These Cherry Hill School Administrators Earn $150K Or More

CHERRY HILL, NJ — Several school administrators in Cherry Hill earn more than $150,000, information released by the New Jersey Department of Education shows.

The Cherry Hill 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:

• 96. JOSEPH MELOCHE, District Office, CHERRY HILL TWP, CAMDEN, 15, $196,584
• 205. LYNN SHUGARS, District Office, CHERRY HILL TWP, CAMDEN, 2, $185,568

Principals and Assistant Principals

• 22. LAWYER CHAPMAN, Alternative High School, CHERRY HILL TWP, CAMDEN, 23, $188,800
• 173. ROBERT COLIGAN, Cherry Hill High School West, CHERRY HILL TWP, CAMDEN, 22, $170,719
• 184. JAMES RIORDAN, Richard Stockton Elementary School, CHERRY HILL TWP, CAMDEN, 15, $169,837
• 295. DENNIS PERRY, Cherry Hill High School East, CHERRY HILL TWP, CAMDEN, 13, $163,694
• 296. KWAME MORTON, Cherry Hill High School West, CHERRY HILL TWP, CAMDEN, 10, $163,694
• 517. JOHN CAFAGNA, John A. Carusi Middle School, CHERRY HILL TWP, CAMDEN, 20, $156,727
• 547. KAREN ROCKHILL, Barclay Early Childhood Center, CHERRY HILL TWP, CAMDEN, 12, $156,144

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 Cherry Hill 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