1
Enrollment
1,869
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087003858
FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
17410 COMMERCE PARK BLVD, TAMPA, FL 33647 · (813) 558-1185 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,869 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
892 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 490 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 534 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 447 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 398 | 21% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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 HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
43.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 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 Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 24.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SCHOOL
FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,869 | 47.7% | 40.2% |
| ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,896 | 49.6% | 37.0% |
| SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY PORT SAINT LUCIE | 1,463 | 48.3% | 65.4% |
| WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOL OCALA | 3,022 | 44.9% | 52.4% |
| HOLLYWOOD HILLS HIGH SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 1,711 | 42.3% | 39.9% |
| CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 1,543 | 49.2% | 45.6% |
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 SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #484 of 555 | #29 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #462 of 549 ▼ 40 | #31 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #461 of 559 ▲ 11 | #28 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,869 | #194 of 830 | #19 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #303 of 575 | #1 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #69 of 594 | #10 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #266 of 630 | #14 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #197 of 289 | #14 of 18 |
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
1,869
+128 (+7%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 2,065
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 1,869 | 83.6 | 22.4:1 | 48% (892) |
| 2023-24 | 1,871 | 85 | 22.0:1 | 54% (1,003) |
| 2022-23 | 1,837 | 85.5 | 21.5:1 | 54% (992) |
| 2020-21 | 1,741 | 93 | 18.7:1 | 70% (1,212) |
| 2017-18 | 1,979 | 110 | 18.0:1 | 63% (1,246) |
| 2015-16 | 2,134 | 107 | 19.9:1 | 57% (1,220) |
| 2010-11 | 2,065 | 118 | 17.5:1 | 42% (866) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL.
About FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in TAMPA, Florida, under HILLSBOROUGH. There are 1,869 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 81% larger than the average for high schools in Florida.
District-wide, HILLSBOROUGH has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
The biggest share of students at FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL, 45%, is Hispanic. Next come 26% Black, 20% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 30% Hispanic among all Hillsborough County residents. The diversity index for FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 83.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 22.4:1. The average for high schools in Florida, 23.5:1, is higher. Roughly 48% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
After accounting for student poverty, FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.2% is 17.1 points below the 57.3% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Hillsborough County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL shares Hillsborough County with 319 other public schools.
LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 40.2% is below the 64.1% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 1,741 to 1,869, a 7% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.7:1 to 22.4:1.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
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- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Other Freedom High schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Freedom High. FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 10.
- FREEDOM HIGHORLANDO, FL · 2,504 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
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 779
- CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 787
- CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 858
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 2,130
- TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 682
- TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL3.1 mi · 1,317
Frequently asked questions
About FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL?
FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,869 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL have?
FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL?
At FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 20% White, 45% Hispanic, 26% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
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