Edgewater Park School District
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.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 1,015 students and 84.0 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
The district had been 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.
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 that has existed since the 1930s, in which Edgewater Park students account for almost a third of the high school's enrollment. As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 805 students and 74.8 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
Schools
Schools in the district are:;Elementary school
- Mildred Magowan Elementary School with 563 students in grades PreK–4
- *Shelby Larison, principal
- Samuel M. Ridgway Middle School with 416 students in grades 5–8
- *Michael Melvin, principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:- Pamela Nathan, superintendent
- Nancy Lane, business administrator and board secretary