2025 Compare Cities Education:
Freehold borough, NJ vs Edison, NJ

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Highlights
- Edison spends 11.4% less per student than Freehold borough.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.5% higher in Edison than in Freehold borough. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Edison had 20.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Freehold borough
 Freehold borough, NJEdison, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,256  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,585$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14524573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Freehold Borough    4 Reviews

Freehold New Jersey is a great place to live, but I've recently lost my job and find it impossible to stay here because of the high  More

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Karen's is an old review and is suspect to begin with. It implies that Freehold Borough is somehow less desirable than Freehold Township. Karen is speaking in vague  More

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Over 19 years ago

St. Rose of Lima is a wonderful parish. There is a beautiful historic church dating to the 1800s and a newer modern chapel. St. Rose has a parochial school as well.  More

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Reviews for Edison    5 Reviews

Tammy · 

I don't recommend living here if you are planning to move here with a family- even a small one. The school system is terrible- teachers are racist and have favorites,  More

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Over 11 years ago

cost and taxes to  More

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Over 11 years ago

North Edison is a somewhat typical suburban town, with a few differences. The town is unofficially separated by school districts into North Edison and South Edison,  More

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