Riverton School District

The Riverton School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Riverton in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

Riverton School District
Address
600 Fifth Street
Riverton, NJ 08077
Coordinates40.01138°N 75.012445°W / 40.01138; -75.012445
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentMary Ellen Eck
Business administratorDonna Gidjunis
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment298 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty25.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,66914$18,891−11.8%
1Budgetary Cost12,4581214,159−12.0%
2Classroom Instruction7,412118,659−14.4%
6Support Services1,889202,167−12.8%
8Administrative Cost1,486211,547−3.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,440191,612−10.7%
13Extracurricular Activities23150104122.1%
16Median Teacher Salary59,2874161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 298 students and 25.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[1]

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.[3]

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.[4][5] In the early 1990s, the district had considered options to ends its sending relationship with Palmyra.[6] As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 429 students and 41.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.[7]

School

Riverton Elementary School served 296 students as of the 2017-18 school year.[8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

  • Mary Ellen Eck, Superintendent / Principal
  • Nikolas Vrettos, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

The district's board of education has 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.[11][12][13]

References
  1. District information for Riverton School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  4. Administration, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed January 11, 20174. "Palmyra Public Schools offers a wide range of educational programs for the residents of Palmyra, Beverly City, and Riverton, New Jersey. These programs include a preschool handicapped program at Delaware Avenue Elementary School, a K-6 elementary program at Charles Street Elementary School, and a 7-12 program at Palmyra High School."
  5. High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2009. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  6. 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."
  7. School data for Palmyra High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  8. School Data for the Riverton School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  9. Administration, Riverton School District. Accessed January 31, 2020.
  10. New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. Board of Education, Riverton School District. Accessed January 31, 2020.
  12. 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.
  13. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Riverton School District, New Jersey Department of Education, year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed January 31, 2020. "The Riverton School District ("School District') is a Type II district located in the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board of Education is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member's terms expire each year. The purpose of the School District is to provide educational services for resident students in grades K through 8. Student in grades 9 through 12 attend the Palmyra School District, on a tuition basis."
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