Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 3.0East Freehold’s public schools
Freehold Regional School District and Freehold Township School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for East Freehold. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in New Jersey’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
East Freehold’s schools, in brief
School by school
13 of East Freehold’s 13 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Marlboro High School places highest (better than 86%); Freehold Borough High School lowest (60%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Five elementary schools serve East Freehold, graded from B to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and six high schools: Freehold Township High School, Howell High School, Marlboro High School, Manalapan High School, Colts Neck High School and Freehold Borough High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in East Freehold, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in East Freehold · depends on your address
West Freehold School
Grades PK–5 · 447 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Freehold
Early Childhood Learning Center
Grades PK · 95 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in Freehold
6th grade in East Freehold · depends on your address
Dwight D. Eisenhower School
Grades 6–8 · 582 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in Freehold
Clifton T. Barkalow School
Grades 6–8 · 574 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in Freehold
7th grade in East Freehold · depends on your address
Dwight D. Eisenhower School
Grades 6–8 · 582 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in Freehold
Clifton T. Barkalow School
Grades 6–8 · 574 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in Freehold
8th grade in East Freehold · depends on your address
Dwight D. Eisenhower School
Grades 6–8 · 582 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in Freehold
Clifton T. Barkalow School
Grades 6–8 · 574 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in Freehold
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Freehold Regional School District.
Two districts serve East Freehold
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
East Freehold vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share East Freehold’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| East Freehold | — | Freehold Township PK–8 · Freehold Regional 9–12 |
| Marlboro | A− | Marlboro Township PK–8 · Freehold Regional 9–12 |
| Freehold | B+ | Freehold Township PK–8 · Freehold Regional 9–12 |
All 2 neighbors share Freehold Regional with East Freehold for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in East Freehold
13 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about East Freehold’s schools
Are East Freehold’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for East Freehold. Freehold Regional School District and Freehold Township School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for East Freehold. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 13 of its 13 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is East Freehold in?
Freehold Regional School District and Freehold Township School District.
Where do East Freehold kids go to high school?
One of six high schools, depending on your address: Freehold Township High School, Howell High School, Marlboro High School, Manalapan High School, Colts Neck High School and Freehold Borough High School.
Parents talk
What East Freehold families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near East Freehold → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.