Randolph Township Schools

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.

Randolph Township Schools
25 School House Road Randolph, NJ 07869
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Jennifer A. Fano
Business administrator	Gerald Eckert
Schools	6
Students and staff
Enrollment	4,849 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Faculty	408.3 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio	11.9:1
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

As of the 2015-16 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 4,849 students and 408.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.[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]

The district's high school was the 16th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2016 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2015-16 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Elementary schools

• Center Grove Elementary School[9] (477 students; grades PreK-5)
  • Mario Rodas, Principal
    • Thomas Rathjen, Vice Principal
• Fernbrook Elementary School[10] (538; K-5)
  • Michelle Telischak, Principal
    • Michael Scott, Vice Principal
• Ironia Elementary School[11] (449; K-5)
  • David Kricheff, Principal
    • Thomas Rathjen, Vice Principal
• Shongum Elementary School[12] (475; K-5)
  • Clifford Burns, Principal
    • Michael Scott, Vice Principal

Middle school

• Randolph Middle School[13] for grades 6-8 (1,236 students)
  • Dennis Copeland, Principal
    • Jackie Fik, Vice Principal
    • Michael LoRicco, Vice Principal

High school

• Randolph High School[14] for grades 9-12 (1,621 students)
  • Debbie Iosso, Principal
    • Matthew Agrati, Vice Principal
    • Lee Hackney, Vice Principal
    • Michael Sorge, Vice Principal

Administration

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

• Jennifer A. Fano, Superintendent
• Gerald Eckert, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. District information for Randolph Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 22, 2018.
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 August 22, 2018.
4. Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America, 2006 Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 12, 2006
5. "NAMM Foundation Names the 'Best Communities for Music Education'", NAMM, April 30, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2009.
6. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
7. School Data for the Randolph Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 22, 2018.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the Randolph Township Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
9. Center Grove Elementary School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed August 22, 2018.
10. Fernbrook Elementary School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed August 22, 2018.
11. Ironia Elementary School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed August 22, 2018.
12. Shongum Elementary School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed August 22, 2018.
13. Randolph Middle School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed August 22, 2018.
14. Randolph High School, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed August 22, 2018.
15. Central Office Administration, Randolph Township Schools. Accessed August 22, 2018.
16. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

External links

• Randolph Township Schools
• Randolph Township Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Randolph Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics