Dwight D. Eisenhower School

As a mid-sized middle school in FREEHOLD, New Jersey, Dwight D. Eisenhower School enrolls 582 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Freehold Township School District.

Freehold Township School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,406 students; Dwight D. Eisenhower School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Dwight D. Eisenhower School reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Dwight D. Eisenhower School records 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Dwight D. Eisenhower School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Monmouth County's rate of about 29%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dwight D. Eisenhower School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.7%, the actual is 55.5%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), Dwight D. Eisenhower School is one campus in the mix.

Joseph J Catena School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dwight D. Eisenhower School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dwight D. Eisenhower School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dwight D. Eisenhower School has decreased 13%, going from 667 students in 2018 to 582 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.