Enrollment
356
Middle
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREEDOM AREA SD·NCES 421038007565
Freedom Area Middle School
1702 School Street, Freedom, PA 15042 · (724) 775-7641 · Beaver County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
197 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 92 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 26% |
Student demographics
19%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
Freedom Area Middle School→Freedom Area SHS
Feeds from
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
33.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 33.1% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 Middle School
Freedom Area Middle School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Area Middle School this school | 356 | 55.3% | 37.0% |
| Spring Cove Middle School Roaring Spring | 363 | 55.1% | 35.8% |
| Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School Philipsburg | 372 | 53.2% | 46.5% |
| Riverside Middle School Ellwood City | 307 | 55.4% | 55.0% |
| North East Middle School North East | 322 | 59.0% | 54.3% |
| McGuffey Middle School Claysville | 342 | 51.8% | 45.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #367 of 479 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #235 of 513 ▲ 60 | #5 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #432 of 513 ▼ 32 | #10 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #396 of 522 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #114 of 486 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #395 of 486 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.3% | #219 of 510 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #82 of 332 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
356
-48 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 356 | 30.5 | 11.7:1 | 55% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 30.5 | 11.7:1 | 55% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 29.4 | 12.6:1 | 60% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 59% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 32.2 | 13.3:1 | 50% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 48% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (428 to 356); teachers down 5% (32.2 to 30.5).
About Freedom Area Middle School
In Freedom, Pennsylvania, Freedom Area Middle School is a small middle school. It teaches 356 students in grades 5 through 8. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have about 594 students on average; enrollment here is 40% lower.
Freedom Area SD serves 1,148 students across 3 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Freedom Area Middle School is 90% White. Other groups make up 6% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. In Beaver County overall, the White share is about 87%. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Freedom Area Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. The school's 11.7:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 55%. That is in line with the 55% average for public schools in Beaver County.
Freedom Area Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.9% at Freedom Area Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.0%.
The school's county is Beaver County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,089 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Beaver County number 52, with about 31,222 students.
Freedom Area Middle School's nearest public school is Freedom Area Elementary School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Freedom Area Middle School places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Freedom Area Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 356, from 404 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.4:1 in 2020-21, and 11.7:1 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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Freedom Area SHSHigh · 366 students
Other schools in Freedom
- Ambridge Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 500 students
- Economy Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Freedom Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Freedom Area SHSHigh · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom Area Elementary School0.1 mi · 426
- 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 - West1.9 mi · 51
Frequently asked questions
About Freedom Area Middle SchoolHow large is Freedom Area Middle School?
Freedom Area Middle School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Freedom Area Middle School serve?
Freedom Area Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Freedom Area Middle School have?
Freedom Area Middle School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Freedom Area Middle School?
Freedom Area Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Freedom Area Middle School public or private?
Freedom Area Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Freedom Area SD.
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