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Freedom Elementary
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Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Freedom Elementary
Freedom Elementary operates as a compact middle-grades school in Farmersville, California, run under Farmersville Unified. Current enrollment sits at 528 students spanning grades 4 through 6.
Across the 6 schools in Farmersville Unified (2,346 students total), Freedom Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Freedom Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). Beyond that, the school shows 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Freedom Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.6:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at Freedom Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Freedom Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.0%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Tulare County put median household income runs about $71,300, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Tulare County's 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), Freedom Elementary is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Farmersville High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Freedom Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Freedom Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.0%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Freedom Elementary's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 589 (now 528). Class-load math has narrowed: from 30.2:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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