Freedom High School (Oakley, California)

Freedom High School is located in Oakley, California, United States. It opened in 1996 on the grounds of Liberty High School, before moving to the new campus, as a part of the Liberty Union High School District. The current Liberty Union High School District contains Freedom, Heritage, Independence, La Paloma, and Liberty high schools.

Freedom High School
Location
1050 Neroly Road Oakley , California 94561-3843 United States
Coordinates	37.970°N 121.720°W / 37.970; -121.720
Information
Type	4A
Established	1996
Superintendent	Eric Volta
Principal	Steve Amaro
Teaching staff	116.68 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Number of students	2,478 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	21.24[1]
Colour(s)	Navy blue, silver, and maroon
Athletics conference	CIF Bay Valley Athletic League
Mascot	Falcon
Nickname	Falcons
Website	Freedom High School

History

Liberty Union High School District opened Freedom High School in 1996,^[2] because all the new students were freshman the school did not have a graduating class that year. In 1997, The school's administration offices, library, gym, and the classrooms was built by S.J. Amoroso Construction of Foster City.^[3] Plans for the new classrooms at Freedom was announced in late 1997. In 1999, the Oakley Public Library was merged with the Freedom Library to form a joint-use library.

Freedom High School is currently ranked #9,782 in National Rankings by U.S News^[4]

Athletics

Freedom High School is known as the Falcons, as of 2025 Freedom offers multiple sports which all compete in Bay Valley Athletic League^[5]

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cheerleading
• Cross-Country
• Football
• Golf
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming & Diving
• Tennis
• Track & Field
• Volleyball
• Water Polo
• Wrestling
• Bowling
• E-Sports

If You Really Knew Me

Freedom High School was featured on the 2010 MTV reality show If You Really Knew Me. The show chronicles high schools across the nation undergoing a "challenge day" where students share their stories. The idea of challenge day is to break down cliques within the school, especially those that result from racism.^[6] The school now has an on-campus group that holds mini challenge days frequently for classes.

Notable alumni

• Joe Mixon (2014), running back for the Houston Texans^[7]
• Ronnie Rivers (2017), running back for the Los Angeles Rams^[8]
• Kyle Harmon (2018), college football linebacker for the San Jose State Spartans^[9]
• Kyren Paris (2019), shortstop for Los Angeles Angels^[10]
• Joey Aguilar (2021), quarterback for the Appalachian State Mountaineers^[11]