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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHSIDE ISD·NCES 484092009451
Freedom Elementary School
3845 S LOOP 1604 E, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78264 · (210) 882-1603 · Bexar County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Texas 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
489 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 21% |
This year's 1st grade class (94) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 21.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Elementary School
Freedom Elementary School's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Elementary School this school | 536 | 91.2% | 41.6% |
| Jackson Elementary School MCALLEN | 548 | 92.0% | 48.8% |
| Noonan Elementary School ALICE | 523 | 92.9% | 35.7% |
| Palo Alto Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 528 | 93.2% | 25.8% |
| L F Smith Elementary School PASADENA | 572 | 91.1% | 48.3% |
| Hicks Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 559 | 89.8% | 49.2% |
Matched among Texas 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #2,383 of 4,401 | #119 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,215 of 4,466 ▲ 61 | #105 of 317 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,068 of 4,466 ▲ 79 | #181 of 317 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #729 of 3,998 | #60 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #2,172 of 4,938 | #160 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,378 of 4,622 | #223 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.3% | #3,912 of 4,628 | #241 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #928 of 4,789 | #82 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #1,445 of 2,838 | #119 of 192 |
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
536
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 536 | 33.3 | 16.1:1 | 91% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 95% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 35.6 | 15.8:1 | 93% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 91% (461) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 84% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 84% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 82% (471) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (645 to 536); teachers down 24% (44 to 33.3).
About Freedom Elementary School
Freedom Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The latest federal count shows 536 students in grades 1 through 5.
SOUTHSIDE ISD is responsible for 10 schools, Freedom Elementary School included, with 6,091 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Freedom Elementary School is 92% Hispanic. Other groups make up 7% White. Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Freedom Elementary School's 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 16.1:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 91%. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County.
allk12 grades Freedom Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Freedom Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.6% and a predicted 34.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Bexar County show that the median household income is $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Freedom Elementary School, Bexar County has 637 other public schools.
Southside Alter Center is the closest public school, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 7. Nearby schools with test data average 43.8% proficiency; Freedom Elementary School posts 41.6%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 30 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.5 in 2020-21.
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Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTHSIDE ISD
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Colonel Miguel Menchaca Early Childhood CenterElementary · 809 students
- Julius L Matthey Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Losoya Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Julian C Gallardo Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Other Freedom Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 15 states are named Freedom Elementary. Freedom Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 26.
- Freedom Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 651 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolKELLER, TX · 639 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolLawton, OK · 1,251 students
- FREEDOM ELEM.ST ROBERT, MO · 954 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDELAND, FL · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Southside Alter Center1.3 mi · 22
- Heritage Elementary School1.3 mi · 555
- Julius L Matthey Middle School1.8 mi · 656
- W M Pearce Primary School3.4 mi · 529
- Losoya Middle School3.4 mi · 607
- Southside High School3.4 mi · 1,772
Frequently asked questions
About Freedom Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Freedom Elementary School?
Freedom Elementary School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does Freedom Elementary School serve?
Freedom Elementary School serves grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Freedom Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Freedom Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Freedom Elementary School?
Freedom Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Freedom Elementary School in?
Freedom Elementary School is part of SOUTHSIDE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.