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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYSVILLE·NCES 200705001634
Freeman Elem
1731 West Grand Avenue, Haysville, KS 67060 · (316) 554-2265 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
231 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 56 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 58% · 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
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
47.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
33.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.3% | 33.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.4% | 30.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 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 Freeman Elem
Freeman Elem's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman Elem this school | 397 | 58.2% | 36.3% |
| Fort Larned Elementary School Larned | 431 | 58.7% | 52.4% |
| Swaney Elem Derby | 351 | 60.7% | 47.3% |
| Morgan Elementary Hutchinson | 388 | 55.7% | 31.8% |
| Rex Elem Haysville | 386 | 64.0% | 37.0% |
| Wiley Elementary Hutchinson | 322 | 61.2% | 27.6% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Freeman Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #410 of 625 | #42 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #427 of 625 | #40 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #352 of 625 | #40 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #194 of 714 | #50 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #386 of 539 | #70 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #237 of 540 | #64 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #287 of 658 | #61 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.9% | #21 of 151 | #5 of 24 |
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
397
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 397 | 27.1 | 14.6:1 | 58% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 27.2 | 15.8:1 | 55% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 27.2 | 16.1:1 | 53% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 27 | 13.9:1 | 49% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 21.3 | 15.2:1 | 54% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 56% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 244 | 19 | 12.8:1 | 54% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 40% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 30 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freeman Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (323 to 397); teachers up 27% (21.3 to 27.1).
About Freeman Elem
Located in Haysville, Kansas, Freeman Elem is a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 397 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students.
The Haysville system has 9 schools and 5,417 students.
Freeman Elem is 68% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 69% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Freeman Elem total 27.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.6:1. That is 1.5 students per teacher above the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 58%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Freeman Elem is 2.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.3% actual, 34.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
Census Bureau estimates for Sedgwick County show that the median household income is $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Freeman Elem is one of 160 public schools in the county.
Haysville West Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Freeman Elem, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Freeman Elem ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Freeman Elem as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Freeman Elem had 375 students, to 2024-25, when it had 397.
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Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haysville
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- Haysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Haysville West Middle SchoolMiddle · 551 students
- Nelson ElemElementary · 442 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Rex ElemElementary · 386 students
Other schools in Haysville
- Haysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Haysville West Middle SchoolMiddle · 551 students
- Nelson ElemElementary · 442 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Rex ElemElementary · 386 students
Other Freeman Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Freeman Elementary. Freeman Elem is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Freeman Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 651 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolAurora, IL · 529 students
- Freeman ElementaryWoodland, CA · 415 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolRockford, WA · 385 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 382 students
Nearby schools
- Haysville West Middle School0.3 mi · 551
- Prairie Elementary School0.3 mi · 407
- Rex Elem0.4 mi · 386
- Haysville Middle School0.5 mi · 755
- Nelson Elem1.3 mi · 442
- Campus High Haysville2.2 mi · 1,803
Frequently asked questions
About Freeman ElemHow many students attend Freeman Elem?
Freeman Elem enrolls approximately 397 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Freeman Elem serve?
Freeman Elem serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Freeman Elem?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Freeman Elem.
How diverse is Freeman Elem?
Freeman Elem reports a student body of 68% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Freeman Elem in?
Freeman Elem is part of Haysville.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.