Freeman Elementary School
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Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 12 points, placing it in Washington's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Freeman Elementary School
Freeman Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary campus in Rockford, Washington, part of Freeman School District, enrolls 385 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Freeman School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 887 students. Freeman Elementary School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Freeman Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest consists of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.
In terms of school funding signals, Freeman Elementary School lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Spokane County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Freeman Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.5%; this one delivers 76.1%, a residual of +11.6 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Spokane County put median household income runs about $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Freeman Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).
Freeman Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Freeman Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.
Freeman Elementary School operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Freeman Elementary School has edged up 5%, going from 366 students in 2018 to 385 in 2025.
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