Original Research by School Decision on Freedom High
Freedom High is a comprehensive public high school serving grades nine through twelve in Oakley, a rapidly growing suburban city in East Contra Costa County. The school enrolls a student body of substantial size, drawn from a community that is itself expanding briskly. Its demographic composition is predominantly Latinx, with significant representation of Black and white students, a smaller Asian population, and a modest share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's most recent state testing results show mixed performance across subjects. In English language arts, about half of all students reached proficiency. Science proficiency was substantially lower, affecting just under a quarter of tested students. Mathematics proficiency was notably weak, with only a small fraction of students meeting the standard. These results reflect a school where language-based literacy is holding at a middle ground while quantitative and scientific reasoning show pronounced gaps. A parent investigating these numbers may want to ask the school directly about how it is addressing the mathematics result, which stands out as the area of greatest concern.
No multi-year trend data is available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent a change from prior years or a stable condition. Similarly, the school's graduation rate was not provided in the available data. State testing data for high schools does not capture the four-year cohort completion metric separately; the school's own reporting would clarify that picture. The school's website was not accessible in the research, so details on specific course offerings, AP breadth, dual-enrollment pathways, or career and technical programs could not be confirmed.
Freedom High sits on the edge of Oakley on Neroly Road, somewhat separated from the city's downtown civic center on Main Street. The school building itself houses the Oakley Public Library, which shares the space as a temporary arrangement pending the city's planned new standalone library and community center.
Oakley itself is a young, family-oriented suburb with an agricultural heritage now layered under rapid suburban growth. Housing values in the area are substantially above the national median and have declined modestly year over year, while rents have risen slightly. The cost of homeownership, measured as a ratio of price to income, sits well above the national benchmark, making the area an expensive market for families buying in. Health care, retail, and construction are the dominant employment sectors for Oakley residents, many of whom commute to the broader Bay Area. The city has invested visibly in its downtown Main Street corridor, adding walkability improvements, and a planned Amtrak station near Main Street is expected to begin construction in early 2026. The opening of eBART's Antioch terminus in a neighboring city has expanded transit options for the region.
Liberty Union High School District, Freedom High's parent district, serves the high school grades in this area of rapid population growth. No recent major bond measure, parcel tax, curriculum shift, or other lasting district-wide change could be confirmed from publicly available sources beyond the district's tracking of growth pressures in Brentwood and Oakley. The school stands within a broad county context; among the districts in Contra Costa County, proficiency comparisons could not be made because county-level comparative data was unavailable for this school.
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