Freeman High School | |
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![]() Freeman High School in October, 2021 | |
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14626 South Jackson Rd , 99030 United States | |
Coordinates | 47°31′12″N 117°11′47″W / 47.5200°N 117.1964°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Established | 1955 |
School district | Freeman School District |
NCES School ID | 530297000485[1] |
Principal | Jeff Smith |
Teaching staff | 15.22 (on a FTE basis) |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 317 (2019-2020)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 20.83 |
Color(s) | Columbia Blue, Red & White |
Athletics conference | Northeast 1A, Northeast District 7, Washington Interscholastic Activities Association |
Nickname | Scotties |
Rival | Lakeside High School |
Website | https://www.freemansd.org/fhs |
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Freeman High School is a public high school north of Rockford, Washington and 19 mi (31 km) southwest of Spokane, Washington. It is a part of the adjacent three school Freeman School District facility that contains Freeman Elementary School, Freeman Middle School and Freeman High School.
Freeman high school competes in Washington's Northeast A League. The school fields teams in the following sports:
Freeman's athletic teams are known as the Scotties. The elementary and middle schools were known as the Freeman Raiders until 2014.[4] The original old Scottie dog logo was created by Freeman student Margee Noble.
The Freeman school district was formed in 1955 as a consolidation of the Rockford, Lindbergh, and Sunnyside school districts; there had been another Freeman school district prior to 1940, when it was annexed by Lindbergh.[5]
On September 13, 2017, a gunman opened fire at Freeman.[6] The assailant, then 15-year-old sophomore Caleb Sharpe, brought two guns, an AR-15 rifle and a Colt 1903 pistol then killed one student, who was attempting to prevent the shooting from taking place.[7] Three other students were injured and taken to the hospital.[6] Sharpe pled guilty before his trial as an adult.[8][9][10] In 2022, Sharpe was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.[11]
The demographic breakdown of the 317 students enrolled in 2019–2020 was:
22.3 percent of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.[1]