Freedom Elementary: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Freedom posts 26.7% exceeding the standard — versus 21.3% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59 | 27% | 54% | -23.9 | 15.0% | 2.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Freedom Elementary scores 59 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 81st percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “54% proficient” and call it done. Freedom deserves a closer read. The school sits in Lemoore, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Freedom's low-income kids hit 52.9% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 32nd to the 81st percentile since 2022 — past roughly 2900 elementary schools.
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 48% | 42% | 41% | 71% |
| Grade 4 | 44% | 45% | 37% | 43% |
| Grade 5 | 38% | 48% | 62% | 57% |
| Grade 6 | 57% | 55% | 58% | 63% |
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 44% | 29% | 33% | 75% |
| Grade 4 | 39% | 36% | 18% | 39% |
| Grade 5 | 12% | 26% | 27% | 41% |
| Grade 6 | 48% | 22% | 38% | 35% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 42.0pp across grades; the floor slips 14.3pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Freedom's most underrated number
52.9% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Freedom Elementary in Lemoore, 52.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 48.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Freedom Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 4.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (41.6% Math proficient); Hispanic students (52.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 4.6 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 172 students tested.
11 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 13.3pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +6.9pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$577 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 12% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 45
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 52 | 56% | 15% | 13% | 15% | 71% | +28 |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 21% | 22% | 38% | 19% | 43% | −2 |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% | 43% | 19% | 24% | 57% | +9 |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 25% | 37% | 25% | 12% | 63% | +16 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 52 | 52% | 23% | 13% | 12% | 75% | +29 |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 6% | 33% | 42% | 19% | 39% | −2 |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 12% | 29% | 34% | 24% | 41% | +6 |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 20% | 16% | 29% | 35% | 35% | +0 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 58 | 0% | 12% | 69% | 19% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 172 | 52.9% | +5 | +15 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 159 | 52.2% | +4 | +13 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Elementary ← | — | 59 | 26.7% | 54.4% | −23.9 | 2.5% |
| Meadow Lane Elementary | 1.5 mi | 46 | 11.9% | 33.3% | +10.3 | 3.8% |
| Cinnamon Elementary | 1.3 mi | 45 | 19.4% | 41.5% | +7.0 | 3.8% |
| P. W. Engvall Elementary | 0.8 mi | 43 | 23.3% | 48.7% | −17.2 | 2.7% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29 | 32 | #3925 | 15.3% | 37.5% | 24.0% | 1.0% | -20.7pp |
| 2023 | 45 | 65 | #2023 | 14.6% | 37.8% | 17.2% | 1.6% | +1.6pp |
| 2024 | 42 | 51 | #2821 | 11.6% | 36.2% | 11.5% | 2.6% | +7.6pp |
| 2025 | 59 | 81 | #1064 | 26.7% | 54.4% | 15.0% | 2.5% | -23.9pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | — | 12.4% | — |
| Male | — | 17.1% | — |
| Black/African American | — | 23.5% | — |
| White | — | 0.0% | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | — | 15.8% | — |
| Two or More Races | — | 6.3% | — |
| Students with Disabilities | — | 28.6% | — |
| English Learners | — | 17.3% | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | — | 17.0% | — |
| All Students | — | 14.7% | — |
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