Riverdale School District (New Jersey)

Riverdale School District
Address
52 Newark-Pompton Turnpike Riverdale , Morris County , New Jersey , 07457 United States
Coordinates	40°59′34″N74°18′12″W / 40.992713°N 74.303223°W / 40.992713; -74.303223
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Jayson Gutierrez
Business administrator	Sandy Vicale
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	289 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Faculty	32.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.0:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	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 360 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Riverdale School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Riverdale, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 289 students and 32.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.0:1. ^[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. ^[6]

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. ^{[7] [8]} As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 681 students and 51.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.3:1. ^[9]

School

Riverdale Public School had an enrollment of 285 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2021–22 school year. ^[10]

• Mark Sernatinger, principal ^[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[11] [12]}

• Jayson Gutierrez, superintendent of schools
• Sandy Vicale, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2017) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

References

1. District information for Riverdale School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Riverdale Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Riverdale School District. Accessed May 27, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through Eight in the Riverdale School District. Composition: The Riverdale School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Riverdale."
4. School Performance Reports for the Riverdale School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
5. New Jersey School Directory for the Riverdale School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 9, 2014.
7. 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."
8. 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."
9. School data for Pompton Lakes High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
10. School Data for the Riverdale Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
11. Administration, Riverdale Public School. Accessed May 27, 2023.
12. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
13. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
14. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Riverdale School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed September 3, 2020. "The Riverdale Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of seven elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."
15. Board of Education, Riverdale School District. Accessed May 27, 2023.

External links

• Riverdale Public School
• School Performance Reports for the Riverdale School District , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Riverdale School District, National Center for Education Statistics