Colts Neck High School

Colts Neck High School is a secondary school of big scale in COLTS NECK, New Jersey, one of the schools within Freehold Regional High School District, hosting 1,430 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 54% larger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Across the 6 schools in Freehold Regional High School District (9,784 students total), Colts Neck High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Colts Neck High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 23% Hispanic, 7% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 24% of students at Colts Neck High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Colts Neck High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Monmouth County put median household income runs about $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Colts Neck High School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

Cedar Drive Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Colts Neck High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 69.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,423 students in 2018 compared to 1,430 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 11% to 23% over that span.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.