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What's something Freeman Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 064308007001
Freeman Elementary
126 North West St., Woodland, CA 95695 · (530) 662-1758 · Yolo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
365 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.1pp since 2014
Math
25.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.4% | 19.7% | 26.1% | 44.9% |
| Math | 7.1% | 18.3% | 28.3% | 46.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.1% | 25.4% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 26.2% |
| 2022-23 | 37.2% | 31.2% |
| 2021-22 | 35.5% | 26.6% |
| 2018-19 | 35.9% | 27.6% |
| 2017-18 | 34.4% | 29.5% |
| 2016-17 | 31.6% | 27.1% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 27.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Freeman Elementary
Freeman Elementary's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman Elementary this school | 415 | 88.0% | 28.2% |
| El Vista Elementary Modesto | 447 | 86.6% | 30.5% |
| Newman Elementary Chino | 427 | 87.6% | 32.4% |
| Del Rey Woods Elementary Seaside | 390 | 87.9% | 26.4% |
| Leroy Anderson Elementary San Jose | 377 | 85.4% | 32.5% |
| Nevada Avenue Elementary West Hills | 379 | 87.3% | 31.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Freeman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #3,733 of 5,151 | #18 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #3,723 of 5,172 ▼ 240 | #18 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #4,074 of 5,172 ▼ 391 | #21 of 29 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.8pp | #792 of 5,116 | #11 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #3,503 of 5,915 | #22 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,744 of 5,352 | #19 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #3,463 of 5,354 | #27 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #1,335 of 5,625 | #5 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #2,643 of 3,837 | #13 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
415
-48 (-10%) vs 2017
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 24.4:1
% White
10%
was 12%
% Hispanic
77%
was 81%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
5%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 415 | 18.3 | 22.7:1 | 88% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 18.5 | 22.7:1 | 89% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 18.5 | 23.9:1 | 87% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 19 | 24.4:1 | 70% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 19 | 24.1:1 | 87% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | N/A | N/A | 80% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 48% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 24 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freeman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (463 to 415); teachers down 4% (19 to 18.3).
About Freeman Elementary
Freeman Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Woodland, California. The school's 415 students are in kindergarten through 6.
Freeman Elementary reports to Woodland Joint Unified, which has 17 schools and 9,304 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Freeman Elementary, at 77%. The remaining shares are 10% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Yolo County's population at about 33%. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 22.7:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 88%. Among public schools in Yolo County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
Freeman Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Freeman Elementary would score about 28.0%. It scores 28.2%, within a point of that figure.
Yolo County census figures show that the median household income is $91,752, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 67 public schools in Yolo County, enrolling about 29,820 students in all.
Woodland Senior High is the public school closest to Freeman Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 23.7% on proficiency, and Freeman Elementary is above that at 28.2%.
NCES assigns Freeman Elementary the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 415, a 10% decrease from 463 in 2017-18. Over the same years, the Hispanic share decreased from 81% to 77%. The number of students per teacher fell from 24.4 to 22.7 over 7 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodland Joint Unified
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
Other schools in Woodland
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
Other Freeman Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Freeman Elementary. Freeman Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 9.
- Freeman Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 651 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolAurora, IL · 529 students
- Freeman ElemHaysville, KS · 397 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolRockford, WA · 385 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 382 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Senior High0.2 mi · 1,155
- Beamer Elementary0.6 mi · 496
- Cesar Chavez Community0.7 mi · 47
- Yolo County Special Education0.8 mi · 166
- Lee Middle0.9 mi · 575
- Rhoda Maxwell Elementary0.9 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Freeman ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Freeman Elementary?
Freeman Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Freeman Elementary serve?
Freeman Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Freeman Elementary?
Approximately 22.7:1 students per teacher at Freeman Elementary.
How diverse is Freeman Elementary?
Freeman Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 77% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Freeman Elementary?
Freeman Elementary is overseen by Woodland Joint Unified in Yolo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.