The Riverton School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Riverton

Riverton, New Jersey

Riverton is a Borough located in Burlington County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough had a total population of 2,759....

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

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In the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 254 students and 18.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.

For grades nine through twelve, public school students attend Palmyra High School

Palmyra High School (New Jersey)

Palmyra High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Palmyra in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Palmyra Public Schools...

 as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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 with the Palmyra Public Schools

Palmyra Public Schools

The Palmyra Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that offers a wide range of educational programs for the residents of Palmyra, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States...

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Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Mary Ellen Eck, Superintendent
• Donna Gidjunis, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Riverton School District
• Data for the Riverton School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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