Freedom Middle

Set in Freedom, Wisconsin, Freedom Middle is an average-sized middle school, operated by Freedom Area School District. It instructs 339 students across grades 6 through 8.

Freedom Area School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,540 students; Freedom Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Freedom Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Freedom Middle records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Freedom Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Outagamie County's rate of about 32%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Freedom Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.2%; this one delivers 63.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Outagamie County put median household income runs about $85,069, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Outagamie County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students), of which Freedom Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Freedom High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Freedom Middle at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 56.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 378 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 90% to 85% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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