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Freeman High School
Freeman High School in October, 2021
Address
14626 South Jackson Rd Rockford, Washington 99030 United States
Coordinates	47°31′12″N 117°11′47″W / 47.5200°N 117.1964°W / 47.5200; -117.1964
Information
Type	Public
Established	1955
School district	Freeman School District
NCES School ID	530297000485
Principal	Jeff Smith
Teaching staff	17.40 (on a FTE basis)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	291 (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio	16.72
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

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.

Athletics

Freeman high school competes in Washington's Northeast A League. The school fields teams in the following sports:

• Fall: Cross Country, Football, Soccer, Volleyball
• Winter: Wrestling, Basketball
• Spring: Baseball, Golf, Softball, Tennis and Track & Field

Freeman's athletic teams are known as the Scotties. The elementary and middle schools were known as the Freeman Raiders until 2014. The original old Scottie dog logo was created by Freeman student Margee Noble.

History

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.

2017 shooting

On September 13, 2017, a gunman opened fire at Freeman. The assailant, then 15-year-old sophomore Caleb Sharpe, brought two guns, an AR-15 rifle and a Colt 1903 pistol then shot and killed one student, Sam Strahan, who was attempting to prevent the shooting from taking place, in the torso and head. Three other students were injured and taken to the hospital. Sharpe pled guilty before his trial as an adult. In 2022, Sharpe was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. In September 2024 he was Resentenced to 25 years to life due to a law banning people from being sentenced to over 25 years to life for crimes committed before they were 16 years old.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 317 students enrolled in 2019–2020 was:

• Male – 53.8%
• Female – 46.2%
• Native American/Alaskan – 3.1%
• Asian/Pacific islanders – 2.4%
• Black – 1.2%
• Hispanic – 5.8%
• White – 85.6%
• Multiracial – 1.9%

22.3 percent of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

References

1. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Freeman High School (530297000485)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
2. "Freeman Sports Teams". MaxPreps. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
3. "Freeman HS". Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
4. "All Freeman schools to unite under Scottie mascot". The Spokesman-Review. September 6, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
5. "Our History". Freeman School District. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
6. ^ "One student dead, three in hospital after classmate opens fire at Freeman High School". The Spokesman-Review. September 13, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
7. Narayan, Chandrika (September 14, 2017). "Student died after confronting shooter at Spokane school". CNN. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
8. "Freeman High School shooting: Suspect said he was bullied, police documents say - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. September 14, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
9. spokesman.com/stories/2020/jul/23/caleb-sharpe-trial-moved-to-june-2021-due-to-covid/
10. "Trial for accused Freeman school shooter moved to January 2022 | the Spokesman-Review".
11. Perez, Vanessa (February 10, 2022). "'I did my job that day': Bus driver who took Caleb Sharpe to school shares impact statement".
12. "Freeman High School shooter sentenced to 40 years to life in prison". August 19, 2022.
13. "Freeman High School shooter resentenced to 25 years to life". krem.com. September 4, 2024. Retrieved October 12, 2024.

External links

• Official website

• High schools in Spokane County, Washington
• Public high schools in Washington (state)