Freedom Middle

Freedom Middle is an elementary campus of substantial scale in Fredericksburg, Virginia, part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools, serveing 763 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Freedom Middle sits 53% above that benchmark.

Spotsylvania County Public Schools runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 24,036 students. Freedom Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Freedom Middle logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Spotsylvania County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Freedom Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Freedom Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.4%; this one delivers 72.3%.

In the area at large, Spotsylvania County reports that median household income runs about $112,738, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Spotsylvania County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,036 students), of which Freedom Middle is one.

Smith Station Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Freedom Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Freedom Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Freedom Middle's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 769 (now 763). White enrollment moved from 55% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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