Farmingdale School District

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Farmingdale School District
Address
49 Academy Street
Farmingdale
, Monmouth County , New Jersey , 07727
United States
Coordinates 40°11′55″N74°10′17″W / 40.198505°N 74.171479°W / 40.198505; -74.171479
District information
Grades PreK-8
SuperintendentEdith Conroy
Business administratorRonald Sanasac
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment163 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty24.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio6.8:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website farmingdaleschool.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,99534$18,891−4.7%
1Budgetary Cost15,4534014,1599.1%
2Classroom Instruction9,353398,6598.0%
6Support Services2,602412,16720.1%
8Administrative Cost1,707421,54710.3%
10Operations & Maintenance1,712331,6126.2%
13Extracurricular Activities3210104−69.2%
16Median Teacher Salary49,801861,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Farmingdale School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Farmingdale in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

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 FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.8:1. [1] In the 2016–17 school year, Farmingdale had the 34th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 161 students. [7]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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. [8]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Howell High School, together with students from portions of Howell. [9] The school is part of the Freehold Regional High School District, which also serves students from Colts Neck Township, Englishtown, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Manalapan Township and Marlboro. [10] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,011 students and 133.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.1:1. [11]

School

Farmingdale Elementary School served 163 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade as of the 2022–23 school year. [12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [13] [14]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of 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. [15] [16] [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Farmingdale Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Farmingdale Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Farmingdale School District. Accessed May 15, 2025. "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."
  4. ↑ County School List E-G, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed May 15, 2024.
  5. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Farmingdale Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Farmingdale School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ Guion, Payton. "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"
  8. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  9. ↑ FRHSD Attendance Boundaries; Which High School Will My Child Attend?, Freehold Regional High School District. Accessed May 15, 2024.
  10. ↑ Freehold Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived 2017-12-10 at the Wayback Machine , 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."
  11. ↑ School data for Howell High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ School Data for the Farmingdale School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  13. ↑ School Staff, Farmingdale School District. Accessed May 15, 2024.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  15. ↑ New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  16. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Farmingdale School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed May 15, 2024. "An elected five member Board of Education (the 'Board') serves as the policy maker for the School District. The Board adopts an annual budget and directly approves all expenditures, which serve as the basis for control over and authorization for all expenditures of School District tax money. The Superintendent is the chief executive officer of the School District, responsible to the Board for total educational and support operations. The Board Secretary and Business Administrator are the chief financial officers of the School District, responsible to the Board for maintaining all financial records, issuing warrants in payments of liabilities incurred by the School District, acting as custodian of all School District funds, and investing idle funds as permitted by New Jersey law." See "Roster of Officials" on page 14.
  17. ↑ Board of Education, Farmingdale School District. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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