Riverton School District Explained

Riverton School District
Superintendent:Joshua Zagorski
Businessadmin:Robert Foster
Address:600 Fifth Street
City:Riverton
County:Burlington County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08077
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.0114°N -75.0124°W
Grades:K-8
Schools:1
Enrollment:275 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:28.2 FTEs
Ratio:9.8:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:GH

The Riverton School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Riverton in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 275 students and 28.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1.[4]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[5]

For ninth through twelfth grades, students in public school attend Palmyra High School in Palmyra, together with students from Beverly, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Palmyra Public Schools.[6] [7] In the early 1990s, the district had considered options to end its sending relationship with Palmyra.[8] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 729 students and 3.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 243.0:1.[9]

School

Riverton Elementary School served 299 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2021–22 school year.[10]

Administration

Core district administration members are:[11] [12]

Board of education

The district's board of education comprises nine 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 three 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 district's business functions.[13] [14] [15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/18358/Public-Schools-Directory-2023-24#page=75 Public Schools Directory 2023–2024
  2. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/4460 School Performance Reports for the Riverton School District
  3. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4460 New Jersey School Directory for the Riverton School District
  4. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3414040&DistrictID=3414040 District information for Riverton School District
  5. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  6. http://www.palmyraschools.com/ps/District%20Administration/Administration/ Administration
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20060927193134/http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/test/new/schools/hsdistricts.shtml High School Sending Districts
  8. Hefler, Jan. "Riverton Considers Breaking Ties With Palmyra Schools", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 17, 1990, backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 2, 2015. Accessed January 12, 2017. "Riverton voters will be asked to decide in an April referendum whether they want to spend money on a study that could be the first step in breaking ties between the Riverton and Palmyra School Districts.... Riverton, which has only an elementary school program, sends 51 children to neighboring Palmyra High School, which has 350 students."
  9. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412360&ID=341236000682 School data for Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School
  10. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3414040 School Data for the Riverton School District
  11. https://rivertonschool.com/administration/ Administration
  12. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/burlington New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County
  13. https://rivertonschool.com/board-of-education/ Board of Education
  14. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  15. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/22/4460.pdf#page=39 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Riverton School District