higher-income74%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income49%Higher-income65%16 pp gap