Freedom Area MS

Freedom Area MS is a middle school of modestly sized scale in Freedom, Pennsylvania, overseen by Freedom Area SD, instructing 356 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

Within Freedom Area SD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,148 students, Freedom Area MS is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Freedom Area MS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Freedom Area MS has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Freedom Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of -16.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Beaver County) shows that median household earnings sit near $71,089, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Beaver County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,222 students), of which Freedom Area MS is one.

Freedom Area El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Freedom Area MS at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Freedom Area MS's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 428 (now 356). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Freedom Area MS community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.