Enrollment
202
High
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREER ISD·NCES 481982005367
Freer High School
905 S NORTON, FREER, TX 78357 · (361) 394-6025 · Duval County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL202 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
177 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 56 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 46 | 23% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FREER ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2021.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 39.0% | 31.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 20.0% | 60.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | N/A |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Freer High School
Freer High School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freer High School this school | 202 | 87.6% | 45.3% |
| Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School BEN BOLT | 206 | 85.0% | 35.5% |
| La Pryor Secondary LA PRYOR | 244 | 86.1% | 32.1% |
| Steam at the Fine Arts Academy SAN ANTONIO | 240 | 90.4% | 37.3% |
| IDEA Toros College Preparatory EDINBURG | 258 | 84.5% | 38.7% |
| Fort Hancock High School FORT HANCOCK | 163 | 91.4% | 37.4% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Freer High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #989 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,218 of 1,425 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,134 of 1,425 ▼ 122 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 202 | #1,342 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.8:1 | #10 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #1,163 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #245 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #379 of 557 |
Ranked against other public high 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
202
-22 (-10%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 202 | 26 | 7.8:1 | 88% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 17.4 | 10.8:1 | 87% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 170 | 19.6 | 8.7:1 | 81% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 224 | 21 | 10.7:1 | 75% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 214 | 25.7 | 8.3:1 | 70% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 218 | 22 | 9.9:1 | 62% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 24 | 10.3:1 | 52% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 29 | 9.7:1 | 38% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 29 | 8.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freer High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (214 to 202); teachers up 1% (25.7 to 26).
About Freer High School
Freer High School is a very small high school based in FREER, Texas. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 202 students. By comparison, high schools in Texas enroll about 796 students on average.
Freer High School is one school in a 3-school district, FREER ISD, which enrolls 709 students.
At Freer High School, 93% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 6% White. Census figures show Duval County is about 82% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Freer High School scores 14%.
Freer High School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 7.8:1. High schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 7.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 88% at Freer High School. The figure for public schools in Duval County is close, at 88%.
Freer High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Texas public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Freer High School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 45.3% actual against 36.3% predicted.
In Duval County, median household income comes to about $49,038, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 7% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Duval County counts 10 public schools with about 2,346 students.
Freer High School's nearest public school is Lucy Aragon Junior High School (about 0.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Freer High School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment fell 10% over 4 years, reaching 202 in 2024-25. The ratio was 10.7:1 in 2020-21 and 7.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,742
Census ACS
Median income
$49,038
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
7%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FREER ISD
- Norman M Thomas Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Lucy Aragon Junior High SchoolMiddle · 146 students
Other schools in FREER
- Norman M Thomas Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Lucy Aragon Junior High SchoolMiddle · 146 students
Nearby schools
- Lucy Aragon Junior High School0.2 mi · 146
- Norman M Thomas Elementary School0.2 mi · 361
- Benavides Secondary22.7 mi · 87
- Benavides Elementary School23.1 mi · 61
- Bernarda Jaime Junior High School24.3 mi · 319
- San Diego High School24.3 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Freer High SchoolHow large is Freer High School?
Freer High School enrolls approximately 202 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Freer High School serve?
Freer High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Freer High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Freer High School is approximately 7.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Freer High School?
Student demographics at Freer High School are roughly 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Freer High School public or private?
Freer High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FREER ISD.
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