Freedom Elementary is a public elementary school located in Lemoore, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 416 students. It is part of the Lemoore Union Elementary School District, which is ranked 646 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Freedom Elementary faces several challenges, including lower student performance compared to the district and state averages, particularly in mathematics. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts/Literacy range from 36.84% to 61.82%, while the district's range from 43.45% to 50.39% and the state's from 42.8% to 47.04%. In mathematics, Freedom Elementary's proficiency rates range from 17.54% to 37.74%, lower than the district's 32.09% to 41.72% and the state's 34.31% to 45.64%. The school's performance in science is also lower than the district and state, with only 21.82% of students proficient or better. Additionally, Freedom Elementary has a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 17.0% compared to nearby Lemoore Elementary (22.9%) and P.W. Engvall Elementary (14.9%), and a higher percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds at 71.15%.
While Freedom Elementary is part of the same school district as Lemoore Elementary and P.W. Engvall Elementary, it generally performs worse on academic assessments, suggesting that there may be factors within the school or community that are contributing to the lower student performance. Interestingly, the nearby Pioneer Elementary, a public charter school, consistently outperforms Freedom Elementary and the Lemoore Union Elementary district on academic assessments, indicating that the charter school model may be more effective in this area. Additionally, Freedom Elementary's male students and Hispanic students perform better than their female and low socioeconomic status counterparts on the Smarter Balanced Assessments, suggesting the need for targeted interventions to address the specific needs of these subgroups.
In the 2022-23 school year, 416 students attended Freedom Elementary.
Students at Freedom Elementary are 71% Hispanic, 15% White, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American, 2% American Indian.
Freedom Elementary ranks 2829th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.
Lemoore Union Elementary