Freehold Borough Schools

Freehold Borough Schools
280 Park Avenue
Freehold, NJ 07728
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Dr. Rocco G. Tomazic
Business administrator Joseph Howe
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,475 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 114.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.94:1
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website www.freeholdboro.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,61915$18,891-17.3%
1Budgetary Cost11,248814,159-20.6%
2Classroom Instruction6,96368,659-19.6%
6Support Services1,688182,167-22.1%
8Administrative Cost1,547421,5470.0%
10Operations & Maintenance93421,612-42.1%
13Extracurricular Activities7832104-25.0%
16Median Teacher Salary53,080661,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Freehold Borough Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Freehold Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,475 students and 114.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.94:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Freehold High School, as part of the Freehold Regional High School District or may apply to attend the district's specialized programs housed in other high schools in the FRHSD.[4] The Freehold Regional High School District also serves students from Colts Neck Township, Englishtown, Farmingdale, Freehold Township, Howell Township, Manalapan Township and Marlboro Township.[5]

Freehold Borough was awarded a research grant in 2004 by the National Institute of Justice, a research branch of the United States Department of Justice. The $360,000 grant was entitled "Teacher-Parent Authentication Security System II: The Next Generation of Iris Recognition Technology in Schools" and was awarded to the Freehold Borough Board of Education.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 school enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][13]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Freehold School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Freehold Borough Public School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. " Upon graduation the students enter the Freehold Regional High School District for grades 9-12, which is under a separate governing board."
  5. ↑ Freehold Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 29, 2016. "The Freehold Regional High School District, the largest regional high school District in New Jersey, has six high schools with over 11,000 students and over 1,500 employees and spans 200 square miles. District members include the townships of Colts Neck, Freehold, Howell, Manalapan, and Marlboro, and the boroughs of Englishtown, Farmingdale, and Freehold."
  6. ↑ Cohen, Jeffrey P. "Keeping an Eye on School Security: The Iris Recognition Project in New Jersey Schools". NIJ Journal, July 2006. Accessed April 11, 2007.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Freehold Borough Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Freehold Borough Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 13, 2013.
  9. ↑ Freehold Learning Center, Freehold Borough Schools. Accessed October 13, 2013.
  10. 1 2 3 4 District Administrators, Freehold Borough School District. Accessed August 17, 2015.
  11. ↑ Park Avenue Elementary School, Freehold Borough Schools. Accessed October 13, 2013.
  12. ↑ Freehold Intermediate School, Freehold Borough Schools. Accessed October 13, 2013.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 13, 2014.

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Coordinates: 40°15′07″N 74°16′49″W / 40.251999°N 74.280297°W / 40.251999; -74.280297

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