Freedom Middle School

Freedom Middle School is one of the middle-of-the-pack intermediate schools in Berwyn, Illinois, overseen by Berwyn South SD 100, with 504 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Freedom Middle School is one of 8 schools operated by Berwyn South SD 100, a district that teaches 3,050 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Freedom Middle School shows that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Black, 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Freedom Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Freedom Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.3%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of +8.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Freedom Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hiawatha Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Freedom Middle School. On composite proficiency, Freedom Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Freedom Middle School's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 658 (now 504). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.