NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Freehold, NJ

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16 public K-12 schools in Freehold from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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16
Schools
7,396
Students
51.6/100
Avg Resource Index
10.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Freehold has more public-school enrollment than 71% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Freehold lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Freehold's list includes 7 elementary, 3 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 39-point gap between Biotechnology High School and Freehold Learning Center shows the range hidden by Freehold's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 29%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
90th percentile
Teacher staffing
98th percentile

Freehold Borough High School accounts for 18.6% of all Freehold public-school enrollment

That concentration means Freehold-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Freehold school enrollment varies 275× across entities

Freehold school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,376 students (highest), a spread of 1,371 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Freehold operates 5 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Freehold student-teacher ratio is 10.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Biotechnology High School 73
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower School 58
3. C. Richard Applegate School 58
4. Clifton T. Barkalow School 56
5. Park Avenue Elementary School 54
6. Joseph J Catena School 53
7. Laura Donovan School 53
8. Marshall W. Errickson School 52
9. West Freehold School 52
10. Freehold Intermediate School 51
11. Memorial Elementary School 50
12. Freehold Borough High School 49
13. Early Childhood Learning Center 44
14. Adelphia Elementary School 37
15. Freehold Learning Center 34
16. Monmouth County Career Center -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Freehold

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Freehold Borough High School 65.3/100
  2. 2 Adelphia Elementary School 58.8/100
  3. 3 Early Childhood Learning Center 54.3/100
  4. 4 Biotechnology High School 50.9/100
  5. 5 Dwight D. Eisenhower School 49.9/100

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Which Freehold school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Biotechnology High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Freehold schools in this federal-data comparison at 73/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Freehold, NJ? ▼

Freehold has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,396 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.