Freedom Elementary

As a well-populated elementary campus in Modesto, California, Freedom Elementary teaches 713 students from grades K through 5, part of Sylvan Union Elementary. Enrollment runs roughly 53% above the state mean of about 465.

Across the 13 schools in Sylvan Union Elementary (7,974 students total), Freedom Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Freedom Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% White, 20% Asian, 11% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Freedom Elementary lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, Freedom Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 43.4%, a residual of -6.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Stanislaus County shows median household earnings sit near $81,468, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Freedom Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Daniel J. Savage Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Freedom Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Freedom Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 713). White enrollment moved from 38% to 24% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.