Freeland El/MS

Freeland El/MS operates as a high-enrollment primary school in Freeland, Pennsylvania, overseen by Hazleton Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 991 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Freeland El/MS sits 124% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Hazleton Area SD (13,071 students total), Freeland El/MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Freeland El/MS shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 42% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Freeland El/MS reports 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Freeland El/MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Luzerne County's rate of about 85%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Freeland El/MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 22.9%, a residual of -13.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Luzerne County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,691 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Luzerne County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students), Freeland El/MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Arthur Street El Sch, around 5.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Freeland El/MS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Freeland El/MS's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 926 (now 991). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 72% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the Freeland El/MS community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.