Freedom Area SHS

Freedom Area SHS operates as a close-knit secondary school in Freedom, Pennsylvania, operated by Freedom Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 366 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Freedom Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,148 students; Freedom Area SHS is among them.

Demographically, Freedom Area SHS logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Beaver County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Freedom Area SHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Beaver County put 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. Freedom Area SHS is one of 52 public schools in Beaver County (combined enrollment of about 31,222 students).

Nearest neighbor: Freedom Area MS, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Freedom Area SHS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 428 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 94% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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