Liberty 53
A public school district in Liberty, Missouri, with 20 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 11,826
- Students enrolled
- 856.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 2,019.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,179
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 11,826 in 2024–25
- Ranks 726th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 16th of 555 in Missouri. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,179 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 27% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Liberty 53 spent $13,179 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,659 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $13,179 | $163.0 million | 12,367 |
| FY2022 | $12,222 | $151.9 million | 12,427 |
| FY2021 | $11,255 | $142.2 million | 12,632 |
| FY2020 | $11,343 | $142.7 million | 12,583 |
| FY2019 | $10,658 | $135.6 million | 12,724 |
| FY2018 | $10,269 | $129.5 million | 12,611 |
| FY2017 | $10,008 | $124.4 million | 12,427 |
| FY2016 | $9,722 | $119.2 million | 12,257 |
| FY2015 | $9,562 | $114.8 million | 12,009 |
| FY2014 | $9,270 | $109.6 million | 11,821 |
| FY2013 | $9,536 | $110.1 million | 11,549 |
| FY2012 | $9,331 | $105.7 million | 11,327 |
| FY2011 | $9,225 | $100.9 million | 10,936 |
| FY2010 | $9,256 | $98.3 million | 10,618 |
| FY2009 | $9,886 | $101.5 million | 10,263 |
| FY2008 | $9,776 | $95.0 million | 9,719 |
| FY2007 | $9,482 | $88.0 million | 9,277 |
| FY2006 | $9,138 | $79.4 million | 8,685 |
| FY2005 | $7,659 | $62.5 million | 8,161 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $11.0 million | 5.1% |
| State | $70.8 million | 33.0% |
| Local | $132.6 million | 61.9% |
| Total | $214.5 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
20 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- LIBERTY 53
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2918540
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Missouri — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Missouri — A to Z, each with its page.
- Missouri on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved