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Liberty 53 Schools
Liberty 53 is a public school district in Missouri, based in Clay County (Liberty). SchoolGrade grades 18 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Liberty 53 on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Liberty 53
17 of 18 schools in Liberty 53 carry a SchoolGrade (1 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 4B: 8C: 5
Best schools in Liberty 53
Statewide rankings: all 444 high schools in Missouri · all 341 middle schools in Missouri · all 1072 elementary schools in Missouri
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Shoal Creek Elem (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A Lewis And Clark Elem (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A Discovery Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
- A- Alexander Doniphan Elem (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B+ Epic Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B+ Liberty High (High school, meets expectations)
- B+ Heritage Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
- B+ South Valley Middle (Middle school, meets expectations)
- B- Warren Hills Elem (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- B- Lillian Schumacher Elem (Elementary school, meets expectations)
Every school in Liberty 53
High schools (2)
- B+ Liberty High, Liberty
- C+ Liberty North High School, Liberty
Middle and junior high schools (4)
- A Discovery Middle School, Liberty
- B+ Heritage Middle School, Liberty
- B- Liberty Middle School, Liberty
- B+ South Valley Middle, Liberty
Elementary and primary schools (12)
- A- Alexander Doniphan Elem, Liberty
- Early Child Education Ctr, Kansas City
- B+ Epic Elementary, Liberty
- B- Franklin Elem, Liberty
- C+ Kellybrook Elem School, Kansas City
- A Lewis And Clark Elem, Liberty
- C- Liberty Oaks Elem, Kansas City
- B- Lillian Schumacher Elem, Liberty
- C Manor Hill Elem, Liberty
- C Ridgeview Elem, Liberty
- A+ Shoal Creek Elem, Kansas City
- B- Warren Hills Elem, Liberty
Where Liberty 53 schools are
Cities and towns served (2)
- Liberty (14)
- Kansas City (4)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Missouri
- County: Clay County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 12,154 students with 872 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,896 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2918540
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- North Kansas City 74 (33 schools, 7 mi)
- Kearney R-I (8 schools, 9 mi)
- Excelsior Springs 40 (6 schools, 11 mi)
- Fort Osage R-I (9 schools, 11 mi)
- Independence 30 (29 schools, 12 mi)
- Smithville R-Ii (5 schools, 13 mi)
- Kansas City 33 (32 schools, 15 mi)
- Park Hill (18 schools, 16 mi)
Questions about Liberty 53
How many schools are in Liberty 53?
SchoolGrade grades 18 public schools in Liberty 53, across 2 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Liberty 53 serve?
The largest by graded schools: Liberty, Kansas City.
How good are the schools in Liberty 53?
Across the 17 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is B, with 49.9% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 48.2%. 65% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Liberty 53?
12,154 students were enrolled in Liberty 53 in the 2023-24 school year, about 13.9 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Liberty 53?
Liberty 53 is in Missouri, based in Clay County, with its district office in Liberty. Its boundary covers about 82.0 sq mi.