Riverdale School District (New Jersey)

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

Riverdale School District
Address
52 Newark-Pompton Turnpike Riverdale, NJ 07457
Coordinates	40.992713°N 74.303223°W / 40.992713; -74.303223
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Dr. Geoffrey Gordon (interim)
Business administrator	Jayson Gutierrez
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	487 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Faculty	30.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	16.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	http://www.rpsnj.org/
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,630 25 $18,891 −6.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 10,691 5 14,159 −24.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 5,975 2 8,659 −31.0% 6 Support Services 1,826 18 2,167 −15.7% 8 Administrative Cost 1,603 34 1,547 3.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,137 6 1,612 −29.5% 13 Extracurricular Activities 137 35 104 31.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 54,035 19 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 2015-16 school year, the district and its one school had a total enrollment of 487 students and 30.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.2:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Pompton Lakes High School in Pompton Lakes, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Pompton Lakes School District.[4][5] As of the 2015-16 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 646 students and 52.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1.[6]

School

Riverdale Public School had an enrollment of 342 students as of the 2015-16 school year.[7]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]

• Jayson Gutierrez, Business Administrator/Board Secretary
• Paul Kobliska, Principal[8]

References

1. District information for Riverdale School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 9, 2018.
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 September 9, 2014.
4. Pompton Lakes High School 2016-17 School Performance Report, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 9, 2018. "Part of the #1 safest district in the state and #4 safest district in America as ranked by niche.com, PLHS serves both the boroughs of Pompton Lakes and Riverdale."
5. Superintendent's Welcome, Pompton Lakes School District. Accessed June 1, 2016. "Pompton Lakes enjoys a sending-receiving relationship with the borough of Riverdale; these students attend Pompton Lakes High School."
6. School data for Pompton Lakes High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 9, 2018.
7. School Data for the Riverdale Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 9, 2018.
8. Administration, Riverdale Public School. Accessed July 9, 2018.
9. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

External links

• Riverdale Public School
• Riverdale School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Riverdale School District, National Center for Education Statistics