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Freedom Middle School

Public | 6-8 | 640 students

 

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Posted May 10, 2011

My daughter has been in Freedom Middle school for three years now. My daughter has been in the honoral all three years. I think this is a great school and the teachers are great also. I'm always involved in my daughters education and events at school. The principals and teachers have great communication with parents with any issue your kid has. They also have a website called parent portal to check you're kids grades and see what assignments your kid is missing. I think its a chame when parents blame the schools for th'ere kids bad actions and choices . Lets recognized parent if you're kids are not choosing to make the right decisions is because you're not involved as a parent should be. So now when my daughter graduates this year I'm going to miss the principals and the teachers. They did a great job on helping me push my daughter to do great. Thank you Freedom Middle School
—Submitted by a parent


Posted April 20, 2010

The teachers are great, up until now I have no complains the only thing that I don't like is that they don't enforce the dress code as they should. I would really hate for Freedom to turn into one of the surrounding schools that they start with dress code then they completely throw all the other rules out and the schools turn bad so, please MR C don't let the kids run the school.
—Submitted by a parent


Posted July 17, 2008

This school has potenial to be great, but it is way under funded. Fir the first 2 years we didnt have a library! (just graduated)
—Submitted by a student


Posted June 12, 2008

its a great school.. my daughter got accepted to st. josephs high! thank you freedom.
—Submitted by a parent


Posted June 12, 2007

I graduated from Freedom last year and was happy with the wasy the school handled things. I mean besides their being a low budget everything else was great. The teachers, staff, and everyone else made my time at Freedom exceptional! Thenonly other bad thing besides the financial problem was that there was too much rivalry and hostility between Heritage and Freedom schools and the staffs of both school could've done more to prevent confrontations! But otherwise Freedom is a very good junior highschool!
—Submitted by a student


Community ratings and reviews do not represent the views of GreatSchools nor does GreatSchools check their accuracy or verify the reviewers' identities. Use your discretion when evaluating these reviews.

About these ratings

The Community Rating is the school’s average rating from its community members (e.g., parents, students, and school staff). The highest possible rating is five stars; the lowest is one star.

The test results by subgroup show how the designated group of students is performing in comparison to the general population.
Math

The state average for Math was 85% in 2012.

658 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
78%

2011

 
 
80%

2010

 
 
79%

2009

 
 
74%
Reading

The state average for Reading was 82% in 2012.

657 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
72%

2011

 
 
82%

2010

 
 
74%

2009

 
 
71%
Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

About the tests


In 2011-2012 Illinois used the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, and in grades 4 and 7 in science. The ISAT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

See Illinois' state standards

Source: Illinois State Board of Education

Math

The state average for Math was 85% in 2012.

658 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
81%

2011

 
 
76%

2010

 
 
75%

2009

 
 
76%
Reading

The state average for Reading was 78% in 2012.

657 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
63%

2011

 
 
77%

2010

 
 
67%

2009

 
 
64%
Science

The state average for Science was 80% in 2012.

215 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
68%

2011

 
 
72%

2010

 
 
71%

2009

 
 
71%
Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

About the tests


In 2011-2012 Illinois used the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, and in grades 4 and 7 in science. The ISAT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

See Illinois' state standards

Source: Illinois State Board of Education

Math

The state average for Math was 85% in 2012.

658 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
81%

2011

 
 
83%

2010

 
 
82%

2009

 
 
75%
Reading

The state average for Reading was 86% in 2012.

657 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
81%

2011

 
 
82%

2010

 
 
77%

2009

 
 
75%
Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

About the tests


In 2011-2012 Illinois used the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, and in grades 4 and 7 in science. The ISAT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

See Illinois' state standards

Source: Illinois State Board of Education

Math

All Students78%
Female77%
Male79%
Blackn/a
Asiann/a
Hispanic80%
Multiracialn/a
Native Americann/a
White100%
Low income78%
Non-low income82%
Students with disabilities (IEP)53%
Students without disabilities80%
English language learners50%
Migrantn/a

Reading

All Students72%
Female75%
Male70%
Blackn/a
Asiann/a
Hispanic72%
Multiracialn/a
Native Americann/a
White92%
Low income72%
Non-low income75%
Students with disabilities (IEP)13%
Students without disabilities76%
English language learners24%
Migrantn/a
Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

About the tests


In 2011-2012 Illinois used the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, and in grades 4 and 7 in science. The ISAT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

The different student groups are identified by the Illinois State Board of Education. If there are a small number of students in a particular group in a school, the state doesn't report data for that group.

See Illinois' state standards

Source: Illinois State Board of Education

Math

All Students81%
Female80%
Male82%
Black18%
Asiann/a
Hispanic83%
Multiracialn/a
White95%
Low income79%
Non-low income88%
Students with disabilities (IEP)40%
Students without disabilities86%
English language learners56%
Migrantn/a

Reading

All Students63%
Female70%
Male55%
Black9%
Asiann/a
Hispanic64%
Multiracialn/a
White71%
Low income60%
Non-low income76%
Students with disabilities (IEP)16%
Students without disabilities69%
English language learners25%
Migrantn/a

Science

All Students68%
Female72%
Male63%
Black55%
Asiann/a
Hispanic68%
Multiracialn/a
White67%
Low income65%
Non-low income82%
Students with disabilities (IEP)36%
Students without disabilities72%
English language learners19%
Migrantn/a
Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

About the tests


In 2011-2012 Illinois used the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, and in grades 4 and 7 in science. The ISAT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

The different student groups are identified by the Illinois State Board of Education. If there are a small number of students in a particular group in a school, the state doesn't report data for that group.

See Illinois' state standards

Source: Illinois State Board of Education

Math

All Students81%
Female85%
Male76%
Blackn/a
Asiann/a
Hispanic82%
Multiracialn/a
Native Americann/a
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islandern/a
White81%
Low income81%
Non-low income81%
Students with disabilities (IEP)38%
Students without disabilities86%
English language learners20%
Migrantn/a

Reading

All Students81%
Female83%
Male78%
Blackn/a
Asiann/a
Hispanic81%
Multiracialn/a
Native Americann/a
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islandern/a
White94%
Low income80%
Non-low income83%
Students with disabilities (IEP)36%
Students without disabilities86%
English language learners33%
Migrantn/a
Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

About the tests


In 2011-2012 Illinois used the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, and in grades 4 and 7 in science. The ISAT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

The different student groups are identified by the Illinois State Board of Education. If there are a small number of students in a particular group in a school, the state doesn't report data for that group.

See Illinois' state standards

Source: Illinois State Board of Education

Breaking down the GreatSchools Rating

GreatSchools Ratings are based on the most recent standardized test results for schools. Use the breakdown ratings below to compare types of students at this school. Learn more »


Student ethnicity

Ethnicity This school State average
Hispanic 84% 23%
White 9% 51%
Black 4% 18%
Asian 2% 4%
Two or more races 2% 3%
American Indian/Alaska Native 0% 0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander 0% 0%
Source: NCES, 2010-2011

Student-teacher ratio

  This school District averageState average
Students per FTE teacher 13N/A17
Source: NCES, 2008-2009

School basics

School Leader's name
  • Mr. James Calabrese

Resources

Extra learning resources offered
  • Title I Schoolwide program (SWP)
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3016 Ridgeland Ave
Berwyn, IL 60402
Phone: (708) 795-5800

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