FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS

Located at 415 EIGHTH ST, in ADAMS, Nebraska, FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS is a mid-sized elementary-level community that instructs 280 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within FREEMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS is one of 2 schools operated by FREEMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that hosts 500 students overall.

Looking at the student body, FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic. Compared to Gage County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Gage County (around 48%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.0%, the actual is 72.5%, a residual of +1.4 points.

Around the school, Gage County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,247 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Gage County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,866 students), of which FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS is one.

Nearest neighbor: FREEMAN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 63.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS has grew 11%, going from 253 students in 2018 to 280 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.