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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLENTANGY LOCAL·NCES 390467605481
Freedom Trail Elementary
6743 Bale Kenyon Rd, Lewis, OH 43035 · (740) 657-5700 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
97 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 43%
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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 54% · 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
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
83.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.4pp since 2021
Math
85.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.3% | 85.7% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 80.9% |
| 2022-23 | 86.4% | 86.0% |
| 2021-22 | 85.7% | 87.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Trail Elementary
Freedom Trail Elementary's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Trail Elementary this school | 605 | 16.0% | 82.4% |
| Blue Ash Elementary Cincinnati | 650 | 18.2% | 89.1% |
| Arrowhead Elementary School Lewis Center | 648 | 17.7% | 80.0% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Cincinnati | 566 | 14.0% | 94.2% |
| Glen Oak Elementary School Lewis Center | 654 | 18.0% | 82.4% |
| Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School Solon | 512 | 14.5% | 96.3% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Trail Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #190 of 673 | #17 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #203 of 1,569 ▲ 119 | #12 of 33 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #193 of 1,569 ▲ 69 | #16 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #314 of 1,514 | #13 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #270 of 1,808 | #17 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #889 of 1,582 | #12 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #382 of 1,590 | #11 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.0% | #675 of 767 | #19 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #910 of 992 | #17 of 17 |
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
605
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 605 | 33.7 | 18.0:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 34.1 | 19.0:1 | 14% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 32.5 | 18.4:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 31 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 31.3 | 19.8:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | 30 | 21.3:1 | 4% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Trail Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (621 to 605); teachers up 8% (31.3 to 33.7).
About Freedom Trail Elementary
Freedom Trail Elementary is an elementary school in Lewis, Ohio, reachable at (740) 657-5700. It educates 605 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 50% above the 404 average for elementary schools in Ohio.
Olentangy Local is made up of 29 schools with 24,133 students in all.
Freedom Trail Elementary is 59% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 19% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 80% of Delaware County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Freedom Trail Elementary total 33.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.0:1. That is close to the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The school counts 97 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 16%.
Freedom Trail Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (82.4%) and its predicted rate (82.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
Delaware County has these Census figures: the median household income is $133,540, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. In all, Delaware County has 59 public schools and roughly 44,100 students.
Of nearby public schools, Orange High School is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Freedom Trail Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 82.4% is below the 83.0% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 599 students in 2020-21 and 605 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Students per teacher fell from 19.3 in 2020-21 to 18.0 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olentangy Local
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- Olentangy Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Olentangy High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Olentangy Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
- Olentangy Shanahan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
Other schools in Lewis
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- Olentangy Meadows Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Other Freedom Trail Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Freedom Trail Elementary. Freedom Trail Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Freedom Trail ElementaryElk Park, NC · 202 students
Nearby schools
- Orange High School1.0 mi · 1,936
- Olentangy Orange Middle School1.2 mi · 1,056
- Walnut Creek Elementary1.3 mi · 546
- Alum Creek Elementary School2.2 mi · 664
- Oak Creek Elementary School2.3 mi · 649
- Glen Oak Elementary School2.4 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About Freedom Trail ElementaryHow many students attend Freedom Trail Elementary?
Freedom Trail Elementary enrolls approximately 605 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Freedom Trail Elementary serve?
Freedom Trail Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Freedom Trail Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Freedom Trail Elementary is approximately 18.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Freedom Trail Elementary?
At Freedom Trail Elementary, the student body is approximately 59% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 19% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Freedom Trail Elementary in?
Freedom Trail Elementary is part of Olentangy Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.