These West Windsor School Administrators Earn $150K Or More

WEST WINDSOR, NJ — Several school administrators in West Windsor earn more than $150,000, information released by the New Jersey Department of Education shows.

The West Windsor administrators are among the 1,552 on the department's list of superintendents and principals and their salaries released annually.

The local administrators, their salaries, years of service, and their rank on the list, are:

Superintendents and assistant superintendents:

• 65. DAVID ADERHOLD, District Office, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 16, $200,516
• 270. CHRISTOPHER RUSSO, District Office, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 1, $179,375
• 330. MARTIN SMITH, District Office, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 7, $175,878
• 351. JAMES EARLE, District Office, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 0, $175,000

Principals and Assistant Principals:

• 39. JONATHAN DAUBER, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 13, $183,854
• 48. DENNIS LEPOLD, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 26, $182,049
• 97. SHAUNA ANGELINA CARTER, Community Middle School, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 11, $175,243
• 169. LAMONT THOMAS, Thomas R Grover Middle School, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 3, $170,937
• 258. ROSEANN CITRO, Millstone River School, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 24, $165,256
• 281. MICHAEL WELBORN, J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 32, $164,303
• 347. JANET MILDRED BOWES, Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 35, $161,851
• 355. DAVID ARGESE, Dutch Neck Elementary School, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 27, $161,451
• 486. PATRICIA BUELL, Maurice Hawk Elementary School, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 31, $157,545
• 741. CARLA ROYSTER, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 30, $151,117
• 753. ERIN MARIE FALK, Maurice Hawk Elementary School, W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER, 15, $150,700

The list has grown recently. Last year, fewer than 1,000 principals and superintendents made $150,000 annually.

More teachers are earning six-figure salaries, too. Read more: These West Windsor Teachers Make $100K Or More In 2019

In 2018-2019, the median salary for administrators $123,923, according to a Patch analysis of salary data for public school districts and charter schools. The increase was less than 1 percent above the previous year's median salary.

The Department of Education has said the department double-checks the data before delivering it to the media. Read more here: The 1,552 NJ Superintendents, Principals Earning $150K Or More