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The Farmingdale School District is a community public school district that serves students in
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from Farmingdale in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 160 students and 24.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
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of 6.6:1.District information for Farmingdale Public School District
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. Accessed February 15, 2022.
In the 2016–17 school year, Farmingdale had the 34th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 161 students. The district is classified by the
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as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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. Public school students in
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through twelfth grades attend Howell High School, together with students from portions of Howell. The school is part of the
Freehold Regional High School District The Freehold Regional High School District is a public regional school district established in 1953, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from eight communities in western Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The distric ...
, which also serves students from Colts Neck Township, Englishtown, Freehold Borough,
Freehold Township Freehold Township is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is both a regional commercial hub for Central New Jersey (home to the Freehold Raceway and Freehold Raceway Mall) and a bedroom community of New ...
,
Manalapan Township Manalapan Township (, ) is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is centrally located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the t ...
and Marlboro. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,094 students and 134.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio Student–teacher ratio or student–faculty ratio is the number of students who attend a school or university divided by the number of teachers in the institution. For example, a student–teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students ...
of 15.6:1.


School

Farmingdale Elementary School served 160 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade as of the 2020–21 school year.


Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: *Edith Conroy, Superintendent *Christina Moskal, Business Administrator / Board Secretary


Board of education

The district's
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has five members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.Board of Education
Farmingdale School District. Accessed November 21, 2022.


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Farmingdale Elementary School
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School Data for the Farmingdale School District
National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance ...

Howell High SchoolFreehold Regional High School District
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School Data for the Freehold Regional High School District
National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance ...
{{Authority control Farmingdale, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group DE School districts in Monmouth County, New Jersey Public K–8 schools in New Jersey