Freedom’s public schools beat 79% of Kansas districts
The public schools Freedom’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 79% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
The short version on Freedom’s schools
Which school depends on your street
With five elementary and two middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from C+ to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. See the path ↓
How it compares with its neighbors
Counting the five towns on its borders, Freedom ranks 2nd of 6. Winterset (C−), Pleasantdale (D) and Illinois (D) are lower. Compare ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Freedom compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kansas’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Kansas only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Freedom (some depend on your address).
Two districts serve Freedom
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Above the state in reading
Freedom vs. its neighbors
Freedom’s schools rank 2nd of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Kansas districts.
Every school in Freedom
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Freedom families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Freedom
There’s no college in Freedom, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Fort Hays State University in Hays, 11.4 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Freedom. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Kansas. Stars are from neighbors.