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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD SD 202·NCES 173174005969
Freedom Elementary School
11600 Heritage Meadows Dr, Plainfield, IL 60585 · (815) 254-4005 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
141 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 56%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
80.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.7pp since 2023
Math
69.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.1% | 69.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.4% | 50.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Elementary School
Freedom Elementary School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Elementary School this school | 526 | 26.8% | 72.8% |
| Homestead Elementary School Aurora | 511 | 26.8% | 61.8% |
| The Wheatlands Elementary School Aurora | 613 | 29.7% | 64.2% |
| Steeple Run Elementary School Naperville | 622 | 21.1% | 68.8% |
| Hawthorn Elementary School South Vernon Hills | 505 | 30.7% | 48.9% |
| Hunting Ridge Elementary School Palatine | 639 | 23.8% | 59.9% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #90 of 1,925 | #11 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #227 of 2,077 ▲ 76 | #24 of 100 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #137 of 2,077 ▲ 50 | #8 of 100 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #446 of 2,419 | #37 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,119 of 2,035 | #52 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #236 of 2,042 | #24 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #1,835 of 2,132 | #74 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.9% | #143 of 1,461 | #9 of 71 |
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
526
-180 (-25%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 822
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 | 526 | 38.5 | 13.7:1 | 27% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 28% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 36.5 | 15.0:1 | 24% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 706 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 41.5 | 18.6:1 | 13% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 39 | 20.0:1 | 9% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 822 | 45 | 18.3:1 | 6% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (772 to 526); teachers down 7% (41.5 to 38.5).
About Freedom Elementary School
Freedom Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Plainfield, Illinois. The school serves 526 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 38% larger than that.
Freedom Elementary School reports to Plainfield SD 202, which has 30 schools and 24,556 students.
Freedom Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 46%. The remaining students are 30% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among people living in Will County, the White share is about 62%. Freedom Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 38.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.7:1. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 27%. It compares with 44% for public schools in Will County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 72.8%, is 16.7 points above the 56.0% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
In Will County (population about 701,462), the median household income is $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Freedom Elementary School is one of 209 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Plainfield North High School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. Freedom Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Freedom Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Freedom Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 25% enrollment decrease, from 706 in 2020-21 to 526 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Freedom Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield SD 202
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other Freedom Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 15 states are named Freedom Elementary. Freedom Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 26.
- Freedom Elementary SchoolLawton, OK · 1,251 students
- FREEDOM ELEM.ST ROBERT, MO · 954 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDELAND, FL · 786 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRADENTON, FL · 736 students
- Freedom ElementaryModesto, CA · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Plainfield North High School0.7 mi · 2,399
- Clifford Crone Middle School0.8 mi · 891
- Heritage Grove Middle School1.1 mi · 841
- V Blanche Graham Elementary1.2 mi · 325
- Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School1.5 mi · 572
- Scullen Middle School1.7 mi · 948
Frequently asked questions
About Freedom Elementary SchoolHow large is Freedom Elementary School?
Freedom Elementary School enrolls approximately 526 students in grades KG-05.
Is Freedom Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Freedom Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Freedom Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Freedom Elementary School.
How diverse is Freedom Elementary School?
Freedom Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 30% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Freedom Elementary School?
Freedom Elementary School is overseen by Plainfield SD 202 in Will County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.