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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4][5]

Riverton School District
Address
600 Fifth Street Riverton , Burlington County, New Jersey, 08077 United States
Coordinates	40.01138°N 75.012445°W / 40.01138; -75.012445
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	Joshua Zagorski
Business administrator	Robert Foster
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	275 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty	28.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	www.riverton.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,669 14 $18,891 −11.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,458 12 14,159 −12.0% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,412 11 8,659 −14.4% 6 Support Services 1,889 20 2,167 −12.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,486 21 1,547 −3.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,440 19 1,612 −10.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 231 50 104 122.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 59,287 41 61,136 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 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.^[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.^[6]

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.^[7][8] In the early 1990s, the district had considered options to end its sending relationship with Palmyra.^[9] 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.^[10]

School

Riverton Elementary School served 299 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2021–22 school year.^[11]

Administration

Core district administration members are:^[12][13]

• Joshua Zagorski, superintendent and principal
• Robert Foster, business administrator and board secretary

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.^[14][15][16]