Editing Allentown, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
Students in public school for [[kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] attend the schools of the [[Upper Freehold Regional School District]], together with students from [[Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey|Upper Freehold Township]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=a06e218e158c42a8b77db953099409cd 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."</ref> [[Millstone Township, New Jersey|Millstone Township]] sends students to the district's high school as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Millstone Township Schools]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/25/5310/000.html Upper Freehold Regional School District 2016 School Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928060250/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/25/5310/000.html |date=September 28, 2017 }}, [[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."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 2,124 students and 176.2 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.1:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3416560&DistrictID=3416560 District information for Upper Freehold Regional School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3416560 Data for the Upper Freehold Regional School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Newell Elementary School<ref>[https://nes.ufrsd.net/ Newell Elementary School], Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed January 28, 2023.</ref> with 516 students in grades PreK-4, 
Stone Bridge Middle School<ref>[https://sbms.ufrsd.net/ Stone Bridge Middle School], Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed January 28, 2023.</ref> with 460 students in grades 5-8 and 
[[Allentown High School]]<ref>[https://ahs.ufrsd.net/ Allentown High School], Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed January 28, 2023.</ref> with 1,131 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://www.visitmonmouth.com/page.aspx?Id=236 County School list A-D], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 28, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/25/5310 School Performance Reports for the Upper Freehold Regional School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5310 New Jersey School Directory for the Upper Freehold Regional School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The operations of the district are overseen by a nine-member [[board of education]], with the board's trustees elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/18/5310.pdf#page=12 ''Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Upper Freehold Regional School District''], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed March 1, 2020. "The Board of Education, comprised of ten members, nine are elected to three-year terms and one is appointed by the Millstone Board of Education annually."</ref> The nine seats are allocated to the two constituent municipalities based on population, with four assigned to Allentown.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0141.2 Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education District Policy 0141.2 - Board Member And Term - Receiving District], Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2020. "The Board of Education shall consist of 10 members (4 Allentown Borough, 5 Upper Freehold Township, 1 member shall represent the Millstone community as an AHS representative). The term shall be 3 years for each of the Allentown and Upper Freehold representatives. The Millstone Board member is selected by the Millstone Board of Education."</ref>