Schools · Liberty

Liberty, NC schools

Liberty’s public schools score below North Carolina’s averages: 43% of students are proficient in reading against 47.2% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.7%. Kids attend Liberty Elementary School through grade 5, then Randleman Middle School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade #167Best schools in NC (of 252)#57Highest graduation rate in NC (of 284)

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Liberty’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Liberty’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 53% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B-Test scoresBGraduation

North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 53%

Lower resultsHigher results

North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (186)Better than 70%

High confidence. Built on 7,787 tested students and a graduating class of 1,282; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Liberty kids go to school

Grades PK–5

C+Liberty Elementary School 411 students · Liberty Randolph County Schools

Grades 6–8

CRandleman Middle School 765 students · Randleman Randolph County Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Randolph County)43%

State average 47.2%

Math (grades PK–8, Randolph County)43%

State average 41.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

91% graduate on time

Graduation rate

91%

NC: 87.7%

Graduating class

1,282

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #57 of 284 NC towns →

Districts

The district serving Liberty

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Randolph County SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 32 schools · 14,994 students

$11,767 per studentNC $13,045B-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Liberty

There’s no college in Liberty, but 13 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Elon University in Elon, 17.6 miles away.

Elon UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Elon17.6 mi7,207 students Alamance Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Graham18.8 mi1,778 students Bennett CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Greensboro18.8 mi162 students North Carolina A & T State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Greensboro18.9 mi12,375 students Randolph Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Asheboro19.2 mi1,034 students Greensboro CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Greensboro19.7 mi758 students University of North Carolina at GreensboroUniversity or college · Public · Greensboro19.9 mi13,442 students Guilford Technical Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Jamestown22 mi6,787 students

Strayer University-North CarolinaUniversity or college · For-profit · Greensboro22.2 mi3 students

Guilford CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Greensboro24.3 mi1,208 students

3 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Liberty. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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