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Enrollment
2,504
High
DISTRICT 1,338 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144004117
FREEDOM HIGH
2500 TAFT VINELAND RD, ORLANDO, FL 32837 · (407) 816-5600 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,504 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Florida public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
661 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 611 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 622 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 638 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 633 | 25% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
54.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.5% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 FREEDOM HIGH
FREEDOM HIGH's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEDOM HIGH this school | 2,504 | 26.4% | 56.0% |
| INNOVATION HIGH ORLANDO | 1,753 | 28.1% | 64.4% |
| LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL ORLANDO | 2,140 | 27.8% | 47.1% |
| WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 2,492 | 23.7% | 70.8% |
| WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL DAVIE | 3,510 | 27.5% | 58.1% |
| CYPRESS CREEK HIGH ORLANDO | 3,127 | 34.3% | 47.1% |
Matched among Florida high 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 FREEDOM HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #229 of 555 | #11 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #149 of 549 ▲ 71 | #5 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #298 of 559 ▲ 37 | #16 of 28 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,504 | #74 of 830 | #16 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #343 of 575 | #9 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #380 of 594 | #26 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.4% | #512 of 630 | #23 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #18 of 289 | #2 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,504
-1,071 (-30%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 2,903
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 2,504 | 109 | 23.0:1 | 26% (661) |
| 2023-24 | 2,513 | 112 | 22.4:1 | 34% (863) |
| 2022-23 | 2,623 | 117 | 22.4:1 | 53% (1,397) |
| 2020-21 | 3,575 | 170 | 21.0:1 | 64% (2,272) |
| 2017-18 | 3,862 | 168 | 23.0:1 | 57% (2,218) |
| 2015-16 | 3,438 | 156 | 22.0:1 | 58% (1,984) |
| 2010-11 | 2,903 | 140 | 20.7:1 | 52% (1,506) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREEDOM HIGH.
About FREEDOM HIGH
FREEDOM HIGH is a high school in ORLANDO, Florida, according to federal school records. Enrolled students number 2,504 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Florida average about 1,035 students each.
ORANGE is the district for FREEDOM HIGH. It has 272 schools and 207,778 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at FREEDOM HIGH, with 67% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 16% White, 8% Black, and 6% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. FREEDOM HIGH's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 23.0:1, with 109 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, high schools in Florida average 23.5:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 26%. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Florida public high schools, FREEDOM HIGH receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
FREEDOM HIGH sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.0% and a predicted 68.0%.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 286 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 216,813 students in all.
The shortest distance from FREEDOM HIGH to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to FREEDOM MIDDLE. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 56.0% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 2,504, a 30% decrease from 3,575 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.0:1 to 23.0:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at FREEDOM HIGH. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Other Freedom High schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Freedom High. FREEDOM HIGH is the largest of the 10.
- FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 1,869 students
- Freedom HighOakley, CA · 2,460 students
- Freedom HighWoodbridge, VA · 2,303 students
- Freedom HighSouth Riding, VA · 1,885 students
- Freedom High SchoolBethlehem, PA · 1,792 students
Nearby schools
- FREEDOM MIDDLE0.3 mi · 1,150
- WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 644
- JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 617
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY2.9 mi · 481
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH3.1 mi · 3,127
- WINEGARD ELEMENTARY3.2 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About FREEDOM HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at FREEDOM HIGH?
FREEDOM HIGH enrolls approximately 2,504 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does FREEDOM HIGH serve?
FREEDOM HIGH serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does FREEDOM HIGH have?
FREEDOM HIGH employs 109 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FREEDOM HIGH?
At FREEDOM HIGH, the student body is approximately 16% White, 67% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is FREEDOM HIGH public or private?
FREEDOM HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.