Freehold Intermediate School

Freehold Intermediate School is one of the reasonably sized 6-8 campuss in FREEHOLD, New Jersey, run under Freehold Borough School District, with 498 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Freehold Borough School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,523 students, Freehold Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Freehold Intermediate School lists that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 10% White, 6% Black, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Freehold Intermediate School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Freehold Intermediate School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at Freehold Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Freehold Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Monmouth County put median household earnings sit near $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Freehold Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Park Avenue Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Freehold Intermediate School. On composite proficiency, Freehold Intermediate School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 489 students in 2018 compared to 498 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 69% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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