Randolph Township Schools

Randolph Township Schools
25 School House Road Randolph, NJ 07869
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Dr. David Browne
Business administrator	Gerald Eckert
Schools	6
Students and staff
Enrollment	5,186 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	417.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	12.44:1
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	http://www.rtnj.org
Ind. Per Pupil District Spending Rank (*) K-12 Average %± vs. Average 1A Total Spending $18,451 48 $18,891 -2.3% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,403 49 14,783 -2.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,647 52 8,763 -1.3% 6 Support Services 2,241 48 2,392 -6.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,478 57 1,485 -0.5% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,505 35 1,783 -15.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 391 96 268 45.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 68,750 75 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Randolph Township Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves children in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Randolph, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 5,186 students and 417.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.44:1.^[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.^[3]

Awards and recognition

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2006" by the American Music Conference.^[4]

NAMM named the district in its 2008 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 110 school districts nationwide.^[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[6]) are:^[7][8]

Elementary schools

• Center Grove Elementary School^[9] (520 students; grades PreK-5)
  • Mario Rodas, Principal
• Fernbrook Elementary School^[10] (595; K-5)
  • Lisa Gross, Principal
• Ironia Elementary School^[11] (527; K-5)
  • Lee S. Nittel, Principal (July 1 2015: David Kricheff)
• Shongum Elementary School^[12] (646; K-5)
  • Clifford Burns, Principal

Middle school

• Randolph Middle School^[13] for grades 6-8 (1,257 students)
  • Dennis Copeland, Principal

High school

• Randolph High School^[14] for grades 9-12 (1,641 students)
  • Deborah Iosso, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[15][16]

• Dr. David Browne, Superintendent
• Gerald Eckert, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. District information for Randolph Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 10, 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 November 10, 2014.
4. Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America, 2006, accessed December 12, 2006
5. "NAMM Foundation Names the 'Best Communities for Music Education'", NAMM, April 30, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2009.
6. School Data for the Randolph Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 10, 2014.
7. Schools, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed November 10, 2014.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the Randolph Township Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 10, 2014.
9. Center Grove Elementary School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed November 10, 2014.
10. Fernbrook Elementary School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed November 10, 2014.
11. Ironia Elementary School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed November 10, 2014.
12. Shongum Elementary School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed November 10, 2014.
13. Randolph Middle School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed November 10, 2014.
14. Randolph High School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed June 19, 2014.
15. Central Office Administration, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed November 10, 2014.
16. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 10, 2014.

External links

• Randolph Township Schools
• Randolph Township Schools's 2012–13 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Randolph Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°50′38″N 74°34′19″W / 40.843864°N 74.57183°W