Liberty Drive Elementary
Public elementary school, grades 4 to 5 · Thomasville, North Carolina
Liberty Drive Elementary in Thomasville, North Carolina enrolled 306 students in 2024-25 with 18.5 full-time teachers, 16.5 students per teacher against the North Carolina elementary-school median of 14.7. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 14% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 6%
357 students in 2022-23, 342 students in 2023-24, 306 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 17.5 to 18.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 357 | 17.5 | 20.4 |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 19.0 | 18.0 |
| 2024-25 | 306 | 18.5 | 16.5 |
16.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 81 of every 100 North Carolina elementary schools
Among the 1,442 North Carolina elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.7; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 347 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Liberty Drive Elementary enrolled 347 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 26 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 347 of the 347 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions26
- Chronically absent26.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
39.9% of students were Black, 37.6% Hispanic, 12.7% White in 2024-25.
- Black39.9%
- Hispanic37.6%
- White12.7%
- Two or more races6.5%
- Asian1.6%
- American Indian1.3%
- Pacific Islander0.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Thomasville
7 public elementary schools in Thomasville report 2024-25 enrollment; Liberty Drive Elementary is number 5 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomasville Primary | 753 | 17.1 | 99.5% |
| Fair Grove Elementary | 524 | 15.9 | 98.9% |
| Hasty Elementary | 385 | 13.7 | 98.4% |
| Pilot Elementary | 321 | 15.0 | 98.1% |
| Liberty Drive Elementary | 306 | 16.5 | 99.0% |
| Brier Creek Elementary | 210 | 13.3 | 98.6% |
| Davidson County Schools Virtual Academy | 69 | 11.0 | 8.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Liberty Drive Elementary
- Thomasville PrimaryThe nearest public elementary school, 0.3 miles away: 753 students, 17.1 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
- Fair Grove ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 2.3 miles away: 524 students, 15.9 per teacher (2024-25).2.3 mi
- Compare Liberty Drive Elementary with Thomasville PrimaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Thomasville City Schools spends per student$14,066 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,066
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaLiberty Drive Elementary is the number 1,149 by size of 1,451 North Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,149 of 1,451
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.5 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 14.7 for elementary schools.16.5:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Liberty Drive Elementary
How many students attend Liberty Drive Elementary?
306 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 357 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Thomasville, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Drive Elementary?
16.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for elementary schools is 14.7. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Liberty Drive Elementary a Title I school?
Liberty Drive Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Liberty Drive Elementary in?
Thomasville City Schools, NCES district ID 3704500. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370450001774 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.