Regular local school district · Middlesex County
South River Public School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
South River Public School District runs 5 public schools with 2,435 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.2 students per teacher is about the same as the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,435
- Teachers (FTE)
- 218
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 15 Montgomery Street, South River, NJ 08882
- Phone
- (732)613-4000
- County
- Middlesex County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3415390
- State district ID
- NJ-234920
- Total staff (FTE)
- 428
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 487 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.2
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,325), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $46.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.2 million
- State revenue
- $24.4 million
- Local revenue
- $19.0 million
- Total spending
- $44.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,908
- Salaries
- $19.5 million44.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.0%
- State: 52.3%
- Local: 40.7%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,908
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in South River Public School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| South River Early Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 151 | 151.0 |
| South River Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 496 | 8.9 |
| South River High School | High | 9 to 12 | 716 | 12.1 |
| South River Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 524 | 10.3 |
| South River Primary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 508 | 10.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Middlesex County
- Edison Township School District 17,032 students
- Woodbridge Township School District 14,042 students
- Perth Amboy Public School District 10,220 students
- New Brunswick School District 8,972 students
- East Brunswick Township School District 8,163 students
- Old Bridge Township School District 8,092 students
- South Brunswick School District 7,693 students
- Piscataway Township School District 7,331 students
- Monroe Township School District 6,750 students
- Sayreville School District 6,415 students
- North Brunswick Township School District 5,926 students
- Carteret Public School District 4,015 students
- South Plainfield School District 3,813 students
- Metuchen Public School District 2,349 students
- Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District 2,121 students
More in New Jersey
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.