Freeport High School, Freeport NY

Original Research by School Decision on Freeport High School

Freeport High School is a regular public high school on Long Island's South Shore, located in Freeport, Nassau County. The school enrolls about two thousand students in grades nine through twelve, and more than half the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic conditions of Freeport's households. The student body is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with smaller shares of white, Asian, and multiracial students; this composition mirrors Freeport's identity as one of Long Island's most ethnically diverse communities.

State testing data and the four-year graduation rate were not available for this school, so a parent cannot assess proficiency or completion rates from the records reviewed. The absence of test scores and graduation metrics is a significant gap for families evaluating academic outcomes. A parent may want to look into these measures directly with the school or district office to understand college and career readiness patterns.

The district's publicly reported course offerings are a clear strength. For the current school year, Freeport High School offers twenty-five AP courses spanning multiple disciplines, and recently added new course pathways in computer science and cybersecurity, quantum information science, American Sign Language, and anatomy and physiology. This breadth provides motivated students with advanced options and dual-credit routes to college, and the expansion reflects the district's ongoing investment in academic program depth.

Freeport sits in a housing market that is moderately expensive by national standards but within the range of established suburban communities on Long Island. Home values in the village's zip code have appreciated modestly year over year, and rental prices run somewhat above the national average. The property-tax levy in the Freeport Union Free School District has been held flat or reduced for roughly a decade, including the most recent budgets. For families considering a move into the area, this sustained pattern of no tax increases is a major financial consideration.

The community itself is dense and urban-suburban in character, with most residents owning their homes. Freeport's identity is anchored to its maritime heritage and waterfront revitalization; the Nautical Mile on Woodcleft Avenue is a walkable strip of restaurants, shops, and recreation along the water. The village also sits on the Long Island Rail Road's Babylon Branch, providing commuter access to New York City. However, outside the waterfront district and station areas, daily life is car-oriented, with residents averaging two vehicles per household. The broader downtown, centered on North Main Street and the LIRR station, has been the subject of redevelopment planning to improve walkability and transit connections, though specific new projects and housing units from state programs were not confirmed in the sources reviewed.

Population in Freeport has been essentially flat to slightly declining, and the housing stock is predominantly older, with most homes built before the 1970s and only small shares constructed recently. This means students are attending a school in an established, stable community rather than one experiencing rapid growth or demographic turnover.

For a family evaluating Freeport High School, the key strength is the breadth of advanced and specialized course options at the secondary level. The main unknown is how well students progress through those pathways and complete high school, since graduation and proficiency data are not part of the public record reviewed here. A parent considering this school should request those completion and achievement metrics from the school directly and ask how students transition from high school into college and careers.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

88.0%Cohort of 506 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

27 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

27 tested · Grade 10

92.6%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

16 tested

81.3%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

19 tested · Grade 10

26.3%

scored 3 or higher

Precalculus

8 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

78 tested · Grade 10

25.6%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

35 tested

71.4%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

7 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

21 tested

23.8%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

11 tested · Grade 10

54.5%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

11 tested · Grade 10

63.6%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

5 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

5 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

27 tested · Grade 10

96.3%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Psychology

75 tested · Grade 10

16.0%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

68 tested

57.4%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

French Language and Culture

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

62 tested · Grade 10

90.3%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Literature and Culture

32 tested · Grade 10

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Art History

6 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Music Theory

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

African American Studies

12 tested

91.7%

scored 3 or higher

Language and Comp

45 tested

35.6%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

31 tested

54.8%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

87 tested

42.5%

scored 3 or higher

World History

110 tested · Grade 10

54.5%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Ela	619	83.0%
Math	616	39.0%
Social Studies	562	88.0%
Science	155	15.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.