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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREEDOM AREA SD·NCES 421038007570
Freedom Area Elementary School
1700 School St., Freedom, PA 15042 · (724) 775-1122 · Beaver County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
238 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 75%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 31% smaller than its 4th grade class (100).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Freedom Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.8pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 50.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Area Elementary School
Freedom Area Elementary School's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Area Elementary School this school | 426 | 55.9% | 54.3% |
| Newport Elementary School Newport | 436 | 57.3% | 42.5% |
| Forest City Regional Elementary School Forest City | 434 | 55.3% | 44.7% |
| Eagle View Elementary School Somerset | 439 | 58.5% | 61.8% |
| Central Elementary School South Williamsport | 414 | 57.0% | 70.5% |
| McConnellsburg Elementary School McConnellsburg | 413 | 58.8% | 61.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #754 of 1,396 | #8 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #909 of 1,511 ▼ 159 | #12 of 20 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #916 of 1,511 ▼ 228 | #11 of 20 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #771 of 1,638 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #574 of 1,528 | #8 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #1,187 of 1,531 | #15 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #893 of 1,600 | #10 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #543 of 1,045 | #10 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
426
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 426 | 34.3 | 12.4:1 | 56% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 36.3 | 12.0:1 | 55% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 34.3 | 12.8:1 | 53% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 51% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 56% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 54% (275) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (487 to 426); teachers down 7% (37 to 34.3).
About Freedom Area Elementary School
Freedom Area Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Freedom, Pennsylvania. Its 426 students are spread across kindergarten through 4.
The 3 schools of Freedom Area SD, including Freedom Area Elementary School, enroll 1,148 students.
White students are the large majority at Freedom Area Elementary School, with 89% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 87% White, within a few points of the school. Freedom Area Elementary School has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 34.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.4:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 56%. Across public schools in Beaver County, the average is about the same, 55%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Freedom Area Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Freedom Area Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 53.7%. Freedom Area Elementary School scores 54.3%, within a point of that line.
Among Beaver County residents, median household income is about $71,089, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 52 public schools in Beaver County, with a combined enrollment of about 31,222.
Freedom Area Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Freedom Area Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 54.3% versus a 37.4% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Freedom Area Elementary School was 436 in 2020-21 and 426 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.6:1 in 2020-21, and 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Freedom Area SD
- Freedom Area SHSHigh · 366 students
- Freedom Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 356 students
Other schools in Freedom
- Ambridge Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 500 students
- Economy Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Freedom Area SHSHigh · 366 students
- Freedom Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom Area Middle School0.1 mi · 356
- Freedom Area SHS0.2 mi · 366
- Central Valley Middle School1.6 mi · 504
- Ambridge Area Middle School1.9 mi · 500
- Economy Elementary School1.9 mi · 456
- Provident CS - West2.0 mi · 51
Frequently asked questions
About Freedom Area Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Freedom Area Elementary School?
Freedom Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Freedom Area Elementary School serve?
Freedom Area Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Freedom Area Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Freedom Area Elementary School.
How diverse is Freedom Area Elementary School?
Freedom Area Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Freedom Area Elementary School in?
Freedom Area Elementary School is part of Freedom Area SD.
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