The top reported proficiency rate is 69% in Math. The lowest is 68% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Freeport Elementary School
Freeport Elementary sits on US Highway 331 in Freeport, Florida, a town in the inland, northern part of Walton County. The school serves children from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, which means it occupies the earliest years of a child's formal schooling and feeds into the middle and high school pathway that the Walton County district provides. Because the grade band tops out at fourth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and that is not a gap in performance but simply a reflection of the grades served.
The school is large for an elementary of its grade band. Enrollment spans every year from pre-K through fourth grade in roughly comparable cohorts, with kindergarten and first grade being the heaviest. That size is worth naming because it shapes daily life: hallways, drop-off lines, cafeteria rhythms, and a child's social pool are all calibrated to a substantial building.
On Florida's FAST assessments, third-grade math stands out as a clear strength, with proficiency well above the two-thirds threshold that many families use as a rough benchmark. ELA results in both third and fourth grade sit in a solid range, not as high as the math highlight but meaningfully above half of students testing proficient. Fourth-grade math pulls back somewhat from the third-grade peak. Trend data across years was not available in the data provided, so it is not possible to characterize direction of travel. Walton County is the only district in the county comparison set, which means school-to-school positioning within the county is not something this data allows.
Roughly half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school in a middle range on economic need, neither among the most affluent elementary schools in the state nor among those with the highest concentrations of poverty. White students make up the large majority of enrollment, with Hispanic students as the second-largest group and smaller shares of Black, multiracial, and other students. Data on students with IEPs or English learner status was not reported in what was available, so parents of children who may need those services would want to ask the school directly.
The housing market around Freeport reflects the broader pressure on Walton County. Home values in the zip code are above the Florida state benchmark and well above the national median, and they have slipped slightly year over year. Rents are elevated relative to income, and the estimated monthly cost of ownership is meaningful. Walton County's south end, closer to the coast, draws the most attention in real estate conversations, but growth is pushing inland, and Freeport itself is part of that expansion zone. Publicly reported information indicates the district is in a period of strong enrollment growth particularly in the south county area, and that the district purchased land for a future school to address capacity. Families considering a move here should weigh the possibility of rezoning or crowding as that growth continues.
At the district level, there are a few things worth noting for parents thinking about the full K-12 arc. A voter-approved supplemental operating property tax funds programs, technology, extracurriculars, and competitive salaries across Walton schools; that tax requires periodic renewal, so it is a line item to watch in future years. Publicly reported accounts describe a major expansion of the Seacoast Collegiate High School and a Northwest Florida State College satellite campus in the South Walton area, with new buildings opening in 2025 and the capacity to serve more dual-enrollment students. That expansion sits at the other end of the county from Freeport geographically, but it signals the direction the district is investing for older students. A new senior high school in DeFuniak Springs is also in the capital work plan, which is more relevant to families in the north end of the county where Freeport sits.
Program details specific to Freeport Elementary were not available in the data provided, so parents interested in enrichment, intervention, gifted services, or after-school options would benefit from contacting the school directly.
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