Liberty Public Schools, Missouri, elections: Difference between revisions

Liberty Public Schools
District details
	School board members: 7
	Students: 12,154 (2023-2024)
	Schools: 20 (2023-2024)
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Liberty Public Schools is a school district in Missouri (Clay County). During the 2024 school year, 12,154 students attended one of the district's 20 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

General election

The general election was canceled. Daniel Currence (Nonpartisan) and Karen Rogers (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Nick Bartlow and incumbent Drew Marriott defeated Darren Siebert in the general election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large on April 2, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nick Bartlow (Nonpartisan)	38.5	4,553
✔	Submit photo	Drew Marriott (Nonpartisan)	35.9	4,245
	Submit photo	Darren Siebert (Nonpartisan)	25.6	3,027

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,825
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Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large on April 4, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Angela Reed (Nonpartisan)	18.5	3,650
✔	Submit photo	AJ Byrd (Nonpartisan)	18.5	3,646
✔		Jenn Bauer (Nonpartisan)	17.7	3,492
	Submit photo	Kira Montuori (Nonpartisan)	15.2	3,000
		Luba Koval (Nonpartisan)	10.7	2,109
		Brian Ahart (Nonpartisan)	8.5	1,673
	Submit photo	Amanda Beers (Nonpartisan)	8.0	1,582
	Submit photo	Karl Cox (Nonpartisan)	3.1	606

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,758
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Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large on April 5, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Karen Rogers (Nonpartisan)	26.0	3,799
✔	Submit photo	Daniel Currence (Nonpartisan)	25.5	3,727
	Submit photo	Kyle Bryant (Nonpartisan)	23.8	3,482
	Submit photo	Matthew Sameck (Nonpartisan)	23.6	3,456
		Jim Bates (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)	0.7	109
	Submit photo	Jon Rhoad (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)	0.4	57

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,630
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Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

General election

The general election was canceled. Nick Bartlow (Nonpartisan) and Drew Marriott (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

General election

The general election was canceled. AJ Byrd (Nonpartisan), Kim-Marie Graham (Nonpartisan), and Angela Reed (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

General election

The general election was canceled. D. Scott Connor (Nonpartisan) and Andrew Roffmann (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large (2 seats)

Nick Bartlow and incumbent David Evans defeated incumbent Kent Peterson in the general election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large on April 3, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Nick Bartlow (Nonpartisan)	40.3	3,449
✔	David Evans (Nonpartisan)	34.9	2,984
	Kent Peterson (Nonpartisan)	23.4	2,000
	Other/Write-in votes	1.4	119

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,552
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Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

Incumbent AJ Byrd, incumbent Kim-Marie Graham, incumbent Kent Peterson, and incumbent Angela Reed won election in the general election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large on April 4, 2017.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	AJ Byrd (Nonpartisan)
✔		Kim-Marie Graham (Nonpartisan)
✔		Kent Peterson (Nonpartisan)
✔		Angela Reed (Nonpartisan)

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Incumbent D. Scott Connor and incumbent Andrew Roffmann won election in the general election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large on April 5, 2016.

		Candidate
✔		D. Scott Connor (Nonpartisan)
✔		Andrew Roffmann (Nonpartisan)

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General election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

Incumbent David Evans and incumbent Eileen Houston-Stewart won election in the general election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large on April 7, 2015.

		Candidate
✔		David Evans (Nonpartisan)
✔		Eileen Houston-Stewart (Nonpartisan)

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About the district

School board

Liberty Public Schools consists of seven members serving three-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
Name	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Daniel Currence	2022	2028
Karen Rogers	2022	2028
Drew Marriott	2021	2027
Nick Bartlow	2018	2027
Jenn Bauer	2023	2026
AJ Byrd	2017	2026
Angela Reed	2014	2026

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Liberty Public Schools
Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Missouri House of Representatives District 39	Mark Meirath	Republican Party	51%	33%
Missouri House of Representatives District 38	Martin Jacobs	Democratic Party	40%	100%
Missouri House of Representatives District 17	Bill Allen	Republican Party	9%	18%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[1]

Revenue
Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022
SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$13,549,000	$1,090	7%
Local:	$108,730,000	$8,749	57%
State:	$66,957,000	$5,388	35%
Total:	$189,236,000	$15,228

Expenditures, 2021-2022
TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$164,862,000	$13,266
Total Current Expenditures:	$151,885,000	$12,222
Instructional Expenditures:	$79,803,000	$6,421	48%
Student and Staff Support:	$19,178,000	$1,543	12%
Administration:	$22,231,000	$1,788	13%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$30,673,000	$2,468	19%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,410,000	$354
Construction:	$1,804,000	$145
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$1,698,000	$136
Interest on Debt:	$4,436,000	$356

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."^[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	43	55-59	17	30	<50	36	47
2020-2021	41	55-59	17	27	<50	32	44
2018-2019	50	60-64	27	36	21-39	43	53
2017-2018	53	65-69	27	41	40-59	35-39	56
2016-2017	62	70-74	40-44	48	40-59	45-49	64
2015-2016	63	70-74	38	51	40-49	45-49	66
2014-2015	57	65-69	33	47	40-49	35-39	60
2013-2014	66	70-74	43	56	60-69	40-44	69
2012-2013	68	70-74	45	58	60-69	55-59	70
2011-2012	70	70-74	48	60	50-59	50-59	72
2010-2011	71	70-74	51	55-59	40-49	40-59	74

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	54	50-54	29	42	<50	45	58
2020-2021	59	65-69	35	48	>=50	47	62
2018-2019	62	65-69	39	51	60-79	50	65
2017-2018	62	65-69	36	52	21-39	50-54	65
2016-2017	74	80-84	50-54	65	60-79	60-64	77
2015-2016	75	75-79	54	65	70-79	55-59	78
2014-2015	72	70-74	52	66	50-59	50-54	75
2013-2014	63	65-69	45	51	50-59	45-49	65
2012-2013	66	70-74	44	58	60-69	50-54	68
2011-2012	65	60-64	43	53	40-49	50-59	68
2010-2011	66	65-69	45	57	40-49	40-59	69

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	96	>=90	80-89	90-94	PS	>=80	97
2020-2021	96	>=90	>=90	>=90	PS	>=90	97
2019-2020	95	>=90	>=90	90-94	>=50	>=80	96
2018-2019	95	>=90	85-89	>=95	PS	>=80	96
2017-2018	95	>=80	90-94	>=95	PS	>=80	95
2016-2017	94	>=50	85-89	80-89	PS	>=50	95
2015-2016	94	>=80	80-89	>=90	PS	>=50	94
2014-2015	93	>=50	>=90	>=90	PS	>=50	94
2013-2014	93	>=80	>=90	>=80	PS	PS	94
2012-2013	91	>=50	80-89	>=90	PS	PS	91
2011-2012	89	>=80	80-89	>=80	>=50	>=50	90
2010-2011	87	>=50	70-79	60-79	>=50	PS	88

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[3]

Enrollment
Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	12,154	-1.8
2022-2023	12,367	-0.5
2021-2022	12,427	-1.6
2020-2021	12,632	0.4
2019-2020	12,583	-1.1
2018-2019	12,724	0.9
2017-2018	12,611	1.5
2016-2017	12,427	1.4
2015-2016	12,257	2.0
2014-2015	12,009	1.6
2013-2014	11,821	2.3
2012-2013	11,549	1.9
2011-2012	11,327	3.5
2010-2011	10,936	2.9
2009-2010	10,618	3.3
2008-2009	10,263	5.3
2007-2008	9,719	4.5
2006-2007	9,277	6.4
2005-2006	8,685	4.0
2004-2005	8,340	5.6
2003-2004	7,874	1.8
2002-2003	7,733	7.0
2001-2002	7,193	3.8
2000-2001	6,921	4.2
1999-2000	6,633	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024
RACE	Liberty Public Schools (%)	Missouri K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.2	0.4
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	2.7	2.1
Black	6.2	15.3
Hispanic	9.0	8.4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.3	0.4
Two or More Races	7.3	5.5
White	74.3	67.9

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[4]

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Liberty Public Schools had 872.01 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 13.94.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	25.80
Kindergarten:	47.56
Elementary:	336.26
Secondary:	462.39
Total:	872.01

Liberty Public Schools employed 6.00 district administrators and 46.70 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	6.00
District Administrative Support:	100.00
School Administrators:	46.70
School Administrative Support:	0.00

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	129.12
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	12.01
Total Guidance Counselors:	39.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	17.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	9.80
Librarians/Media Specialists:	15.35
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	65.63
Other Support Services:	609.88

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[5]

Liberty Public Schools operates 20 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools
SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Alexander Doniphan Elem.	334	KG-5
Discovery Middle School	663	6-8
Early Child. Education Ctr.	28	PK-PK
Epic Elementary	294	KG-5
Franklin Elem.	255	KG-5
Heritage Middle School	751	6-8
Juvenile Justice Ctr.	0	6-12
Kellybrook Elem School	554	KG-5
Lewis And Clark Elem.	539	KG-5
Liberty Academy	0	9-12
Liberty High	1,908	9-12
Liberty Middle School	597	6-8
Liberty North High School	2,330	9-12
Liberty Oaks Elem.	514	KG-5
Lillian Schumacher Elem.	457	KG-5
Manor Hill Elem.	293	KG-5
Ridgeview Elem.	349	KG-5
Shoal Creek Elem.	865	KG-5
South Valley Middle	808	6-8
Warren Hills Elem.	615	KG-5

School board meetings

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Footnotes

[1] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025

[2] U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2021-22 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed October 18, 2025

[3] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025

[4] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025

[5] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025

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Liberty Public Schools, Missouri, elections: Difference between revisions

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Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

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Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

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General election for Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large (2 seats)

Liberty Schools Board of Education At-large

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