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== Education == [[File:Colts Neck High School front.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Colts Neck High School]] on the corner Five Points Road and [[County Route 537 (New Jersey)|Colts Neck Road]]]] Students in public school attend the [[Colts Neck School District]] for [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=bb92c745e4a040debb77a504d1b733ac Colts Neck Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Colts Neck Township Public Schools. Accessed December 19, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Colts Neck Township School District. Composition: The Colts Neck Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Colts Neck Township."</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 955 students and 116.3 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 8.2:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403450&DistrictID=3403450 District information for Colts Neck Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403450 School Data for the Colts Neck School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>) are Conover Road Primary School<ref>[https://crps.coltsneckschools.org/ Conover Road Primary School], Colts Neck School District. Accessed December 19, 2022.</ref> with 374 students in grades PreK-2, Conover Road Elementary School<ref>[https://cres.coltsneckschools.org/ Conover Road Elementary School], Colts Neck School District. Accessed December 19, 2022.</ref> with 310 students in grades 3-5 and Cedar Drive Middle School<ref>[https://cdms.coltsneckschools.org/ Cedar Drive Middle School], Colts Neck School District. Accessed December 19, 2022.</ref> with 324 students in grades 6-8.<ref name=Abour>[https://www.coltsneckschools.org/our_district/about_our_schools About Our Schools], Colts Neck School District. Accessed December 19, 2022. "School Configuration The district operates three schools that are configured for our students' optimal academic, social, and emotional growth.... Conover Road Primary School (Preschool - Grade 2)... Conover Road Elementary School (Grades 3-5)... Cedar Drive Middle School (Grades 6-8)"</ref><ref>[https://www.coltsneckschools.org/our_district Our District], Colts Neck School District. Accessed December 19, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0945 New Jersey School Directory for the Colts Neck School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Students in public school for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s attend [[Colts Neck High School]], along with students from portions of Howell Township.<ref>[https://frhsd.schoolwires.net/cms/lib8/NJ01912687/Centricity/Domain/4/Attendance%20Boundaries.pdf FRHSD Attendance Boundaries; Which High School Will My Child Attend?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928172902/http://frhsd.schoolwires.net/cms/lib8/NJ01912687/Centricity/Domain/4/Attendance%20Boundaries.pdf |date=September 28, 2016 }}, Freehold Regional High School District. Accessed January 15, 2020. "The following is a list of streets, by municipality, that are assigned to a Freehold Regional District high school outside of their hometown."</ref> The [[Freehold Regional High School District]] (FRHSD) also serves students from [[Englishtown, New Jersey|Englishtown]], [[Farmingdale, New Jersey|Farmingdale]], [[Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold Borough]], [[Freehold Township, New Jersey|Freehold Township]], [[Howell Township, New Jersey|Howell Township]], [[Manalapan Township, New Jersey|Manalapan Township]] and [[Marlboro Township, New Jersey|Marlboro Township]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/25/1650/000.html Freehold Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210072033/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/25/1650/000.html |date=December 10, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed December 9, 2017. "The Freehold Regional High School District, the largest regional high school District in New Jersey, has six high schools with over 11,000 students and over 1,500 employees and spans 200 square miles. District members include the townships of Colts Neck, Freehold, Howell, Manalapan, and Marlboro, and the boroughs of Englishtown, Farmingdale, and Freehold."</ref><ref>[https://www.frhsd.com/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=115&dataid=5452&FileName=FRHSD%20FY18%20CAFR.pdf ''Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for Freehold Regional High School District''], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], June 30, 2018. Accessed January 15, 2020. "Geographically, the District is comprised of the Townships of Colts Neck, Freehold, Howell, Manalapan and Marlboro and the Boroughs of Englishtown, Farmingdale and Freehold. Established in 1953, the District's total area is 198 square miles."</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,316 students and 91.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 14.4:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405610&ID=340561000237 School data for Colts Neck High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Students may apply to attend one of the district's six specialized learning centers, including the Humanities Learning Center hosted at Howell High School.<ref>[https://www.frhsd.com/cms/lib/NJ01912687/Centricity/Domain/38/Learning%20Centers%202016-updated.pdf Specialized Learning Centers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130142113/https://www.frhsd.com/cms/lib/NJ01912687/Centricity/Domain/38/Learning%20Centers%202016-updated.pdf |date=November 30, 2020 }}, Freehold Regional High School District, updated August 31, 2016. Accessed January 19, 2020.</ref> The FRHSD board of education has nine members, who are elected to three-year terms from each of the constituent districts.<ref>[https://www.frhsd.com/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=115&dataid=5452&FileName=FRHSD%20FY18%20CAFR.pdf#page=48 ''Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Freehold Regional School District''], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], June 30, 2018. Accessed January 19, 2020. "The Freehold Regional High School District is a Type II District located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The School District is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board of Education of the Freehold Regional High School District, comprised of nine elected individuals, is the primary governing authority of the District."</ref> Each member is allocated a fraction of a vote that totals to nine points, with Colts Neck Township allocated one member, who has 1.0 votes.<ref>Vilacoba, Karl. [https://archive.centraljersey.com/2002/09/26/marlboro-files-challenge-to-frhsd-voting-system/ "Marlboro files challenge to FRHSD voting system"], Central Jersey Archives, September 26, 2002. Accessed January 19, 2020. "Under the current weighted FRHSD vote apportionment, a nine-point voting system is in place. Howell has two board members for a combined 2 voting points; Marlboro, Manalapan and Freehold Township each have one vote worth 1.4 points; Colts Neck and Freehold Borough each have one vote worth 0.9 points; and Englishtown and Farmingdale each have one vote worth 0.5 voting points."</ref> About 20% of the township's K–8 population attend [[private school]]s. These include [[Ranney School]], [[Rumson Country Day School]] and St. Leo the Great School. At the high school level about half of all students attend private schools, including [[Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey)|Christian Brothers Academy]], [[Lawrenceville School]], [[Peddie School]], [[Ranney School]], [[Red Bank Catholic High School]], [[Mater Dei High School (New Jersey)|Mater Dei High School]] and [[St. John Vianney High School (New Jersey)|St. John Vianney High School]].<ref name=Thinking>Scancarella, Doug. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/17/realestate/if-you-re-thinkingh-living-colts-neck-60-miles-broadway-rural-feel-price.html "If You're Thinking of Living In: Colts Neck; 60 Miles From Broadway, A Rural Feel - At a Price"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 17, 1995. Accessed July 8, 2012. "About half of the high school students attend Marlboro High School, one of five secondary schools in the Freehold Regional High School District. The other half of the town's high-school students attend such private schools as Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, Red Bank Catholic High School in Red Bank and the Roman Catholic St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel."</ref>
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