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Freedom Area School District

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Freedom Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Freedom Area School District has 34.57 square miles of land area and 0.32 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Freedom Area School District population is 11,255. Freedom Area School District median household income is $51,227 in 2010-2014. Freedom Area School District median house value is $121,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Freedom Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (113 out of 496, top 23%) Elementary/Middle School: (92 out of 498, top 18%)* Rank: #98
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	11,255 (2010-2014), rank #336
Population Growth	-1.78% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	322.60/sq mi, rank #244
Median Household Income:	$51,227 at 2010-2014—6.00% increase since 2005-2009, rank #247
Median House Price:	$121,900 at 2010-2014—14.25% increase since 2005-2009, rank #308
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	34.57 sq mi, rank #326
Water Area:	0.32 sq mi (0.91%), rank #300
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Beaver County
City:	Freedom, Zelienople, Rochester, New Brighton, Conway
Zip:	15042, 16063, 15074, 15066, 15027, 15005
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Freedom Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1701 8th Ave

Freedom PA, 15042, Beaver County

Phone: 724-775-5464

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,514	1,500	1,538	1,573	1,588	1,589	1,630
English Language Learner Students:	0	1	2	0	0	1	1
Total Teachers:	101.00	99.00	102.10	106.00	106.00	109.90	109.60
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	37.80	36.80	38.80	41.05	40.05	44.00	44.10
Secondary:	46.40	47.40	48.30	48.75	49.75	50.70	51.30
Ungraded:	11.80	10.80	11.00	11.20	11.20	12.20	11.20
Total Other Staff:	108.25	113.50	112.90	115.50	100.00	97.50	97.00
Instructional Aides:	16.00	16.00	16.00	19.00	23.50	27.00	25.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.40	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	3.50	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrators:	7.25	8.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	NA	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	64.00	65.00	65.00	65.00	44.00	41.50	43.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.99	15.15	15.06	14.84	14.98	14.46	14.87

Schools

Big Knob Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	205 Fezell Rd, Freedom PA 15042
Conway Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	801 First Ave, Conway PA 15027
Freedom Area Intrmd School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	1701 Eigth Ave, Freedom PA 15042
Freedom Area Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	1701 8th Ave, Freedom PA 15042
Freedom Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1190 Bulldog Dr, Freedom PA 15042

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.8%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79.3%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.9%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.2%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.2%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.5%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.8%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.4%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	81.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	89.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.9%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.7%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.5%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.9%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	96.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	92.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.8%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$19,051,000	$12,387		$19,328,000	$12,287		$19,103,000	$12,030
Federal:	$782,000	$508	4.1%	$2,224,000	$1,414	11.5%	$1,723,000	$1,085	9.0%
State:	$11,239,000	$7,308	59.0%	$10,272,000	$6,530	53.1%	$10,614,000	$6,684	55.6%
Local:	$7,030,000	$4,571	36.9%	$6,832,000	$4,343	35.3%	$6,766,000	$4,261	35.4%
Total Expenditures:	$18,112,000	$11,776		$18,769,000	$11,932		$17,950,000	$11,304
Total Current Expenditures:	$15,688,000	$10,200		$16,149,000	$10,266		$15,662,000	$9,863
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,323,000	$6,062	59.4%	$9,584,000	$6,093	59.3%	$9,236,000	$5,816	59.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,323,000	$860	8.4%	$1,342,000	$853	8.3%	$1,329,000	$837	8.5%
Administration:	$1,578,000	$1,026	10.1%	$1,557,000	$990	9.6%	$1,497,000	$943	9.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,464,000	$2,252	22.1%	$3,666,000	$2,331	22.7%	$3,600,000	$2,267	23.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$229,000	$149		$707,000	$449		$510,000	$321
Construction:	$78,000	$51		$204,000	$130		$312,000	$196
Total Other:	$6,000	$4		$29,000	$18		$17,000	$11
Interest on Debt:	$174,000	$113		$188,000	$120		$203,000	$128

Total Salary:	$8,928,000	$5,805		$9,205,000	$5,852		$9,129,000	$5,749
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,148,000	$3,997	68.9%	$6,347,000	$4,035	69.0%	$6,354,000	$4,001	69.6%
Other Salary:	$2,780,000	$1,808	31.1%	$2,858,000	$1,817	31.0%	$2,775,000	$1,747	30.4%
Total Benefit:	$3,704,000	$2,408		$3,435,000	$2,184		$3,157,000	$1,988
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,632,000	$1,711	71.1%	$2,457,000	$1,562	71.5%	$2,236,000	$1,408	70.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,072,000	$697	28.9%	$978,000	$622	28.5%	$921,000	$580	29.2%

* Freedom Area School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.