The district allocated $2.7 million (equivalent to $26.1 million in 2022) for construction of a building on a 60-acre (24 ha) site to handle an enrollment of up to 1,300 students. The board of education confirmed the name Southern Freehold Regional High School in November 1962, despite efforts by Howell Township to have the school named after the host community. This was originally done so the district could attempt to realize some cost savings on uniforms for extracurriculars.Īfter voters rejected a June 1961 referendum for a 1,600-student capacity school, a ballot question for a facility to serve 300 fewer students was passed in March 1962 by a 2-1 margin. īlue and gray are the school colors, although originally all schools in the district had blue and gold as the school colors at least until the late 1970s. The school hosts the Fine & Performing Arts Center (FPAC) and the Scholars' Center for the Humanities. There were 162 students (7.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 44 (2.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. Although located in Howell, the school has a Farmingdale mailing address.Īs of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,055 students and 133.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.4:1. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1970. The school serves all students from Farmingdale and those from some portions of Howell Township.
state of New Jersey, operating as one of six secondary schools of the Freehold Regional High School District. Howell High School ( HHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades located in Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S.
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
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