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Freedom Elementary School

40 Loon Lake Rd., Freedom, NH 03836 · (603) 539-2077 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL52 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public elementary schools

Enrollment
52
Elementary
STATE 249
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
5 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
21 students
STATE 26%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten815%
Grade 148%
Grade 21019%
Grade 3713%
Grade 448%
Grade 51121%
Grade 6815%
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 33% · US 70%
White
4994%
STATE 81% · US 43%
Hispanic
12%
STATE 8% · US 30%
Two+
24%
STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
3363%
Female
1937%

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Test scores

NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above Proficient
English Language Arts
40.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
50.0%
NH avg 43.0%

What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.

Source: NHSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire'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 Freedom Elementary School

Freedom Elementary School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Freedom Elementary School this school5240.4%34.5%
Warren Village School
Warren
5639.3%N/A
Pierce Elementary School
Bennington
5538.2%53.0%
John D. Perkins Academy
Marlow
5536.4%N/A
Russell Elementary School
Rumney
8440.5%35.0%
School Street School
Rochester
5036.0%70.5%
Matched among New Hampshire 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 Freedom Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New HampshireIn Carroll County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
52#275 of 300#17 of 19
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 2024-25
Enrollment
52
-3 (-5%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 97
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2552510.4:140% (21)
2023-244859.6:142% (20)
2022-23486.87.1:125% (12)
2020-215569.2:135% (19)
2017-18738.88.3:136% (26)
2015-166788.4:139% (26)
2010-1189118.1:130% (27)
2000-0180810.0:116% (13)
1990-9197713.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 29% (73 to 52); teachers down 43% (8.8 to 5).

About Freedom Elementary School

Freedom Elementary School is a small elementary school in Freedom, New Hampshire, under Freedom School District. Students in pre-K through 6 attend, and enrollment is 52 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Hampshire is about 249 students.

Freedom Elementary School is run by Freedom School District.

White students make up 94% of enrollment at Freedom Elementary School. Next come 4% multiracial. The White share in Carroll County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. The school's diversity index is 11%, meaning two students picked at random have an 11% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school reported 5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Hampshire average 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 40%.

The allk12 Grade for Freedom Elementary School is C-. Compared with New Hampshire public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Freedom Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.5%, compared with a predicted 37.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools on BeatsExpectations.

Federal survey data for Carroll County show that the median household income is $86,463, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Carroll County is home to 28 public schools and about 5,659 public school students.

The closest public school to Freedom Elementary School is Effingham Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. Its average proficiency rate of 34.5% is below the 36.2% average for nearby schools.

By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.

Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when Freedom Elementary School had 55 students, to 2024-25, when it had 52. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 10.4:1, from 9.2:1.

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Carroll County at a glance

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Population
51,804
Census ACS
Median income
$86,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
5,659 students

Quick facts

School name
Freedom Elementary School
District
Freedom School District
Address
40 Loon Lake Rd., Freedom, NH 03836
Phone
(603) 539-2077
County
Carroll County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
52
Teachers (FTE)
5
Student–teacher ratio
10.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
21 (40%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
330312000131
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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25 other US public schools in 15 states are named Freedom Elementary. Freedom Elementary School is the 25th largest of the 26.

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Frequently asked questions

About Freedom Elementary School
How large is Freedom Elementary School?
Freedom Elementary School enrolls approximately 52 students in grades PK-06.
Is Freedom Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Freedom Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Freedom Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Freedom Elementary School.
How diverse is Freedom Elementary School?
Freedom Elementary School reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Freedom Elementary School?
Freedom Elementary School is overseen by Freedom School District in Carroll County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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