📍 2850 Taft Vineland Rd, Orlando, Orange County, 32837
Freedom Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Orlando, Orange County. The school has 1,159 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orange school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Freedom Middle enrolls 1,159 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 59 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 766 | 66% |
| White | 164 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 138 | 12% |
| Asian | 62 | 5.3% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
507 of the school's 1,159 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 470 qualify for free lunch and 37 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Freedom Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 15, state house district 48.
Freedom Middle is one of 276 schools in ORANGE, based in ORLANDO, Florida. The district serves 205,853 students district-wide and employs 11,411 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,159 students, Freedom Middle is larger than the district average of about 746 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large