Florence Township School District
# Florence Township School District

The Florence Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Florence Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,581 students and 128.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.

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.

## Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

### Elementary schools

* Roebling Elementary School with 396 students in grades PreK-3
   * Christopher Butler, principal

### Middle school

* Riverfront Middle School with 694 students in grades 4-8
   * Jaime Mungo, principal
   * Alex Taliaferro, assistant principal

### High school

* Florence Township Memorial High School with 452 students in grades 9-12
   * John M. Cogan, principal
   * Maria Sadar, assistant principal

### Defunct schools

* In 1948, during de jure educational segregation in the United States, the district had two schools for black children.

## Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

* Donna Ambrosius, superintendent
* Melissa Livengood, business administrator and board secretary

## Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.

