Freedom School

Freedom School is a well-populated elementary school in HOOPER, Utah, part of Weber District. The school enrolls 784 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 60% larger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Weber District comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 32,054 students; Freedom School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Freedom School records that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder is composed of 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Freedom School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at Freedom School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Freedom School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 37.5%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Weber County) reports that median household income runs about $90,005, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Weber County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,670 students), Freedom School is one campus in the mix.

Country View School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Freedom School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Freedom School's enrollment has ticked down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 880 (now 784). White enrollment moved from 77% to 72% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.