Robbinsville Public School District

The Robbinsville Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Robbinsville Township (known as Washington Township until 2007), in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.[3] A new high school was established in the district, which started admitting its first students in 2004-05 as part of ending a sending/receiving relationship with the Lawrence Township Public Schools under which students had attended Lawrence High School.

Robbinsville Public School District
155 Robbinsville-Edinburg Road
Robbinsville, NJ 08691
District information
GradesK-12
SuperintendentDr. Kathie Foster
Business administratorMark Ritter (interim)
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment3,180 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty242.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.robbinsville.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,9694$18,891−20.8%
1Budgetary Cost11,104314,783−24.9%
2Classroom Instruction6,51438,763−25.7%
6Support Services1,56662,392−34.5%
8Administrative Cost1,13321,485−23.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,379151,783−22.7%
13Extracurricular Activities4755326877.2%
16Median Teacher Salary57,9421364,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 3,180 students and 242.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6]

Elementary school
  • Sharon Elementary School[7] (1,116 students; in grades PreK-3)
    • Janet Lawlor-Sinkewicz, Principal
      • Nicole Bootier, Assistant Principal
Middle school
  • Pond Road Middle School[8] (1,049; 4-8)
    • Paul Gizzo, Principal
      • Tawrye Mason, Assistant Principal
      • Michael Passafero, Assistant Principal
High school
  • Robbinsville High School[9] (989; 9-12)
    • Molly C. Avery, Principal
      • Nicole Rossi-Mumpower, Assistant Principal
      • Curtis Wyers, Assistant Principal

Students from Robbinsville Township had attended Lawrence High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lawrence Township Public Schools which ended with the final group of seniors who graduated in the 2006-07 school year. As of the 2007-08 school year, all four high school grades were housed on campus and the school graduated its first class of approximately 150 students.[10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11]

  • Dr. Kathie Foster, Superintendent[12]
  • Mark Ritter, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary[13]
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References
  1. District information for Robbinsville Public Schools, 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. 2017-2018 Mercer County Charter and Public Schools Directory, Mercer County, New Jersey. Accessed November 15, 2019.
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 5, 2015.
  5. School Data for the Washington Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  6. New Jersey School Directory for the Robbinsville Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  7. Sharon Elementary School, Robbinsville Public School District. Accessed November 30, 2019.
  8. Pond Road Middle School, Robbinsville Public School District. Accessed November 30, 2019.
  9. Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville Public School District. Accessed November 30, 2019.
  10. Kahn, Lea. "Lawrence: School district earns $1 million from solar panels", The Lawrence Ledger, March 30, 2011. Accessed April 18, 2011. "School district officials began exploring the possibility of installing solar panels on each of the seven school buildings in 2004, Mr. Meara said. The goal was to address the loss of revenue as a result of Robbinsville Township's decision to build its own high school, ending the sending-receiving relationship between the Lawrence and Robbinsville school districts."
  11. New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. Office of the Superintendent, Robbinsville Public School District. Accessed November 30, 2019.
  13. Business Office, Robbinsville Public School District. Accessed November 30, 2019.

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