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Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School
Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School is a well-populated high school in FREELAND, Michigan, part of Freeland Community School District. The school educates 897 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School sits 95% bigger than that benchmark.
Freeland Community School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,947 students; Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School is among them.
On demographics, Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Saginaw County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Saginaw County's rate of about 59%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.8%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Saginaw County) reports that median household earnings sit near $60,622, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Saginaw County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School is one campus in the mix.
Freeland Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 53.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School has held roughly steady, going from 881 students in 2018 to 897 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 95% to 90% over that span.
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