📍 251 North Hillcrest Street, Liberty, Pickens County, 29657
Liberty Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Liberty, Pickens County. The school has 455 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pickens 01 school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 39% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Liberty Elementary enrolls 455 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 387 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 5.1% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
455 of the school's 455 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 455 qualify for free lunch and 0 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 is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 SC-30, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
Liberty Elementary is one of 24 schools in Pickens 01, based in Easley, South Carolina. The district serves 16,313 students district-wide and employs 1,093 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 455 students, Liberty Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 680 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large