📍 125 Falcon Lane, Liberty, Pickens County, 29657
Liberty Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Liberty, Pickens County. The school has 448 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pickens 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Liberty Middle enrolls 448 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 364 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 5.4% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
378 of the school's 448 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 358 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Liberty Middle 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 Middle 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 448 students, Liberty Middle 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