Upper Freehold Regional School District | |
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27 High Street Allentown, NJ 08501 |
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District information | |
Grades | PreK-12 |
Superintendent | Dr. Richard Fitzpatrick |
Business administrator | Margaret Hom |
Schools | 3 |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 1,724 (as of 2014-15) |
Faculty | 191.9 FTEs |
Student-teacher ratio | 9.0:1 |
Other information | |
District Factor Group | GH |
Website | http://www.ufrsd.net/ |
The Upper Freehold Regional School District is a regional public school district in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, which provides educational services to students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district serves students from Allentown Borough and Upper Freehold Township, as well as those from Millstone Township, which sends students to the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,724 students and 191.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Allentown High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.