📍 50 Traxler Drive, Ottumwa, Wapello County, 52501
Liberty Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ottumwa, Wapello County. The school has 430 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ottumwa Comm School District school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Liberty Elementary School enrolls 430 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 212 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 113 | 26% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 56 | 13% |
| Asian | 23 | 5.3% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
250 of the school's 430 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 235 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Liberty Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 41, state house district 81.
Liberty Elementary School is one of 11 schools in Ottumwa Comm School District, based in Ottumwa, Iowa. The district serves 5,024 students district-wide and employs 317 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 430 students, Liberty Elementary School is close to the district average of about 457 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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