Frank H Freedman

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Frank H Freedman is an elementary school located in Springfield, MA that serves 277 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Springfield school district, which is ranked 328 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite having a significantly higher percentage of Hispanic students (64.62%) compared to the state average of 24.1%, Frank H Freedman outperforms the Springfield district average in MCAS proficiency rates across all grades and subjects. For example, in 2023-2024, 43.14% of Frank H Freedman students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 19.1% for the Springfield district. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Massachusetts elementary schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger in the 2023-2024 school year, but has shown improvement over the years, moving up from a 1-star rating in 2020-2021.

Notably, Frank H Freedman performs particularly well for its Hispanic and low socioeconomic status students, ranking in the top 5% and top 10% of Massachusetts elementary schools, respectively, in those subgroups. When compared to other nearby schools in the Springfield district, Frank H Freedman generally outperforms them in MCAS proficiency rates and student-teacher ratios, suggesting that it may be a relatively stronger-performing school within the district.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 90 Cherokee Dr
       Springfield, MA  01109


(413) 787-7443

District: Springfield

SchoolDigger Rank:
520th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,248 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  13.4 Help
Number of students:  277

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
64.6%
African American:
18.4%
White:
10.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  78.4% Help


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Compare Details Frank H Freedman ranks worse than 56.8% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 2nd among 32 ranked elementary schools in the Springfield School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.92. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (64.6%), African American (18.4%), White (10.1%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Frank H Freedman is 13.4. 31 elementary schools in the Springfield School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Frank H Freedman is $19,248, which is the 15th highest among 32 elementary schools in the Springfield School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Frank H Freedman:

SchoolDigger ranks Frank H Freedman 520th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Frank H Freedman in the ranking list.)

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Springfield:

SchoolDigger ranks Springfield 328th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Frank H Freedman

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Rank History for all students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 25.10 685th 884 22.5%
2004 37.40 589th 882 33.2%
2005 52.18 451st 887 49.2%
2006 16.49 789th 911 13.4%
2007 35.13 658th 911 27.8%
2008 33.84 652nd 908 28.2%
2009 30.62 678th 909 25.4%
2010 13.61 817th 920 11.2%
2011 41.77 599th 924 35.2%
2012 34.92 656th 930 29.5%
2013 44.38 557th 928 40.0%
2014 34.21 657th 926 29.0%
2015 24.47 728th 914 20.4%
2016 33.24 664th 932 28.8%
2017 13.36 841st 938 10.3%
2018 12.17 850th 934 9.0%
2019 24.14 753rd 942 20.1%
2021 28.71 676th 936 27.8%
2022 34.84 618th 932 33.7%
2023 29.38 658th 928 29.1%
2024 44.92 520th 916 43.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.99 790th 886 10.8%
2019 37.96 595th 896 33.6%
2021 48.68 430th 894 51.9%
2022 56.52 346th 905 61.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.31 595th 685 13.1%
2019 39.33 445th 700 36.4%
2021 56.92 266th 705 62.3%
2022 61.21 245th 772 68.3%
2023 56.21 303rd 757 60.0%
2024 80.99 69th 760 90.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.67 787th 893 11.9%
2019 18.42 777th 902 13.9%
2021 30.03 638th 898 29.0%
2022 44.21 519th 901 42.4%
2023 30.92 622nd 887 29.9%
2024 45.72 490th 886 44.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 39.40 371st 672 44.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.75 830th 898 7.6%
2019 30.77 675th 907 25.6%
2021 30.44 645th 904 28.7%
2022 27.06 679th 908 25.2%
2023 30.89 636th 896 29.0%
2024 44.08 511th 891 42.6%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 25.18 698th 925 24.5%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 42.62 195th 399 51.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.27 73rd 174 58.0%
2019 72.88 24th 172 86.0%
2021 76.48 17th 166 89.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Frank H Freedman

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.16 285th 379 24.8%
2019 46.23 210th 398 47.2%
2021 61.71 89th 379 76.5%
2022 64.80 83rd 401 79.3%
2023 52.67 152nd 420 63.8%
2024 80.18 42nd 446 90.6%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Frank H Freedman

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 96 86 3 49 0 n/a n/a 0 234
1989 114 106 1 56 0 n/a n/a 0 277
1990 123 120 3 40 0 n/a n/a 0 286
1991 178 136 2 46 0 n/a n/a 0 362
1992 73 71 2 146 0 n/a n/a 0 292
1993 72 71 1 184 0 n/a n/a 0 328
1994 76 88 0 157 0 n/a n/a 0 321
1995 65 86 3 154 0 n/a n/a 0 308
1996 65 86 3 154 0 n/a n/a 0 308
1997 66 97 2 148 1 n/a n/a 0 314
1998 62 101 2 155 0 n/a n/a 0 320
1999 58 119 2 160 0 n/a n/a 0 339
2000 65 100 0 178 0 n/a n/a 0 343
2001 50 83 1 163 0 n/a n/a 0 297
2002 29 80 4 159 2 n/a n/a 0 274
2003 29 80 4 159 2 n/a n/a 0 274
2004 32 76 2 143 1 n/a n/a 0 254
2005 21 76 4 120 1 n/a n/a 0 222
2006 36 57 3 87 3 n/a n/a 33 219
2007 34 61 7 87 2 n/a n/a 30 221
2008 45 67 7 127 1 n/a n/a 28 275
2009 54 58 7 145 1 0 27 0 292
2010 41 60 10 145 0 0 23 0 279
2011 47 60 9 146 0 0 20 0 282
2012 55 62 7 170 0 0 9 0 303
2013 60 59 2 151 0 0 7 0 279
2014 48 65 0 148 0 0 4 0 265
2015 45 75 2 167 0 0 3 0 292
2016 46 72 3 165 0 0 2 0 288
2017 54 79 3 174 0 0 5 0 315
2018 42 88 3 206 1 0 12 0 352
2019 32 73 5 201 2 0 11 0 324
2020 25 63 8 182 3 0 9 0 290
2021 24 63 6 167 2 0 10 0 272
2022 24 52 5 143 2 0 15 0 241
2023 28 51 4 179 1 0 14 0 277

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Frank H Freedman

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 234 n/a n/a n/a
1989 277 n/a n/a n/a
1990 286 n/a n/a n/a
1991 362 n/a n/a n/a
1992 292 n/a n/a n/a
1993 328 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 321 n/a n/a n/a
1995 308 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 308 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 314 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 320 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 339 n/a 0.0 82.3
2000 343 n/a 0.0 63
2001 297 n/a 0.0 84.2
2002 274 n/a n/a 86.1
2003 274 n/a n/a 86.1
2004 254 24.0 10.6 83.5
2005 222 25.5 8.7 89.2
2006 219 25.0 8.8 95.2
2007 221 20.0 11.1 93.2
2008 275 20.3 13.5 81.8
2009 292 17.5 16.7 71.6
2010 279 21.0 13.2 74.9
2011 282 19.8 14.1 81.9
2012 303 19.3 15.6 83.5
2013 279 17.8 15.5 82.8
2014 265 19.6 13.5 84.2
2015 292 21.0 13.9 78.4
2016 288 22.0 13.0 n/a
2017 315 20.1 15.6 n/a
2018 352 19.9 17.6 n/a
2019 324 20.0 16.2 n/a
2020 290 23.0 12.6 n/a
2021 272 22.4 12.1 n/a
2022 241 23.8 10.1 n/a
2023 277 20.6 13.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Frank H Freedman

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 234 n/a n/a n/a
1989 277 n/a n/a n/a
1990 286 n/a n/a n/a
1991 362 n/a n/a n/a
1992 292 n/a n/a n/a
1993 328 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 321 n/a n/a n/a
1995 308 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 308 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 314 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 320 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 339 n/a 0.0 82.3
2000 343 n/a 0.0 63
2001 297 n/a 0.0 84.2
2002 274 n/a n/a 86.1
2003 274 n/a n/a 86.1
2004 254 24.0 10.6 83.5
2005 222 25.5 8.7 89.2
2006 219 25.0 8.8 95.2
2007 221 20.0 11.1 93.2
2008 275 20.3 13.5 81.8
2009 292 17.5 16.7 71.6
2010 279 21.0 13.2 74.9
2011 282 19.8 14.1 81.9
2012 303 19.3 15.6 83.5
2013 279 17.8 15.5 82.8
2014 265 19.6 13.5 84.2
2015 292 21.0 13.9 78.4
2016 288 22.0 13.0 n/a
2017 315 20.1 15.6 n/a
2018 352 19.9 17.6 n/a
2019 324 20.0 16.2 n/a
2020 290 23.0 12.6 n/a
2021 272 22.4 12.1 n/a
2022 241 23.8 10.1 n/a
2023 277 20.6 13.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Frank H Freedman

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,426 (8.5%) $15,390 (91.5%) $16,816
2020 $2,070 (11.6%) $15,724 (88.4%) $17,794
2021 $2,225 (11.6%) $17,023 (88.4%) $19,248

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Frank H Freedman

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 753rd of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 658th of 928 Elementary schools
 9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Frank H Freedman)5637.5
 18.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)4125.6
 15.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Frank H Freedman)5625
 31%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Springfield)3020.7
 9.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Frank H Freedman)2635.1
 9.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)3321
 12%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Frank H Freedman)1840.5
 22.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)2822.9
 5.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Frank H Freedman)3430.8
 3.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)3727.6
 9.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Frank H Freedman)3815.4
 22.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)3019.8
 10.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Frank H Freedman)1930.8
 11.8%
   5th Grade Science (Springfield)2923.8
 5.2%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Frank H Freedman)3834.5
 3.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Springfield)3021.9
 8.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Frank H Freedman)3726.7
 10.3%
   All Grades Mathematics (Springfield)2516.3
 8.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Frank H Freedman)1930.8
 11.8%
   All Grades Science (Springfield)2318.1
 4.9%
   All Grades Science (Massachusetts)4741.2
 5.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students324277
 14.5%
African American7351
 30.1%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian54
 20%
Hispanic201179
 10.9%
Pacific Islander00
White3228
 12.5%
Two or More Races1114
 27.3%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 277 students attended Frank H Freedman.

Frank H Freedman ranks 520th of 916 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Frank H Freedman are 65% Hispanic, 18% African American, 10% White, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.


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