Freehold High School | |
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Location | |
2 Robertsville Road Freehold Borough, NJ 07728 |
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Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Motto | "Commitment to Excellence" |
Established | 1923 |
School district | Freehold Regional High School District |
Principal | Linda Jewell |
Asst. principals | Shae-Brie Dow Joseph Iacullo Jerrilynn Acevedo |
Faculty | 108.7 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,505 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.8:1 |
Color(s) |
Navy Blue and Old Gold |
Athletics conference | Shore Conference |
Team name | Colonials |
Website | School website |
Freehold High School (sometimes called Freehold Boro, Freehold Borough High School or Boro to distinguish it from Freehold Township High School) is a four-year public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located within Freehold Borough, New Jersey, United States, operating as one of the six secondary schools of the Freehold Regional High School District. Established in 1923, the school serves students from all of Freehold Borough and from portions of Freehold Township. Freehold High School is the home of the Medical Sciences Learning Center, the Computer Science Academy and the Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management Academy. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,505 students and 108.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1. There were 253 students (16.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 45 (3.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
In Newsweek's May 22, 2007, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Freehold High School was listed in 1338th place, the 47th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.
The school was the 89th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 164th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 132nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 129th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 95th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.