Liberty J H

Summary:

Liberty J H is a public middle school located in Dallas, Texas, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 592 students. The school is part of the Richardson Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 403 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Liberty J H consistently ranks in the bottom half of Texas middle schools, with a ranking between 1707 and 1982 out of 2252-2361 schools over the past 5 years. The school's performance on STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) tests is significantly below the district and state averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 36.82% of 7th-grade students were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 56.33% for the district and 52.08% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in Mathematics, with only 15.31% of 8th-grade students proficient or better, compared to 33.85% for the district and 40.23% for the state.

Liberty J H has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 83.78% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. This is significantly higher than the district and state averages, which can contribute to the school's academic challenges. The nearby schools in the Richardson ISD, such as Richardson West Technology and Arts Magnet and Richardson North J H, significantly outperform Liberty J H on academic measures, with higher STAAR proficiency rates, higher state rankings, and lower dropout rates.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 10330 Lawler Rd
       Dallas, TX  75243-4107


(469) 593-7888

District: Richardson Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1982nd of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,117 Help


Students who attend Liberty J H usually attend:

High:    Berkner High School

Feeder schools for Liberty J H:

Elementary:    Audelia Creek Elementary
    Forestridge Elementary
    Jess Harben Elementary
    O Henry Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  10.3 Help
Number of students:  542

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
40.6%
African American:
32.7%
Asian:
14.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  81.5% Help


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Compare Details Liberty J H ranks worse than 83.9% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks last among 8 ranked middle schools in the Richardson Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 21.57. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Liberty J H is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (40.6%), African American (32.7%), Asian (14.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 81.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Richardson Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Liberty J H is 10.3, which is the lowest among 9 middle schools in the Richardson Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Liberty J H is $11,117, which is the 2nd highest among 8 middle schools in the Richardson Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Liberty J H:

SchoolDigger ranks Liberty J H 1982nd of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Liberty J H in the ranking list.)

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Richardson Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Richardson Independent School District (Isd) 403rd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Liberty J H

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Rank History for all students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 60.29 663rd 1573 57.9%
2005 60.23 640th 1582 59.5%
2006 46.28 977th 1585 38.4%
2007 41.05 1162nd 1684 31.0%
2008 53.95 871st 1718 49.3%
2009 63.13 650th 1763 63.1%
2010 47.67 1141st 1803 36.7%
2011 57.72 869th 1895 54.1%
2012 53.09 947th 1951 51.5%
2013 52.02 997th 1973 49.5%
2014 54.53 931st 1987 53.1%
2015 56.96 892nd 2043 56.3%
2016 49.62 1081st 1987 45.6%
2017 50.01 882nd 2027 56.5%
2018 58.41 693rd 2080 66.7%
2019 51.69 930th 2193 57.6%
2021 26.28 1707th 2252 24.2%
2022 22.93 1855th 2254 17.7%
2023 22.40 1904th 2330 18.3%
2024 21.57 1982nd 2361 16.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.39 270th 720 62.5%
2019 30.71 562nd 753 25.4%
2021 17.32 687th 743 7.5%
2022 13.24 782nd 813 3.8%
2023 23.82 692nd 817 15.3%
2024 19.80 727th 812 10.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.06 535th 1376 61.1%
2019 45.37 676th 1445 53.2%
2021 27.23 1325th 1592 16.8%
2022 29.30 1292nd 1643 21.4%
2023 26.00 1408th 1720 18.1%
2024 38.63 1056th 1760 40.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.70 304th 1597 81.0%
2019 46.97 685th 1626 57.9%
2021 49.99 613th 1712 64.2%
2022 31.10 1325th 1757 24.6%
2023 20.06 1723rd 1815 5.1%
2024 17.35 1765th 1881 6.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.46 401st 2039 80.3%
2019 58.29 674th 2073 67.5%
2021 43.45 1192nd 2172 45.1%
2022 29.94 1708th 2220 23.1%
2023 30.71 1684th 2251 25.2%
2024 28.56 1755th 2224 21.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.99 696th 2008 65.3%
2019 49.18 982nd 2047 52.0%
2021 29.38 1578th 2151 26.6%
2022 28.64 1680th 2221 24.4%
2023 23.40 1843rd 2241 17.8%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.39 497th 1430 65.2%
2019 53.32 844th 1446 41.6%
2021 37.76 1094th 1501 27.1%
2022 32.35 1191st 1488 20.0%
2023 34.24 1165th 1481 21.3%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.50 521st 2008 74.1%
2019 46.28 990th 2058 51.9%
2021 25.40 1815th 2118 14.3%
2022 24.10 1893rd 2182 13.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.84 739th 2030 63.6%
2019 51.36 861st 2069 58.4%
2021 24.69 1712th 2168 21.0%
2022 18.44 1959th 2228 12.1%
2023 21.88 1872nd 2245 16.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.67 389th 587 33.7%
2019 30.75 470th 594 20.9%
2021 23.76 503rd 589 14.6%
2022 14.50 564th 606 6.9%
2023 6.30 594th 616 3.6%
2024 11.57 576th 612 5.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.57 269th 1167 76.9%
2019 59.65 362nd 1193 69.7%
2021 37.98 735th 1213 39.4%
2022 28.10 994th 1251 20.5%
2023 28.84 940th 1273 26.2%
2024 26.15 1036th 1271 18.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.77 737th 1895 61.1%
2019 53.99 753rd 1935 61.1%
2021 19.64 1820th 2043 10.9%
2022 20.60 1819th 2077 12.4%
2023 20.38 1865th 2116 11.9%
2024 17.65 1937th 2108 8.1%
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Rank History for White students at Liberty J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.88 825th 1673 50.7%
2019 46.29 889th 1684 47.2%
2021 13.78 1586th 1700 6.7%
2022 21.69 1510th 1723 12.4%
2023 31.12 1347th 1749 23.0%
2024 31.49 1306th 1724 24.2%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Liberty J H

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 696 78 135 26 n/a n/a n/a 0 935
1989 630 84 133 29 0 n/a n/a 0 876
1990 614 69 139 32 0 n/a n/a 0 854
1991 634 79 150 39 1 n/a n/a 0 903
1992 647 91 167 37 1 n/a n/a 0 943
1993 634 98 157 41 4 n/a n/a 0 934
1994 587 98 176 49 3 n/a n/a 0 913
1995 515 108 198 73 1 n/a n/a 0 895
1996 515 108 198 73 1 n/a n/a 0 895
1997 509 115 219 77 2 n/a n/a 0 922
1998 482 111 235 87 3 n/a n/a 0 918
1999 453 109 215 83 4 n/a n/a 0 864
2000 409 113 181 94 4 n/a n/a 0 801
2001 358 136 190 93 1 n/a n/a 0 778
2002 300 151 207 121 1 n/a n/a 0 780
2003 300 151 207 121 1 n/a n/a 0 780
2004 244 172 185 116 1 n/a n/a 0 718
2005 220 176 194 157 4 n/a n/a 0 751
2006 147 306 128 167 5 n/a n/a 0 753
2007 129 279 110 149 3 n/a n/a 0 670
2008 98 240 102 147 5 n/a n/a 0 592
2009 85 241 110 195 5 n/a n/a 0 636
2010 77 242 109 210 3 n/a n/a 0 641
2011 64 243 79 202 6 0 9 0 603
2012 67 241 74 201 2 2 13 0 600
2013 76 241 80 230 0 0 10 0 637
2014 79 241 91 273 1 0 11 0 696
2015 71 218 87 269 1 0 22 0 668
2016 70 204 82 258 2 1 17 0 634
2017 56 206 87 267 1 2 20 0 639
2018 68 201 83 246 1 0 17 0 616
2019 63 229 80 247 0 0 12 0 631
2020 61 241 78 251 1 1 10 0 643
2021 71 218 89 247 1 3 10 0 639
2022 74 234 92 224 5 2 10 0 641
2023 63 213 87 210 3 1 15 0 592
2024 51 177 81 220 1 0 12 0 542

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Liberty J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 935 58.0 16.1 n/a
1989 876 n/a n/a n/a
1990 854 54.0 15.8 n/a
1991 903 53.6 16.8 n/a
1992 943 57.3 16.4 7.6
1993 934 60.0 15.6 9
1994 913 58.2 15.7 9
1995 895 53.2 16.8 12.1
1996 895 53.2 16.8 12.1
1997 922 55.4 16.6 14.9
1998 918 53.3 17.2 18.8
1999 864 56.2 15.4 29.9
2000 801 51.7 15.5 30.8
2001 778 50.4 15.4 32.4
2002 780 49.9 15.6 37.6
2003 780 49.9 15.6 37.6
2004 718 50.0 14.4 40.3
2005 751 55.7 13.5 47
2006 753 60.3 12.5 63.7
2007 670 48.4 13.8 59.9
2008 592 51.1 11.6 57.1
2009 636 48.4 13.1 65.1
2010 641 44.1 14.5 67.6
2011 603 47.6 12.6 73.5
2012 600 44.8 13.3 72.3
2013 637 43.1 14.7 73.8
2014 696 45.5 15.2 74.9
2015 668 47.0 14.2 71.7
2016 634 48.0 13.2 71.5
2017 639 48.5 13.1 72.1
2018 616 49.8 12.3 76.5
2019 631 47.8 13.1 74.6
2020 643 51.6 12.4 77.6
2021 639 51.9 12.3 75.4
2022 641 57.6 11.1 79.3
2023 592 53.2 11.1 83.8
2024 542 52.5 10.3 81.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Liberty J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 935 58.0 16.1 n/a
1989 876 n/a n/a n/a
1990 854 54.0 15.8 n/a
1991 903 53.6 16.8 n/a
1992 943 57.3 16.4 7.6
1993 934 60.0 15.6 9
1994 913 58.2 15.7 9
1995 895 53.2 16.8 12.1
1996 895 53.2 16.8 12.1
1997 922 55.4 16.6 14.9
1998 918 53.3 17.2 18.8
1999 864 56.2 15.4 29.9
2000 801 51.7 15.5 30.8
2001 778 50.4 15.4 32.4
2002 780 49.9 15.6 37.6
2003 780 49.9 15.6 37.6
2004 718 50.0 14.4 40.3
2005 751 55.7 13.5 47
2006 753 60.3 12.5 63.7
2007 670 48.4 13.8 59.9
2008 592 51.1 11.6 57.1
2009 636 48.4 13.1 65.1
2010 641 44.1 14.5 67.6
2011 603 47.6 12.6 73.5
2012 600 44.8 13.3 72.3
2013 637 43.1 14.7 73.8
2014 696 45.5 15.2 74.9
2015 668 47.0 14.2 71.7
2016 634 48.0 13.2 71.5
2017 639 48.5 13.1 72.1
2018 616 49.8 12.3 76.5
2019 631 47.8 13.1 74.6
2020 643 51.6 12.4 77.6
2021 639 51.9 12.3 75.4
2022 641 57.6 11.1 79.3
2023 592 53.2 11.1 83.8
2024 542 52.5 10.3 81.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Liberty J H

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,029 (9.5%) $9,763 (90.5%) $10,792
2020 $950 (8.7%) $9,940 (91.3%) $10,890
2021 $934 (8.4%) $10,183 (91.6%) $11,117

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Liberty J H

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 930th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1904th of 2330 Middle schools
 39.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Reading (Liberty J H)3933
 6%
   7th Grade Reading (Richardson Independent School District (Isd))5254
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
8th Grade Reading (Liberty J H)5332
 21%
   8th Grade Reading (Richardson Independent School District (Isd))5758
 1%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Liberty J H)5417
 37%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Richardson Independent School District (Isd))5935
 24%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Liberty J H)5629
 27%
   8th Grade Science (Richardson Independent School District (Isd))5851
 7%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Liberty J H)5325
 28%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Richardson Independent School District (Isd))4940
 9%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Liberty J H)9424
 70%
   End of Course Algebra I (Richardson Independent School District (Isd))6735
 32%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students631592
 6.2%
African American229213
 7%
American Indian03
Asian8087
 8.8%
Hispanic247210
 15%
Pacific Islander01
White6363
Two or More Races1215
 25%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients74.6%83.8%
 9.1%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 542 students attended Liberty J H.

Students who attend Liberty J H usually go on to attend Berkner High School

Students at Liberty J H are 41% Hispanic, 33% African American, 15% Asian, 9% White, 2% Two or more races.

Liberty J H ranks in the bottom 16.1% of Texas middle schools.


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