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== Education == The [[Farmingdale School District]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] at Farmingdale Elementary School.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=99cced1b6c3d42cf98f7dc16673273dc Farmingdale Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Farmingdale School District. Accessed May 15, 2024. "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 Farmingdale School District. Composition: The Farmingdale School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Farmingdale."</ref><ref>[https://www.co.monmouth.nj.us/page.aspx?Id=237 County School List E-G], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 15, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/25/1490 School Performance Reports for the Farmingdale Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1490 New Jersey School Directory for the Farmingdale School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 163 students and 24.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 6.8:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3405130&DistrictID=3405130 District information for Farmingdale Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> In the 2016–17 school year, Farmingdale had the 34th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 161 students.<ref>Guion, Payton. [https://www.nj.com/education/2017/09/njs_smallest_school_districts.html "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions. ... 34. Farmingdale Borough - Enrollment: 161; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Monmouth"</ref> Public school students in [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s attend [[Howell High School (New Jersey)|Howell High School]], as part of the [[Freehold Regional High School District]] (FRHSD).<ref>[https://www.frhsd.com/cms/lib8/NJ01912687/Centricity/Domain/4/Attendance%20Boundaries.pdf FRHSD Attendance Boundaries; Which High School Will My Child Attend?], 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 district also serves students from [[Colts Neck Township, New Jersey|Colts Neck Township]], [[Englishtown, New Jersey|Englishtown]], [[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, New Jersey|Marlboro]].<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 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,011 students and 133.2 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 15.1:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405610&ID=340561003800 School data for Howell High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</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 Farmingdale allocated one member, who has 0.5 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>
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