The Union Schoolhouse is located at 951 Middletown-Lincroft Road, west of Red Bank, in Middletown Township of Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The historic one-room schoolhouse, also known as the Little Red Schoolhouse, was built in 1842. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1976, for its significance in education.
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Poricy Park is a 250 acres nature preserve and park in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It is known for its Cretaceous period fossil shell beds along the Poricy Brook streambed, open to the public for limited collecting. The park also contains a Nature Center and the Murray Farmhouse and Barn, a New Jersey Historic Site.
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Middletown High School South is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as one of the two secondary schools of the Middletown Township Public School District. The other school in the district is Middletown High School North. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1977; the school's accreditation expires in July 2025.
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,406 students and 113.7 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1. There were 99 students eligible for free lunch and 10 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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Oak Hill Academy is a coeducational, nonsectarian private day school located in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade. Oak Hill Academy was founded in September 1981 by educator Joseph A. Pacelli. The school is academically rigorous and offers advanced courses in mathematics and Latin. Oak Hill has swimming as a mandatory part of the physical education program.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 339 students and 41.8 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 8.1:1. The school's student body was 60.5% White, 20.4% Asian, 12.7% two or more races, 4.1% Black and 2.4% Hispanic.
Oak Hill Academy is a member of the Educational Records Bureau and the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. The school was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in 1986, 1996, and 2008.
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Middletown is a passenger railway station for NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line in Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located along both sides of Church Street, the station is the only active station within the township.
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The Grover House is located at 940 W. Front Street, near Red Bank, in Middletown Township of Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The historic Dutch Colonial house was built around 1730 by James Grover. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 2002, for its significance in architecture. Since 2014, it has been the headquarters of the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association.
The house was expanded around 1820 to 1840. According to the nomination form, it is one of the few remaining two-story Dutch-framed houses in the county. It has been moved from its original location and is now in the township's Stevenson Park. It was owned by a member of the Grover family until 1983.
The schoolhouse was used for education until 1909, when a larger building was needed. It was then sold to Joseph T. Field. In 1955, the township acquired the property and has leased it to the Garden Club RFD.
