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Enrollment
1,376
High
DISTRICT 1,631 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREEHOLD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340561003796
Freehold Borough High School
2 Robertsville Road, FREEHOLD, NJ 07728 · (732) 431-8360 · Monmouth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,376 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of New Jersey public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
562 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 329 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 324 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 365 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 358 | 26% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 34.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Freehold Borough High School
Freehold Borough High School's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freehold Borough High School this school | 1,376 | 40.8% | 42.5% |
| Morristown High School MORRISTOWN | 1,816 | 40.7% | 39.8% |
| Cumberland County Technical Education Center Millville | 1,296 | 40.6% | 53.2% |
| Passaic Valley Regional High School LITTLE FALLS | 1,093 | 36.4% | 31.1% |
| Henry P. Becton Regional High School EAST RUTHERFORD | 853 | 40.6% | 38.5% |
| South Plainfield High School SOUTH PLAINFIELD | 1,044 | 36.3% | 39.8% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Freehold Borough High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #152 of 397 | #15 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #137 of 400 ▲ 30 | #16 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #185 of 395 ▲ 12 | #15 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,376 | #93 of 442 | #8 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #325 of 388 | #26 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #91 of 389 | #4 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #186 of 405 | #7 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #180 of 200 | #21 of 24 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,376
+28 (+2%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,376 | 97.3 | 14.1:1 | 41% (562) |
| 2023-24 | 1,407 | 100.3 | 14.0:1 | 33% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 1,409 | 97.8 | 14.4:1 | 31% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 1,348 | 95 | 14.2:1 | 30% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 1,400 | 106.6 | 13.1:1 | 27% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 1,478 | 110 | 13.4:1 | 25% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 1,519 | 82 | 18.5:1 | 14% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 941 | 64 | 14.7:1 | 11% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 870 | 64 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freehold Borough High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,400 to 1,376); teachers down 9% (106.6 to 97.3).
About Freehold Borough High School
At 2 Robertsville Road in FREEHOLD, New Jersey, Freehold Borough High School operates as a mid-sized high school. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,376 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 929.
Freehold Borough High School reports to Freehold Regional High School District, which has 6 schools and 9,784 students.
The student body at Freehold Borough High School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 42%. Enrollment also includes 39% White, 10% Asian, and 7% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 29 points above the 13% share among Monmouth County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Freehold Borough High School is 14.1:1, based on 97.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New Jersey, 12.7:1, is lower. Freehold Borough High School counts 41% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monmouth County is 29%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Freehold Borough High School outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Freehold Borough High School is 1.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
In Monmouth County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $124,845 a year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Freehold Borough High School, Monmouth County has 186 public schools.
About 0.5 miles separate Freehold Borough High School from the closest public school, Freehold Learning Center. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Freehold Borough High School at 5th of 7.
The NCES locale for Freehold Borough High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,376, starting from 1,348.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Freehold Regional High School District
- Freehold Township High SchoolHigh · 1,813 students
- Howell High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Marlboro High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Manalapan High SchoolHigh · 1,690 students
- Colts Neck High SchoolHigh · 1,430 students
Other schools in FREEHOLD
- Dwight D. Eisenhower SchoolMiddle · 582 students
- Clifton T. Barkalow SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Freehold Learning CenterElementary · 562 students
- Freehold Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Marshall W. Errickson SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Freehold Learning Center0.5 mi · 562
- Biotechnology High School1.1 mi · 315
- C. Richard Applegate School1.1 mi · 358
- Monmouth County Career Center1.2 mi · 5
- Park Avenue Elementary School1.3 mi · 463
- Freehold Intermediate School1.3 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Freehold Borough High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Freehold Borough High School?
Freehold Borough High School enrolls approximately 1,376 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Freehold Borough High School serve?
Freehold Borough High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Freehold Borough High School have?
Freehold Borough High School employs 97 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Freehold Borough High School?
At Freehold Borough High School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 42% Hispanic, 7% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Freehold Borough High School in?
Freehold Borough High School is part of Freehold Regional High School District.
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