Summary:
Freedom High is the only high school in the Freedom Area School District, serving grades 9–12 to 510 students at N4021 County Road E in Freedom, Wisconsin, a small community in the Fox Valley area near Appleton.
Because it is the district's sole high school, Freedom High is also its standout, and it compares well with the rest of the state. In 2025–2026 it ranked 131st of 533 schools, placing it in the 75th percentile with 4 stars, up from 3 stars and the 51st percentile the year before, though still 5 percentile points below its 2023–2024 peak of 80th percentile. Its graduation rate of 99.1% and dropout rate of 0.2% are far stronger than the statewide 92.0% and 1.1%. Test scores improved in all four reported subjects, and the school now scores above the state average in Social Studies, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. English Language Arts is the biggest relative strength, at 60.17% proficient — 11.70 percentage points above the state. Social Studies and Mathematics both moved from slightly below the state in 2024–2025 to above it in 2025–2026, with Social Studies gaining 12.49 points.
Attendance is the one area worth watching. Chronic absenteeism at Freedom High is 12.6%, which is 4.7 points below the state rate but 1.4 points above the Freedom Area School District rate. For context, the school reports 12.55% free/reduced lunch, $16,669 in spending per student, and a 13.7 student-teacher ratio. Overall, families here are looking at a single high school with strong outcomes and improving academics.
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