Edgewater Park School District

Edgewater Park School District
Address
25 Washington Avenue
Edgewater Park
, Burlington County, New Jersey, 08010
United States
Coordinates40°03′21″N 74°54′49″W / 40.055948°N 74.913703°W / 40.055948; -74.913703
District information
Gradespre-K to 8
SuperintendentRoy A. Rakszawski
Business administratorNancy Lane
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment904 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty75.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.1:1[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, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 904 students and 75.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[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.[4]

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.[5][6] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 760 students and 71.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Edgewater Park Township 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. ^ Edgewater Park Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 -Identification, Edgewater Park School District. Accessed October 4, 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 Edgewater Park Township School District. Composition: The Edgewater Park Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Edgewater Park Township."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 22, 2014.
  5. ^ Burlington City High School 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived September 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2017. "Burlington City High School is a six-year secondary school that includes grades seven through twelve with a total current enrollment of 700.... 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."
  6. ^ Edgewater Park Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2017. "The children of Edgewater Park attend school every day in a safe learning environment, where they grow and mature into caring, productive teenagers ready to move on to Burlington City School District for their four years of high school."
  7. ^ School data for Burlington City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.