Summary:
The city of Freeland, Pennsylvania has only one school serving grades K-8, the Freeland El/Middle School, which is part of the Hazleton Area School District. This school is facing significant academic challenges, with proficiency rates in math and English Language Arts (ELA) well below state and district averages. However, the school's science proficiency rates are more competitive, with 4th-grade students scoring 70.5% proficient or better, compared to 60.1% for the district and 77.1% for the state.
The Freeland El/Middle School has a concerning 1.4% dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school serves a high-poverty student population, with a 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate. The school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $10,785, which is lower than the state average, and the student-teacher ratio is slightly higher than the state average at 16:1.
The Hazleton Area School District, which the Freeland El/Middle School is a part of, is also underperforming, ranking in the bottom 20% of districts in the state. This suggests that the challenges faced by the Freeland El/Middle School may be systemic within the district and may require district-level interventions and improvements to address the academic and socioeconomic factors impacting student learning outcomes.
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