South River Public Schools

South River Public Schools
15 Montgomery Street South River, NJ 08882
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Michael J. Pfister
Business administrator	Kenneth J. Kokoszka
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,305 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	163.7 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	14.08:1
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	http://www.srivernj.org
Ind. Per Pupil District Spending Rank (*) K-12 Average %± vs. Average 1A Total Spending $14,365 1 $18,891 -24.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 10,193 2 14,783 -31.0% 2 Classroom Instruction 5,984 2 8,763 -31.7% 6 Support Services 1,410 2 2,392 -41.1% 8 Administrative Cost 1,188 3 1,485 -20.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,279 9 1,783 -28.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 332 16 268 23.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 54,675 2 64,043 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

The South River Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from South River, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,305 students and 163.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.08:1.^[1]

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

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[4]) are:^[5]

Elementary schools

• South River Elementary School^[6] for grades PreK-2 (550 students)
• South River Elementary School^[7] for grades K-4 (605)

Middle school

• South River Middle School^[8] for grades 6-8 (498)

High school

• South River High School^[9] for grades 9-12 (652)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[10]

• Michael J. Pfister, Superintendent of Schools^[11]
• Kenneth J. Kokoszka - Board Secretary / Business Administrator

References

1. District information for South River School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 23, 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 March 18, 2015.
4. School Data for the South River Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 23, 2014.
5. New Jersey School Directory for the South River Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 23, 2014.
6. South River Primary School, South River Public Schools. Accessed August 23, 2014.
7. South River Elementary School, South River Public Schools. Accessed August 23, 2014.
8. South River Middle School, South River Public Schools. Accessed August 23, 2014.
9. South River High School, South River Public Schools. Accessed August 23, 2014.
10. New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 23, 2014.
11. Superintendent, South River Public Schools. Accessed August 23, 2014.

External links

• South River Public Schools
• South River Public Schools's 2012–13 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the South River Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

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