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Edgewater Park School District
25 Washington Avenue
Edgewater Park, NJ 08010
District information
Gradespre-K to 8
SuperintendentDr. Roy A. Rakszawski
Business administratorGeneva Moore (interim)
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment858 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty67.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio12.81:1
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.edgewaterparksd.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,57830$18,891−12.2%
1Budgetary Cost13,2403014,159−6.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,758228,659−10.4%
6Support Services2,375582,1679.6%
8Administrative Cost1,647511,5476.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,303191,612−19.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1196410414.4%
16Median Teacher Salary56,2201761,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Edgewater Park School District is a community public school district that serves students in grades from pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Edgewater Park Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 858 students and 67.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.81:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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, public school students attend Burlington City High School in Burlington, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the City of Burlington Public School District, in which Edgewater Park students account for nearly 40% of the high school's enrollment.[4] As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 720 students and 81.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.9:1.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]

Elementary school
  • Mildred Magowan Elementary School[8] (Grades PreK-4, 532 students)
    • Betsy Miles - Principal[9]
Middle school
  • Samuel M. Ridgway Middle School[10] (Grades 5-8, 326 students)
    • Joseph Corn - Principal[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

  • Dr. Roy A. Rakszawski, Superintendent
  • Geneva Moore, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. ^ a b District information for Edgewater Park Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 22, 2014.
  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 October 22, 2014.
  4. ^ Burlington City High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 5, 2016. "Thirty-nine percent of students in grades nine through twelve are students from the neighboring Edgewater Park community. BCHS has served as the receiving district for the Edgewater Park School District, which educates students from kindergarten through eighth grade, for many years."
  5. ^ School Data for Burlington City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 5, 2016.
  6. ^ School Data for the Edgewater Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 22, 2014.
  7. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Edgewater Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 22, 2014.
  8. ^ Mildred Magowan Elementary School, Edgewater Park School District. Accessed October 22, 2014.
  9. ^ Magowan Contact, Edgewater Park School District. Accessed October 22, 2014.
  10. ^ Samuel M. Ridgway Middle School, Edgewater Park School District. Accessed October 22, 2014.
  11. ^ Ridgway Contact, Edgewater Park School District. Accessed October 22, 2014.
  12. ^ Contact Info, Edgewater Park School District. Accessed October 22, 2014.
  13. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 22, 2014.

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