Freeport High School

Freeport High School is a mid-sized high school in Freeport, Illinois, run under Freeport SD 145. The school educates 1,165 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Freeport High School sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Freeport SD 145 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,703 students; Freeport High School is among them.

Demographically, Freeport High School lists that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 24% Black, 14% multiracial, 14% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Freeport High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.0%; actual is 22.8%, a gap of -16.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Stephenson County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,043 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Freeport High School is one of 23 public schools in Stephenson County (combined enrollment of about 6,092 students).

The closest other public school is Freeport Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Freeport High School. On composite proficiency, Freeport High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.3%.

Freeport High School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Freeport High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,158 (now 1,165). White enrollment moved from 55% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.