Freedom Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary campus in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, Freedom Elementary School works with 606 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Bullitt County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Freedom Elementary School sits 44% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 24 schools in Bullitt County (13,007 students total), Freedom Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Freedom Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at school resources, Freedom Elementary School lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Freedom Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Freedom Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.0%; Freedom Elementary School posts 33.2%, -14.7 points below that line.

Around the school, Bullitt County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,558, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Freedom Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Bullitt County (combined enrollment of about 13,007 students).

The closest other public school is North Bullitt High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Freedom Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 28.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Freedom Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 33% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 606). White enrollment moved from 91% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.