Regular local school district · Clay County
Liberty 53 School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Liberty 53 School District runs 20 public schools with 11,826 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is 0.8 higher than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "LIBERTY 53".
At a glance
- Schools
- 20
- Students
- 11,826
- Teachers (FTE)
- 856
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 8 Victory Lane, Liberty, MO 64068
- Phone
- (816)736-5300
- County
- Clay County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2918540
- State district ID
- MO-024090
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,019
- School counselors (FTE)
- 39.0About 303 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 42.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.8
Missouri13.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (12,632), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $183.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.2 million
- State revenue
- $66.1 million
- Local revenue
- $108.1 million
- Total spending
- $165.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,136
- Salaries
- $91.7 million55.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $113.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.0%
- State: 36.0%
- Local: 59.0%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,136
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Liberty 53 School District
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alexander Doniphan Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 336 | 10.8 |
| Discovery Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 678 | 14.1 |
| Early Child. Education Ctr. | Prekindergarten | PK | 45 | 1.9 |
| Epic Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 293 | 16.3 |
| Franklin Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 223 | 11.7 |
| Heritage Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 757 | 14.6 |
| Juvenile Justice Ctr. | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Kellybrook Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 528 | 14.7 |
| Lewis and Clark Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 517 | 16.2 |
| Liberty Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Liberty High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,842 | 15.3 |
| Liberty Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 609 | 12.2 |
| Liberty North High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,262 | 17.5 |
| Liberty Oaks Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 496 | 12.7 |
| Lillian Schumacher Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 443 | 12.0 |
| Manor Hill Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 265 | 9.1 |
| Ridgeview Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 331 | 9.2 |
| Shoal Creek Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 795 | 15.0 |
| South Valley Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 809 | 14.4 |
| Warren Hills Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 597 | 15.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Clay County
- North Kansas City 74 School District 21,252 students
- Kearney R-I School District 3,424 students
- Excelsior Springs 40 School District 2,661 students
- Smithville R-Ii School District 2,514 students
- Missouri City 56 School District 14 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.