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823 N. Elm St.
West Liberty, IA 52776

Phone: (319) 627-2116
Fax: (319) 627-2963


District schools:
West Liberty Elementary, West Liberty Middle School, West Liberty High School.

District officials:
W. Lee Hoover, Superintendent
Jim Hamilton, high school principal


General operating budget: $4.9 million

Students: 1,230

Staff: 175 professional and support

Cost per pupil: $4,013

Graduation rate: 97 percent

School board members: Vernon Keith-president, Jeannette Christofferson, Jeannette Keller, Bill Laughlin, Scott Harvey, Linda Morris-secretary

School board meetings: are the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. unless announced otherwise.

Students must be 5 years of age by September 1 before starting kindergarten.

District enrollment: 1,154
Elementary school: 250
Junior high: 542
Senior high: 362

There are 13.33 students for every teacher in the district.

To register for classes: Call the school your child will be attending.

Iowa Tests of Basic Skills scores: not available
Average ACT score: not available
Average SAT score: not available

Busing/transportation availability and requirements: Elementary and junior high students must live two or more miles from school and high school students must live three or more to receive transportation.

Student enrollment distribution by ethnicity in the following categories: African American, 0.26 percent; Asian, 3.0 percent; Caucasian, 78.54 percent; Hispanic/Latino, 18.2 percent; Native American, 0 percent; Other, 0 percent

Minority teachers: 1.22 percent


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