Here's How Much Springfield Superintendents, Principals Earn

SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Some of the highest paid superintendents and principals in New Jersey work in Springfield.

The Department of Education recently released its annual list of New Jersey superintendents and principals and their salaries before the start of the 2018-19 school year. And the list of educators making $150,000 or more — a list that barely had any educators on it two decades ago — has grown in recent years.

It's also a small fraction of the more than 100,000 people who are teachers and administrators in public and charter schools in this state. But the highest earners also come from all different schools — not just the so-called "wealthy" districts that routinely rank highly on national and state lists for best schools.

Superintendents, including years of service and New Jersey rank:

No. 137: Michael Davino, Superintendent, Springfield Township, 14 years, $178,083

Principals, including years of service and New Jersey rank:

No. 529: Norman Francis, High School Principal, Jonathan Dayton High School, 10 years, $151,606

No. 822: Timothy Kielty, Middle School Principal, Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School, 13 years, $143,114

No. 1209: David Rennie, Elementary School Principal, James Caldwell Elementary School, 11 years, $133,858

No. 1564: Adriana Coppola, Elementary School Principal, Edward V. Walton Primary School, 0 years, $125,007

No. 1579: Michael Plias, Elementary School Principal, Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School, 5 years, $124,855

In 2017-2018, the median salary for administrators totaled $123,906, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was about 1 percent higher than the previous year.

To view the entire statewide list, click here.

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