High school (grades 9-12) · Freehold, NJ

Monmouth County Career Center

Federal NCES profile for Monmouth County Career Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 20/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 341750005990
0/100100/10020/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Monmouth County Career Center earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in New Jersey.

20
Resource Index · Lower
5
students enrolled

Enrollment

5

New Jersey · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

24.0

Federal CCD staff survey

What stands out at Monmouth County Career Center

Monmouth County Career Center is a small high school in Freehold, New Jersey, enrolling 5 students.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of New Jersey schools, with 5 enrolled.

Its student body is predominantly White (100% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 0/100).

The surrounding Monmouth County Vocational School District spends $34,085 per pupil, 36% above the New Jersey average, a better-resourced district than most.

Monmouth County Vocational School District also operates Biotechnology High School (315 students) and Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science (300 students) alongside Monmouth County Career Center.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Monmouth County Career Center compares

Monmouth County Career Center on the metrics families compare, against New Jersey and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New Jersey New Jersey avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 5 top 100% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

5
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$34,085
per pupil, district-wide - above New Jersey avg of $24,984
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 100.0%

Largest group: White at 100.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 0.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Monmouth County Career Center is less mixed than the New Jersey school average of 51.2.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Monmouth County Vocational School District, which includes Monmouth County Career Center.

$34,085
Per student
+36%
vs New Jersey
Avg $24,984
+105%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 66.4%
State 30.4%
Federal 3.2%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Monmouth County Career Center Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Biotechnology High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Communications High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
High Technology High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Marine Academy of Science and Technology Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Monmouth County Career Center's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Monmouth County Vocational School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New Jersey, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Monmouth County Career Center's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Monmouth County Career Center

How many students attend Monmouth County Career Center?

Monmouth County Career Center has 5 students enrolled. It is a high school in Freehold, NJ.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Monmouth County Career Center?

The largest demographic group at Monmouth County Career Center is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in Freehold, NJ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Monmouth County Career Center?

Monmouth County Career Center has a Resource Investment Index of 20/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

Is Monmouth County Career Center a good school?

Monmouth County Career Center earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in New Jersey. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Monmouth County Vocational School District?

Besides Monmouth County Career Center, Monmouth County Vocational School District also operates Biotechnology High School (315 students), Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science (300 students), and Communications High School (295 students). See the Monmouth County Vocational School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

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