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What's one thing Freedom Park K-8 School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438002596
Freedom Park K-8 School
345 42nd St Bldg 43400, Fort Gordon, GA 30905 · (706) 796-8428 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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 Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
127 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 54% larger than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +11.7pp since 2021
Math
53.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 53.4% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.6% | 43.7% |
| 2021-22 | 41.2% | 40.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Georgia 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 Park K-8 School
Freedom Park K-8 School's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Park K-8 School this school | 608 | 20.9% | 48.6% |
| Mathews Elementary School Midland | 702 | 20.2% | 55.4% |
| Sara Harp Minter Elementary School Fayetteville | 689 | 27.7% | 66.4% |
| Crabapple Lane Elementary School Peachtree City | 594 | 24.2% | 69.8% |
| River Eves Elementary School Roswell | 495 | 29.1% | 71.7% |
| Still Elementary School Powder Springs | 755 | 32.2% | 52.9% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Freedom Park K-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #371 of 1,208 | #2 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #341 of 1,215 ▲ 127 | #2 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #228 of 1,215 ▲ 67 | #2 of 29 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.6pp | #69 of 1,183 | #1 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #577 of 1,324 | #8 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #952 of 1,301 | #24 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.6% | #43 of 1,301 | #1 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #1,224 of 1,312 | #30 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #313 of 854 | #10 of 15 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
608
-60 (-9%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 824
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 608 | 42.3 | 14.4:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 53.5 | 10.4:1 | 53% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 50 | 12.9:1 | 50% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 54 | 12.4:1 | 13% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 49.8 | 14.7:1 | 96% (705) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 97% (698) |
| 2010-11 | 824 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 55% (454) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Park K-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (732 to 608); teachers down 15% (49.8 to 42.3).
About Freedom Park K-8 School
Freedom Park K-8 School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Fort Gordon, Georgia. A federal count lists 608 students at the school, in pre-K through 8.
Richmond County (52 schools, 30,573 students) runs Freedom Park K-8 School.
White students are the largest group at Freedom Park K-8 School, with 33% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 33% Black, 17% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 33% White share among all Richmond County residents. By the diversity index, Freedom Park K-8 School comes in at 74%.
Its 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.4:1. That ratio is over the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 21%. The rate at public schools in Richmond County averages 93%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Freedom Park K-8 School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Freedom Park K-8 School is 66.5%. It actually posts 48.6%, which is 18.0 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Richmond County has about 206,069 residents, and median household income is about $55,637, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Richmond County number 58 and enroll about 31,674.
Nearest public school: Jamestown Elementary School, about 2.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Freedom Park K-8 School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Freedom Park K-8 School at 1st of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Freedom Park K-8 School went from 668 students to 608. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2020-21 to 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,069
Census ACS
Median income
$55,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
31,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond County
- Academy of Richmond County High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Cross Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,152 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 878 students
- Glenn Hills High SchoolHigh · 839 students
Nearby schools
- Jamestown Elementary School2.1 mi · 327
- Deer Chase Elementary School2.9 mi · 555
- Belair Elementary School3.0 mi · 675
- Meadowbrook Elementary School3.2 mi · 447
- Barton Chapel Elementary School3.4 mi · 427
- Glenn Hills Middle School3.6 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About Freedom Park K-8 SchoolHow large is Freedom Park K-8 School?
Freedom Park K-8 School enrolls approximately 608 students in grades PK-08.
Is Freedom Park K-8 School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Freedom Park K-8 School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Freedom Park K-8 School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Freedom Park K-8 School is approximately 14.4:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Freedom Park K-8 School?
Student demographics at Freedom Park K-8 School are roughly 33% White, 17% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Freedom Park K-8 School?
Freedom Park K-8 School is overseen by Richmond County in Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.