Upper Freehold Regional School District

Upper Freehold Regional School District
Address
27 High Street
Allentown
, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 08501
United States
Coordinates40°10′28″N 74°35′16″W / 40.174416°N 74.587791°W / 40.174416; -74.587791
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentMark Guterl
Business administratorNicole Petrone
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment2,124 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty176.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
Websitewww.ufrsd.net
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,15835$18,891−3.9%
1Budgetary Cost13,4853014,783−8.8%
2Classroom Instruction7,927278,763−9.5%
6Support Services2,330472,392−2.6%
8Administrative Cost1,298121,485−12.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,554291,783−12.8%
13Extracurricular Activities3773026840.7%
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Upper Freehold Regional School District is a regional public school district in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which provides educational services to students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Allentown Borough and Upper Freehold Township.[3] Millstone Township sends students to the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Millstone Township Schools.[4]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 2,124 students and 176.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Upper Freehold Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed January 28, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades kindergarten through twelfth in the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Composition: The Upper Freehold Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Allentown and Upper Freehold Township."
  4. ^ Upper Freehold Regional School District 2016 School Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 17, 2020. "The students served by the UFRSD attend three different schools. Students in pre-kindergarten through grade 4 attend Newell Elementary School (NES), students in grades 5-8 attend the state-of-the-art Stone Bridge Middle School, (SBMS) and Allentown High School (AHS) welcomes students from Allentown, Upper Freehold, and Millstone."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 17, 2015.
  6. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  7. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.