Liberty High School (Iowa)

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Liberty High School
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Liberty High School (Iowa)
1400 South Dubuque Street

North Liberty
,
Iowa
52317

United States
Coordinates 41°44′07″N91°34′09″W / 41.7354°N 91.5691°W / 41.7354; -91.5691
Information
School typePublic
MottoMaking a Difference
Established2017
School district Iowa City Community School District
SuperintendentMatt Degner
PrincipalJustin Colbert
Faculty77.61 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,167 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.04 [1]
Color(s)   
Fight song Liberty Fight Song
Athletics conference Mississippi Valley Conference
MascotLightning
Newspaper The Live Wire
YearbookThe Bolt
Website School Website

Liberty High School is a public high school in North Liberty, Iowa, located within the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD). It opened in August 2017. Liberty is the third comprehensive high school in ICCSD and covers the entirety of North Liberty and northern Coralville.

Contents

Liberty is led by Principal Justin Colbert and Assistant Principals Emily O'Donnell, Keaton Rickels, and Tunisia May.

Facilities

The school building, designed by SVPA Architects, Inc. in 2014, began construction in May 2015. [2] [3] [4] The cost of construction was $75 million. [5]

Liberty High opened to the public on August 12, 2017. The first day of classes began on August 23, 2017. [5]

Liberty High features two gymnasiums, an 800 seat auditorium and classroom space for 1,500 students. The school also features a state-of-the-art media center and other student spaces to facilitate collaboration.

Library

The Liberty Lightning Library is comprehensive library that is part of the ICCSD Library Program. The Liberty Library contains upwards of 14,000 items as well as several online databases. The Liberty Library also counts with two collaborative labs, two integrated classrooms and three conference rooms. [6]

Student Body

The Iowa City Community School Board voted in January 2015 to open Liberty High as a comprehensive high school. [7] In May, it was announced that North Central Junior High School would become the feeder school for Liberty High. [8] [9] However, the decision was overturned a year later. [10] North Central later became the feeder school for Liberty High School.

Approximately 700 students, most of whom were slated to attend Iowa City West High School, will be enrolled at Liberty High School for the 2017–18 school year. [11] [12]

Academics & Rankings

Test Scores:

Average ACT and SAT Scores [13]
ACTSAT
Average Composite Score291410

Key Statistics:

Academic Percentages (average) [14]
Graduation RateAP Enrollment
87%23%
11th Grade Percent Proficient in the 2022 Iowa Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) [15]
SchoolDistrictState
Reading80.90%73.57%70.84%
Math73.09%67.22%64.97%

US News & World Report

Niche

Music

Liberty features ensembles in Orchestra, Choir, and Band.

Choir is co-directed by Robert Williams and Judy Duncan and is divided into 4 curricular choirs: [17]

Band is co-directed by Ryan Arp and Nick Carlo and divided into 2 curricular bands: [17]

Orchestra is directed by Johanna Kennedy and is divided into 2 Orchestras. [17]

Athletics

The school mascot, the Lightning, was announced in November 2014. [18] Athletic teams bearing the moniker began practice in December 2015 competing at the freshman level with students that would be moving to Liberty from West High. [19] Full membership in the Mississippi Valley Conference was granted in the 2018–2019 school year, when Liberty began fielding a varsity football team. [20] During the inaugural year, Liberty had varsity programs in volleyball, girls’ and boys’ cross country, boys’ golf (fall), girls’ and boys’ basketball, wrestling, girls’ and boys’ soccer, girls’ and boys’ track and field, girls’ golf (spring), baseball and softball competing as an independent while football was only offered at the freshman and sophomore levels. [21]

See also

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  5. 1 2 "Excitement building at new Liberty High School in North Liberty". The Gazette. August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
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  8. ↑ Hines, Holly (May 13, 2015). "School Board approves new high school boundaries". The Press Citizen. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
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