2022 NJ School Aid: Who's Getting More, Who's Getting Less
NEW JERSEY — Following a second difficult year for New Jersey school districts during the coronavirus pandemic, scores of school districts across the state can expect decreased funding, while more than many should expect increases (See aid figures below).
This month, Gov. Phil Murphy's administration proposed $19.2 billion for New Jersey pre-K to 12 schools for the Fiscal Year 2023 budget, including an additional $649.8 million for K-12 aid to put K-12 "formula" aid at $9.92 billion.
New Jersey's school-funding formula for state aid comes from S2 — a controversial law passed in 2018 that modified how the state determines to allocate its funding for each district. FY2023 would be the fifth of seven state budgets that S2 will impact.
"The demographics of the state were out of sync to where the money was headed," Murphy said. "So we agreed to S2, which has a seven-year catch-up to where the demographics are in the state."
Murphy highlighted his administration's K-12 school-aid plan Thursday at James Monroe Elementary School in Edison. Edison Township Public Schools has benefited from S2, as the state has gradually increased the district's aid from $15.5 million in the final budget of former Gov. Chris Christie's administration, to $47.6 million in the proposed 2023 budget.
The governor has defended S2, saying the funding formula had to change to address inequities within the state. But critics have pointed to the losses in state aid among many school districts, which has sometimes resulted in cuts.
State legislators have called for creating a task force to study impacts and needed changes to the School Funding Reform Act (SFRA) — enacted in 2008 and reformed by Murphy in 2018. A bipartisan group of state senators revived efforts to develop a School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force. The Senate unanimously passed the bill Feb. 14, advancing it to the General Assembly.
"Too many schools, especially in rural and suburban areas, are losing out on the money they deserve and desperately need,” said Senate Republican Leader Steve Oroho. “While certain districts have seen ever-increasing state aid, others have been subjected to millions of dollars of annual cuts forcing teacher and staff layoffs and reductions in educational services for students.”
Murphy's proposed budget also include $20 million in stabilization aid — one-time assistance for school districts facing fiscal challenges. The governor introduced the $48.9 billion budget Tuesday to state legislators. Read more: Gov. Murphy's $49B NJ Budget Focuses On Property Taxes, Relief
State aid is an influential factor in a district's decisions on raising local property taxes. Many say that aid cuts or flat spending each year give them cause to raise what are already the highest property taxes in the country.
Below is the list of how much each district's state aid is set to change, compared to the FY2022 budget — sorted by which districts would lose the most funding, percentage-wise:
Cape May Point: -48.77%
Califon Boro: -41.06%
Washington Twp: -35.02%
Hopatcong: -34.26%
North Warren Regional: -33.85%
Ocean Twp: -33.83%
Dennis Twp: -32.94%
Knowlton Twp: -30.99%
Stillwater Twp: -30.74%
Weymouth Twp: -29.53%
Seaside Park Boro: -29.14%
Great Meadows Regional: -28.84%
Jefferson Twp: -28.48%
Kittatinny Regional: -28.21%
Lower Alloways Creek: -27.83%
Neptune City: -27.42%
Jersey City: -27.07%
Frelinghuysen Twp: -26.76%
Lebanon Boro: -26.43%
Highlands Boro: -25.74%
Ocean Gate Boro: -25.70%
Logan Twp: -25.27%
White Twp: -25.27%
Lower Cape May Regional: -24.93%
Hope Twp: -24.60%
Woodland Twp: -24.43%
Brigantine City: -24.30%
Neptune Twp: -24.27%
Seaside Heights Boro: -23.65%
Lakeland Regional: -23.63%
West Milford Twp: -23.62%
Lower Twp: -22.80%
Asbury Park City: -22.73%
Washington Twp: -22.72%
Franklin Twp: -22.15%
Wenonah Boro: -22.13%
Lake Como: -22.09%
High Bridge Boro: -22.01%
Manalapan-Englishtown Reg: -21.77%
Hampton Twp: -21.68%
Eatontown Boro: -21.62%
Brick Twp: -21.62%
Plumsted Twp: -21.58%
Chesilhurst: -21.15%
Mannington Twp: -20.76%
Bradley Beach Boro: -20.10%
Blairstown Twp: -19.75%
Lumberton Twp: -19.57%
Washington Twp: -19.54%
Frenchtown Boro: -19.53%
Bethlehem Twp: -19.24%
Delaware Valley Regional: -18.95%
Lacey Twp: -18.38%
South Harrison Twp: -18.00%
Somers Point City: -17.93%
Frankford Twp: -17.43%
North Wildwood City: -17.05%
Wanaque Boro: -16.87%
Farmingdale Boro: -16.78%
Evesham Twp: -16.63%
Stow Creek Twp: -16.34%
Ventnor City: -16.19%
Union Beach: -16.03%
Randolph Twp: -16.03%
Monmouth Regional: -15.82%
Tabernacle Twp: -15.65%
Upper Twp: -15.65%
Hainesport Twp: -14.56%
Andover Reg: -14.50%
Lebanon Twp: -14.28%
High Point Regional: -14.23%
Hardyston Twp: -14.20%
Pitman Boro: -13.96%
Little Ferry Boro: -13.82%
Fairfield Twp: -13.71%
Weehawken Twp: -13.57%
Millstone Twp: -13.34%
Fredon Twp: -13.26%
Montague Twp: -13.06%
Hazlet Twp: -12.99%
Southampton Twp: -12.90%
Corbin City: -12.56%
Point Pleasant Boro: -12.40%
Bass River Twp: -12.14%
Bloomingdale Boro: -12.13%
Jackson Twp: -11.88%
Eastampton Twp: -11.64%
Greenwich Twp: -11.59%
Kingwood Twp: -11.44%
Henry Hudson Regional: -11.27%
Byram Twp: -11.25%
Howell Twp: -11.21%
Belvidere Town: -11.20%
N Hunt/Voorhees Regional: -10.67%
Springfield Twp: -10.65%
Marlboro Twp: -10.56%
Old Bridge Twp: -10.40%
Freehold Regional: -10.28%
Ringwood Boro: -10.25%
Tuckerton Boro: -9.61%
Stanhope Boro: -9.53%
Vernon Twp: -9.32%
Linwood City: -9.26%
Shamong Twp: -9.23%
Alexandria Twp: -9.02%
Upper Freehold Regional: -8.95%
Toms River Regional: -8.70%
Hoboken City: -8.54%
Tinton Falls: -8.45%
Belmar Boro: -8.29%
Franklin Twp: -8.26%
South Brunswick Twp: -8.10%
Quinton Twp: -7.92%
Mullica Twp: -7.77%
Avon Boro: -7.75%
Ocean Twp: -7.69%
Alloway Twp: -7.22%
Stafford Twp: -7.21%
Keyport Boro: -7.11%
Middletown Twp: -6.84%
Delanco Twp: -6.68%
Sparta Twp: -6.55%
Sussex-Wantage Regional: -6.49%
Cliffside Park Boro: -6.49%
Delaware Twp: -6.27%
Hillsborough Twp: -6.12%
Glassboro: -6.08%
Allenhurst: -5.97%
Woodland Park: -5.86%
Wildwood City: -5.56%
Downe Twp: -5.51%
Sandyston-Walpack Twp: -5.49%
Pemberton Twp: -5.41%
Oxford Twp: -5.38%
Wallkill Valley Regional: -5.32%
Elk Twp: -5.17%
Hunterdon Central Reg: -5.17%
Nutley Town: -4.99%
Mount Ephraim Boro: -4.94%
Lawrence Twp: -4.93%
Folsom Boro: -4.31%
Estell Manor City: -4.20%
Commercial Twp: -4.05%
North Bergen Twp: -4.05%
Berlin Twp: -3.99%
Buena Regional: -3.97%
Clearview Regional: -3.88%
Harmony Twp: -3.82%
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional: -3.71%
Wildwood Crest Boro: -3.64%
New Hanover Twp: -3.56%
West Morris Regional: -3.51%
Deerfield Twp: -3.27%
Roxbury Twp: -3.22%
Ogdensburg Boro: -3.14%
Holland Twp: -3.10%
Avalon Boro: -3.09%
Mantua Twp: -3.08%
Medford Twp: -2.77%
Upper Pittsgrove Twp: -2.46%
Manchester Twp: -1.91%
Harrison Twp: -1.90%
Margate City: -1.84%
Haddon Heights Boro: -1.83%
Keansburg Boro: -1.76%
Warren Hills Regional: -1.69%
Englewood City: -1.68%
Clinton Town: -1.64%
East Amwell Twp: -1.60%
Alpha Boro: -1.33%
Mainland Regional: -1.30%
Lafayette Twp: -1.21%
Harrison Town: -1.11%
Galloway Twp: -1.10%
Lenape Regional: -1.09%
Stone Harbor Boro: -0.89%
Washington Twp: -0.86%
Bordentown Regional: -0.84%
Medford Lakes Boro: -0.39%
Spotswood: -0.33%
Franklin Twp: -0.21%
Union Twp: -0.06%
Bergen County Vocational: 0.00%
Cape May Co Vocational: 0.00%
East Orange: 0.00%
Hunterdon Co Vocational: 0.00%
Monmouth Co Vocational: 0.00%
Ocean County Vocational: 0.00%
Somerset Co Vocational: 0.00%
Sussex County Vocational: 0.00%
Sea Isle City: 0.00%
Greenwich Twp: 0.03%
Lavallette Boro: 0.11%
Rancocas Valley Regional: 0.20%
Mansfield Twp: 0.28%
Waterford Twp: 0.71%
Franklin Boro: 0.75%
Winslow Twp: 0.85%
West Deptford Twp: 1.09%
Hudson County Vocational: 1.11%
Hampton Boro: 1.17%
Lenape Valley Regional: 1.25%
Millville City: 1.29%
Vineland City: 1.38%
Teaneck Twp: 1.48%
Port Republic City: 1.71%
Maurice River Twp: 1.72%
Audubon Boro: 1.72%
Sea Girt Boro: 1.75%
Winfield Twp: 1.77%
Deptford Twp: 1.83%
Collingswood Boro: 1.86%
Greenwich Twp: 1.95%
South-Hunterdon: 1.98%
Wharton Boro: 2.30%
Irvington Township: 2.32%
Garfield City: 2.40%
Long Beach Island: 2.43%
Longport: 2.65%
Ridgefield Boro: 2.66%
Hopewell Twp: 2.68%
Black Horse Pike Regional: 2.70%
Monmouth Beach Boro: 2.74%
Point Pleasant Beach: 2.76%
Morris Hills Regional: 2.92%
Little Egg Harbor Twp: 2.93%
Salem City: 3.05%
Union City: 3.10%
Pequannock Twp: 3.17%
Perth Amboy City: 3.24%
Piscataway Twp: 3.32%
Washington Boro: 3.36%
Lakewood Twp: 3.60%
Beach Haven Boro: 3.71%
Passaic City: 3.84%
Rutherford Boro: 3.87%
Paterson City: 3.91%
Delsea Regional H.S Dist.: 3.95%
Lincoln Park Boro: 4.09%
Gateway Regional: 4.09%
East Rutherford Boro: 4.10%
Camden City: 4.21%
Bay Head Boro: 4.24%
Runnemede Boro: 4.26%
Island Heights Boro: 4.37%
Hamburg Boro: 4.54%
Warren County Vocational: 4.55%
Pleasantville City: 4.69%
Montclair Town: 4.73%
Long Branch City: 4.80%
Haddon Twp: 4.85%
Hi Nella: 4.95%
Netcong Boro: 4.96%
Ocean City: 5.02%
Gloucester Twp: 5.04%
Lopatcong Twp: 5.05%
Freehold Twp: 5.07%
Pittsgrove Twp: 5.14%
Oaklyn Boro: 5.26%
Manasquan Boro: 5.37%
Somerville Boro: 5.49%
Sterling High School Dist: 5.54%
Spring Lake Boro: 5.58%
Pinelands Regional: 5.69%
West New York Town: 5.80%
Hillside Twp: 5.90%
Warren Twp: 5.98%
Hamilton Twp: 6.05%
Barnegat Twp: 6.06%
Garwood Boro: 6.20%
Palisades Park: 6.22%
Morris School District: 6.23%
Burlington Co Vocational: 6.27%
Green Twp: 6.36%
Clinton Twp: 6.40%
Pine Hill Boro: 6.45%
Phillipsburg Town: 6.55%
Westampton: 6.58%
East Newark Boro: 6.60%
Roosevelt Boro: 6.64%
Magnolia Boro: 6.64%
Greater Egg Harbor Reg: 6.67%
Gloucester City: 6.79%
Saddle River Boro: 6.93%
Eagleswood Twp: 7.00%
Butler Boro: 7.27%
Woodbine Boro: 7.27%
Berkeley Twp: 7.41%
Passaic Valley Regional: 7.51%
Mount Arlington Boro: 7.51%
Rockleigh: 7.55%
Trenton City: 7.64%
Princeton: 7.66%
National Park Boro: 7.74%
Sayreville Boro: 7.75%
Middle Twp: 7.76%
Essex Co Voc-Tech: 7.80%
South Amboy City: 7.93%
Mount Holly Twp: 8.06%
Highland Park Boro: 8.07%
Prospect Park Boro: 8.10%
Northern Burlington Reg: 8.11%
West Wildwood: 8.16%
Middlesex Boro: 8.17%
West Cape May Boro: 8.29%
Elizabeth City: 8.30%
Cumberland Regional: 8.55%
New Brunswick City: 8.60%
Roselle Boro: 8.73%
Bridgewater-Raritan Reg: 8.74%
Deal Boro: 8.90%
Willingboro Twp: 9.05%
Franklin Twp: 9.17%
Middlesex Co Vocational: 9.24%
Mansfield Twp: 9.33%
Swedesboro-Woolwich: 9.40%
Bellmawr Boro: 9.42%
Chester Twp: 9.47%
Hillsdale Boro: 9.48%
Chesterfield Twp: 9.49%
Colts Neck Twp: 9.50%
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Reg: 9.57%
Union Twp: 9.64%
Westville Boro: 9.70%
Bridgeton City: 9.75%
Lakehurst Boro: 9.76%
Passaic Co Manchester Reg: 9.80%
Rockaway Twp: 9.80%
Kearny Town: 9.85%
Readington Twp: 9.92%
Camden County Vocational: 10.21%
Oldmans Twp: 10.22%
Wall Twp: 10.26%
City Of Orange Twp: 10.35%
Bloomsbury Boro: 10.42%
Wallington Boro: 10.54%
Northfield City: 10.73%
Monroe Twp: 10.83%
Paulsboro Boro: 10.90%
Englewood Cliffs Boro: 10.94%
Mine Hill Twp: 11.13%
South Hackensack Twp: 11.17%
Branchburg Twp: 11.24%
Barrington Boro: 11.33%
Kenilworth Boro: 11.33%
Bedminster Twp: 11.34%
Central Regional: 11.37%
Boonton Town: 11.44%
Flemington-Raritan Reg: 11.64%
Egg Harbor City: 11.65%
Moonachie Boro: 11.65%
Burlington Twp: 11.66%
Allamuchy Twp: 11.81%
Moorestown Twp: 11.86%
Maywood Boro: 11.96%
Elsinboro Twp: 11.96%
Penns Grv-Carney's Pt Reg: 12.10%
Red Bank Regional: 12.38%
Spring Lake Heights Boro: 12.38%
Brooklawn Boro: 12.41%
Midland Park Boro: 12.55%
North Haledon Boro: 12.74%
Alpine Boro: 12.79%
Green Brook Twp: 12.88%
Woodbury Heights Boro: 12.90%
Edgewater Park Twp: 13.07%
Kinnelon Boro: 13.12%
Watchung Hills Regional: 13.12%
Lawrence Twp: 13.17%
Newark City: 13.21%
Roselle Park Boro: 13.32%
Dumont Boro: 13.69%
Boonton Twp: 13.76%
Somerset Hills Regional: 13.77%
Hanover Park Regional: 13.91%
Mahwah Twp: 13.96%
Sch Dist Of The Chathams: 14.12%
Shore Regional: 14.13%
Hasbrouck Heights Boro: 14.16%
Burlington City: 14.22%
Mountain Lakes Boro: 14.22%
Mount Laurel Twp: 14.24%
Upper Deerfield Twp: 14.25%
Pennsauken Twp: 14.27%
Rumson Boro: 14.28%
Hanover Twp: 14.28%
Hopewell Valley Regional: 14.36%
Carteret Boro: 14.37%
Wood-Ridge Boro: 14.42%
Dunellen Boro: 14.46%
Morris Plains Boro: 14.58%
Eastern Camden County Reg: 14.63%
Secaucus Town: 14.71%
W Windsor-Plainsboro Reg: 14.71%
Hamilton Twp: 14.87%
Hammonton Town: 14.90%
Ramapo-Indian Hill Reg: 14.90%
Newton Town: 14.96%
Florence Twp: 15.00%
South Orange-Maplewood: 15.02%
Delran Twp: 15.03%
Linden City: 15.03%
Morris County Vocational: 15.04%
Bayonne City: 15.20%
North Hanover Twp: 15.29%
Atlantic Highlands Boro: 15.39%
Jamesburg Boro: 15.40%
Rahway City: 15.61%
Laurel Springs Boro: 15.64%
Riverdale Boro: 15.67%
Bernards Twp: 15.76%
Norwood Boro: 15.95%
Ridgefield Park Twp: 16.04%
West Essex Regional: 16.11%
Haledon Boro: 16.11%
Riverside Twp: 16.13%
River Edge Boro: 16.14%
Clayton Boro: 16.19%
Montgomery Twp: 16.27%
Westwood Regional: 16.32%
Northern Highlands Reg: 16.44%
South River Boro: 16.49%
Woodlynne Boro: 16.56%
Freehold Boro: 16.56%
Berlin Boro: 16.59%
Totowa Boro: 16.59%
Pascack Valley Regional: 16.63%
Tewksbury Twp: 16.75%
Franklin Lakes Boro: 16.81%
Northern Valley Regional: 16.93%
Brielle Boro: 16.94%
River Vale Twp: 17.04%
Egg Harbor Twp: 17.06%
Bergenfield Boro: 17.10%
South Plainfield Boro: 17.10%
Mendham Boro: 17.15%
Rumson-Fair Haven Reg: 17.17%
Cranford Twp: 17.17%
Cranbury Twp: 17.24%
Springfield Twp: 17.24%
Carlstadt-East Rutherford: 17.26%
Montville Twp: 17.33%
Long Hill Twp: 17.33%
Southern Regional: 17.34%
Waldwick Boro: 17.35%
Clementon Boro: 17.36%
Ramsey Boro: 17.67%
Shrewsbury Boro: 17.76%
Cresskill Boro: 17.86%
Edgewater Boro: 17.94%
Oceanport Boro: 17.95%
Carlstadt Boro: 17.97%
Stratford Boro: 17.97%
Harding Township: 18.05%
Saddle Brook Twp: 18.10%
Ho Ho Kus Boro: 18.16%
East Hanover Twp: 18.36%
Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp: 18.46%
Elmwood Park: 18.49%
Fort Lee Boro: 18.63%
Milford Boro: 18.64%
Merchantville Boro: 18.66%
Madison Boro: 18.66%
North Brunswick Twp: 18.81%
Pennsville: 18.82%
Emerson Boro: 18.83%
Wayne Twp: 18.88%
Kingsway Regional: 18.90%
Tenafly Boro: 18.96%
East Greenwich Twp: 18.98%
North Plainfield Boro: 19.30%
New Providence Boro: 19.30%
Oakland Boro: 19.31%
Union County Vocational: 19.39%
Westfield Town: 19.39%
Robbinsville Twp: 19.41%
Verona Boro: 19.47%
Little Silver Boro: 19.53%
Florham Park Boro: 19.56%
Caldwell-West Caldwell: 19.64%
Berkeley Heights Twp: 19.64%
South Bound Brook: 19.71%
Guttenberg Town: 19.74%
Cherry Hill Twp: 19.80%
Ridgewood Village: 19.92%
Woodcliff Lake Boro: 19.94%
Rochelle Park Twp: 20.03%
Roseland Boro: 20.04%
Gloucester Co Vocational: 20.09%
Little Falls Twp: 20.12%
Upper Saddle River Boro: 20.22%
Allendale Boro: 20.26%
Glen Ridge Boro: 20.27%
Summit City: 20.34%
Paramus Boro: 20.38%
Mountainside Boro: 20.39%
West Long Branch Boro: 20.46%
Montvale Boro: 20.49%
Lodi Borough: 20.58%
Haddonfield: 20.73%
Plainfield City: 20.95%
Bogota Boro: 20.97%
Watchung Boro: 21.03%
Closter Boro: 21.13%
Woodbury City: 21.22%
Park Ridge Boro: 21.26%
Haworth Boro: 21.31%
Salem County Vocational: 21.38%
Red Bank Boro: 21.40%
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Reg: 21.41%
Cedar Grove Twp: 21.57%
Livingston Twp: 21.79%
Millburn Twp: 21.88%
Monroe Twp: 21.94%
Maple Shade Twp: 22.03%
Holmdel Twp: 22.05%
Glen Rock Boro: 22.15%
Metuchen Boro: 22.23%
Bound Brook Boro: 22.23%
Clifton City: 22.27%
Dover Town: 22.38%
East Windsor Regional: 22.65%
Palmyra Boro: 22.88%
Fairview Boro: 22.94%
Demarest Boro: 23.07%
Newfield Boro: 23.23%
Fair Haven Boro: 23.24%
Denville Twp: 23.64%
Mendham Twp: 23.66%
Belleville Town: 23.97%
Somerdale Boro: 24.17%
Interlaken: 24.26%
Ewing Twp: 24.36%
Essex Fells Boro: 24.37%
Northvale Boro: 24.72%
Fairfield Twp: 24.87%
Hackensack City: 24.98%
Mount Olive Twp: 25.12%
Old Tappan Boro: 25.14%
Wyckoff Twp: 25.19%
Gibbsboro Boro: 25.37%
Hawthorne Boro: 25.46%
North Arlington Boro: 25.67%
Oradell Boro: 25.72%
Cinnaminson Twp: 25.82%
Harrington Park Boro: 26.09%
Lindenwold Boro: 26.10%
Atlantic Co Vocational: 27.11%
Pohatcong Twp: 27.25%
Manville Boro: 27.35%
North Caldwell Boro: 27.62%
Absecon City: 27.98%
Bloomfield Twp: 28.07%
Beverly City: 28.15%
Clark Twp: 28.57%
East Brunswick Twp: 28.70%
Mercer County Vocational: 28.84%
Voorhees Twp: 29.18%
Riverton: 29.34%
Leonia Boro: 29.54%
Lawnside Boro: 30.26%
Hackettstown: 30.59%
Atlantic City: 31.63%
Woodbridge Twp: 32.20%
Edison Twp: 32.80%
Passaic County Vocational: 33.60%
Pompton Lakes Boro: 36.22%
Cumberland Co Vocational: 39.26%
Fair Lawn Boro: 43.43%
West Orange Town: 44.27%
River Dell Regional: 44.97%
Rockaway Boro: 48.83%
Lyndhurst Twp: 49.58%
Milltown Boro: 56.28%
New Milford Boro: 56.83%
Cape May City: 92.56%
Loch Arbour: 117.50%
Here's how much state aid each school district would receive under Murphy's budget proposal:
Absecon City: $5,754,693
Alexandria Twp: $1,065,389
Allamuchy Twp: $894,619
Allendale Boro: $855,589
Allenhurst: $30,551
Alloway Twp: $3,017,949
Alpha Boro: $1,886,140
Alpine Boro: $242,778
Andover Reg: $1,365,702
Asbury Park City: $29,290,023
Atlantic City: $96,058,163
Atlantic Co Vocational: $18,986,616
Atlantic Highlands Boro: $272,877
Audubon Boro: $9,591,498
Avalon Boro: $56,107
Avon Boro: $183,525
Barnegat Twp: $22,927,806
Barrington Boro: $4,543,373
Bass River Twp: $524,707
Bay Head Boro: $76,411
Bayonne City: $92,277,342
Beach Haven Boro: $280,102
Bedminster Twp: $1,074,967
Belleville Town: $43,951,378
Bellmawr Boro: $9,046,538
Belmar Boro: $766,357
Belvidere Town: $2,671,507
Bergen County Vocational: $5,695,547
Bergenfield Boro: $19,159,423
Berkeley Heights Twp: $2,613,285
Berkeley Twp: $3,172,187
Berlin Boro: $5,138,858
Berlin Twp: $5,535,193
Bernards Twp: $6,517,070
Bethlehem Twp: $788,299
Beverly City: $5,691,461
Black Horse Pike Regional: $36,851,063
Blairstown Twp: $966,205
Bloomfield Twp: $45,609,524
Bloomingdale Boro: $1,275,115
Bloomsbury Boro: $939,930
Bogota Boro: $10,060,428
Boonton Town: $2,919,172
Boonton Twp: $804,128
Bordentown Regional: $10,476,397
Bound Brook Boro: $24,893,211
Bradley Beach Boro: $581,139
Branchburg Twp: $3,061,931
Brick Twp: $17,174,293
Bridgeton City: $117,081,802
Bridgewater-Raritan Reg: $12,454,341
Brielle Boro: $815,717
Brigantine City: $1,117,699
Brooklawn Boro: $5,063,345
Buena Regional: $17,619,400
Burlington City: $20,244,020
Burlington Co Vocational: $16,407,530
Burlington Twp: $25,951,763
Butler Boro: $2,647,941
Byram Twp: $2,414,075
Caldwell-West Caldwell: $2,905,519
Califon Boro: $117,054
Camden City: $312,103,851
Camden County Vocational: $29,508,639
Cape May City: $3,754,463
Cape May Co Vocational: $1,396,049
Cape May Point: $6,164
Carlstadt Boro: $560,562
Carlstadt-East Rutherford: $688,481
Carteret Boro: $43,833,799
Cedar Grove Twp: $1,817,550
Central Regional: $5,410,464
Cherry Hill Twp: $29,589,448
Chesilhurst: $1,552,558
Chester Twp: $1,552,113
Chesterfield Twp: $3,611,892
Cinnaminson Twp: $15,411,272
City Of Orange Twp: $102,461,303
Clark Twp: $2,388,200
Clayton Boro: $16,488,597
Clearview Regional: $13,360,748
Clementon Boro: $9,096,061
Cliffside Park Boro: $5,979,418
Clifton City: $67,711,673
Clinton Town: $984,703
Clinton Twp: $1,980,244
Closter Boro: $1,240,921
Collingswood Boro: $11,017,144
Colts Neck Twp: $2,635,820
Commercial Twp: $8,909,690
Corbin City: $514,469
Cranbury Twp: $910,267
Cranford Twp: $4,010,604
Cresskill Boro: $1,778,711
Cumberland Co Vocational: $16,741,310
Cumberland Regional: $14,534,936
Deal Boro: $2,333,374
Deerfield Twp: $2,407,169
Delanco Twp: $2,632,422
Delaware Twp: $925,845
Delaware Valley Regional: $1,856,946
Delran Twp: $23,104,957
Delsea Regional H.S Dist.: $14,922,476
Demarest Boro: $698,573
Dennis Twp: $2,127,572
Denville Twp: $2,427,702
Deptford Twp: $27,019,002
Dover Town: $45,911,794
Downe Twp: $1,448,927
Dumont Boro: $11,027,019
Dunellen Boro: $12,837,552
Eagleswood Twp: $575,096
East Amwell Twp: $813,830
East Brunswick Twp: $33,324,186
East Greenwich Twp: $7,216,457
East Hanover Twp: $1,147,415
East Newark Boro: $4,374,839
East Orange: $175,087,372
East Rutherford Boro: $888,540
East Windsor Regional: $41,492,378
Eastampton Twp: $3,766,054
Eastern Camden County Reg: $9,993,130
Eatontown Boro: $1,888,086
Edgewater Boro: $1,874,458
Edgewater Park Twp: $11,308,446
Edison Twp: $47,595,461
Egg Harbor City: $7,754,805
Egg Harbor Twp: $70,174,814
Elizabeth City: $486,717,613
Elk Twp: $2,314,058
Elmwood Park: $16,589,825
Elsinboro Twp: $1,263,193
Emerson Boro: $1,163,113
Englewood City: $9,323,646
Englewood Cliffs Boro: $616,255
Essex Co Voc-Tech: $29,601,481
Essex Fells Boro: $243,499
Estell Manor City: $1,849,162
Evesham Twp: $7,510,686
Ewing Twp: $19,487,793
Fair Haven Boro: $952,436
Fair Lawn Boro: $16,807,020
Fairfield Twp: $5,269,552
Fairfield Twp: $817,543
Fairview Boro: $25,805,610
Farmingdale Boro: $620,568
Flemington-Raritan Reg: $5,708,868
Florence Twp: $11,154,102
Florham Park Boro: $1,086,379
Folsom Boro: $5,729,752
Fort Lee Boro: $4,705,879
Frankford Twp: $1,028,947
Franklin Boro: $3,359,017
Franklin Lakes Boro: $1,371,205
Franklin Twp: $354,628
Franklin Twp: $8,646,950
Franklin Twp: $15,621,841
Franklin Twp: $450,744
Fredon Twp: $320,931
Freehold Boro: $22,265,744
Freehold Regional: $30,550,220
Freehold Twp: $5,004,785
Frelinghuysen Twp: $266,123
Frenchtown Boro: $370,748
Galloway Twp: $26,458,649
Garfield City: $63,488,624
Garwood Boro: $610,779
Gateway Regional: $9,511,642
Gibbsboro Boro: $1,840,671
Glassboro: $13,551,368
Glen Ridge Boro: $1,937,530
Glen Rock Boro: $2,669,104
Gloucester City: $33,675,216
Gloucester Co Vocational: $12,973,315
Gloucester Twp: $57,687,345
Great Meadows Regional: $2,332,592
Greater Egg Harbor Reg: $36,756,116
Green Brook Twp: $1,639,874
Green Twp: $2,373,394
Greenwich Twp: $795,924
Greenwich Twp: $5,250,623
Greenwich Twp: $525,354
Guttenberg Town: $11,734,567
Hackensack City: $36,400,055
Hackettstown: $12,354,558
Haddon Heights Boro: $1,964,472
Haddon Twp: $8,498,052
Haddonfield: $2,574,932
Hainesport Twp: $811,854
Haledon Boro: $11,771,185
Hamburg Boro: $1,297,401
Hamilton Twp: $27,746,869
Hamilton Twp: $94,578,636
Hammonton Town: $28,668,255
Hampton Boro: $743,476
Hampton Twp: $624,703
Hanover Park Regional: $2,055,774
Hanover Twp: $1,534,198
Harding Township: $632,194
Hardyston Twp: $1,306,080
Harmony Twp: $393,499
Harrington Park Boro: $651,833
Harrison Town: $25,993,315
Harrison Twp: $5,430,972
Hasbrouck Heights Boro: $3,339,723
Haworth Boro: $436,014
Hawthorne Boro: $4,432,938
Hazlet Twp: $8,411,960
Henry Hudson Regional: $557,156
Hi Nella: $1,547,739
High Bridge Boro: $1,098,420
High Point Regional: $3,523,291
Highland Park Boro: $4,780,027
Highlands Boro: $292,598
Hillsborough Twp: $21,555,634
Hillsdale Boro: $1,206,330
Hillside Twp: $29,679,644
Ho Ho Kus Boro: $1,012,311
Hoboken City: $7,519,625
Holland Twp: $1,216,187
Holmdel Twp: $4,103,461
Hopatcong: $3,796,247
Hope Twp: $428,162
Hopewell Twp: $3,663,490
Hopewell Valley Regional: $4,990,107
Howell Twp: $22,342,232
Hudson County Vocational: $23,125,117
Hunterdon Central Reg: $4,715,742
Hunterdon Co Vocational: $933,283
Interlaken: $94,320
Irvington Township: $130,893,074
Island Heights Boro: $325,541
Jackson Twp: $34,149,523
Jamesburg Boro: $9,286,289
Jefferson Twp: $6,631,798
Jersey City: $184,699,706
Keansburg Boro: $24,911,677
Kearny Town: $55,938,654
Kenilworth Boro: $7,682,754
Keyport Boro: $4,946,567
Kingsway Regional: $20,154,543
Kingwood Twp: $833,574
Kinnelon Boro: $2,451,625
Kittatinny Regional: $2,656,269
Knowlton Twp: $493,869
Lacey Twp: $14,439,880
Lafayette Twp: $770,001
Lake Como: $298,165
Lakehurst Boro: $6,656,361
Lakeland Regional: $2,393,414
Lakewood Twp: $24,667,827
Laurel Springs Boro: $2,861,265
Lavallette Boro: $172,185
Lawnside Boro: $5,328,898
Lawrence Twp: $5,867,122
Lawrence Twp: $5,649,071
Lebanon Boro: $148,963
Lebanon Twp: $1,431,746
Lenape Regional: $24,798,963
Lenape Valley Regional: $4,723,799
Leonia Boro: $5,589,498
Lincoln Park Boro: $1,858,399
Linden City: $46,378,678
Lindenwold Boro: $48,898,877
Linwood City: $1,042,420
Little Egg Harbor Twp: $9,264,218
Little Falls Twp: $1,067,326
Little Ferry Boro: $3,928,443
Little Silver Boro: $812,956
Livingston Twp: $7,368,809
Loch Arbour: $23,359
Lodi Borough: $29,398,833
Logan Twp: $2,260,781
Long Beach Island: $758,171
Long Branch City: $53,612,551
Long Hill Twp: $1,117,768
Longport: $83,203
Lopatcong Twp: $3,648,464
Lower Alloways Creek: $382,415
Lower Cape May Regional: $4,594,149
Lower Twp: $4,692,677
Lumberton Twp: $4,856,485
Lyndhurst Twp: $4,714,744
Madison Boro: $2,654,689
Magnolia Boro: $3,378,500
Mahwah Twp: $3,841,997
Mainland Regional: $8,221,376
Manalapan-Englishtown Reg: $9,363,783
Manasquan Boro: $853,007
Manchester Twp: $5,102,033
Mannington Twp: $285,377
Mansfield Twp: $3,806,029
Mansfield Twp: $745,500
Mantua Twp: $5,596,890
Manville Boro: $16,875,070
Maple Shade Twp: $18,672,121
Margate City: $505,834
Marlboro Twp: $7,713,218
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional: $12,935,477
Maurice River Twp: $5,117,492
Maywood Boro: $1,585,977
Medford Lakes Boro: $1,654,738
Medford Twp: $4,056,251
Mendham Boro: $494,295
Mendham Twp: $1,054,217
Mercer County Vocational: $4,716,357
Merchantville Boro: $5,112,715
Metuchen Boro: $2,492,089
Middle Twp: $12,587,047
Middlesex Boro: $12,713,819
Middlesex Co Vocational: $17,422,208
Middletown Twp: $13,530,438
Midland Park Boro: $1,000,251
Milford Boro: $282,191
Millburn Twp: $5,502,303
Millstone Twp: $3,063,480
Milltown Boro: $4,050,135
Millville City: $68,565,453
Mine Hill Twp: $3,252,694
Monmouth Beach Boro: $213,159
Monmouth Co Vocational: $8,120,555
Monmouth Regional: $1,945,858
Monroe Twp: $49,251,307
Monroe Twp: $9,601,594
Montague Twp: $1,834,095
Montclair Town: $8,413,637
Montgomery Twp: $6,815,919
Montvale Boro: $1,139,492
Montville Twp: $4,459,360
Moonachie Boro: $649,343
Moorestown Twp: $4,886,365
Morris County Vocational: $1,636,842
Morris Hills Regional: $9,110,264
Morris Plains Boro: $1,212,567
Morris School District: $8,038,171
Mount Arlington Boro: $765,163
Mount Ephraim Boro: $3,951,591
Mount Holly Twp: $12,232,279
Mount Laurel Twp: $6,482,340
Mount Olive Twp: $26,895,353
Mountain Lakes Boro: $1,175,159
Mountainside Boro: $1,292,184
Mullica Twp: $4,905,695
N Hunt/Voorhees Regional: $3,929,228
National Park Boro: $2,869,625
Neptune City: $859,447
Neptune Twp: $16,998,077
Netcong Boro: $1,959,129
New Brunswick City: $173,051,267
New Hanover Twp: $2,039,551
New Milford Boro: $4,678,493
New Providence Boro: $2,504,074
Newark City: $1,035,927,916
Newfield Boro: $2,514,826
Newton Town: $10,741,235
North Arlington Boro: $6,705,057
North Bergen Twp: $63,023,485
North Brunswick Twp: $39,286,265
North Caldwell Boro: $809,755
North Haledon Boro: $649,035
North Hanover Twp: $14,161,416
North Plainfield Boro: $46,433,613
North Warren Regional: $1,811,769
North Wildwood City: $353,451
Northern Burlington Reg: $21,493,806
Northern Highlands Reg: $1,319,681
Northern Valley Regional: $2,361,500
Northfield City: $5,214,863
Northvale Boro: $618,590
Norwood Boro: $688,384
Nutley Town: $7,970,806
Oakland Boro: $1,484,762
Oaklyn Boro: $3,016,854
Ocean City: $4,331,249
Ocean County Vocational: $5,585,095
Ocean Gate Boro: $617,813
Ocean Twp: $2,384,000
Ocean Twp: $5,613,370
Oceanport Boro: $733,177
Ogdensburg Boro: $1,840,583
Old Bridge Twp: $28,879,065
Old Tappan Boro: $740,798
Oldmans Twp: $2,211,649
Oradell Boro: $790,072
Oxford Twp: $2,437,500
Palisades Park: $2,345,259
Palmyra Boro: $6,477,595
Paramus Boro: $4,408,389
Park Ridge Boro: $1,266,957
Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp: $9,184,841
Pascack Valley Regional: $2,325,169
Passaic City: $272,108,020
Passaic Co Manchester Reg: $12,161,621
Passaic County Vocational: $57,337,828
Passaic Valley Regional: $1,533,111
Paterson City: $494,915,582
Paulsboro Boro: $16,407,168
Pemberton Twp: $70,298,866
Penns Grv-Carney's Pt Reg: $31,970,535
Pennsauken Twp: $69,042,121
Pennsville: $14,544,186
Pequannock Twp: $2,430,068
Perth Amboy City: $191,410,800
Phillipsburg Town: $43,855,424
Pine Hill Boro: $21,342,812
Pinelands Regional: $11,933,118
Piscataway Twp: $22,366,461
Pitman Boro: $6,982,786
Pittsgrove Twp: $16,943,784
Plainfield City: $212,478,702
Pleasantville City: $70,814,039
Plumsted Twp: $5,782,544
Pohatcong Twp: $2,237,880
Point Pleasant Beach: $613,967
Point Pleasant Boro: $3,822,214
Pompton Lakes Boro: $8,532,069
Port Republic City: $893,108
Princeton: $4,866,720
Prospect Park Boro: $11,274,020
Quinton Twp: $3,278,456
Rahway City: $34,869,362
Ramapo-Indian Hill Reg: $2,933,483
Ramsey Boro: $2,676,986
Rancocas Valley Regional: $16,229,413
Randolph Twp: $7,579,419
Readington Twp: $2,140,186
Red Bank Boro: $9,322,306
Red Bank Regional: $1,586,233
Ridgefield Boro: $3,183,976
Ridgefield Park Twp: $13,457,318
Ridgewood Village: $5,953,282
Ringwood Boro: $1,881,335
River Dell Regional: $2,251,083
River Edge Boro: $3,386,142
River Vale Twp: $1,108,962
Riverdale Boro: $535,059
Riverside Twp: $17,278,332
Riverton: $951,347
Robbinsville Twp: $10,119,558
Rochelle Park Twp: $832,213
Rockaway Boro: $1,783,089
Rockaway Twp: $3,438,845
Rockleigh: $47,606
Roosevelt Boro: $810,768
Roseland Boro: $571,190
Roselle Boro: $35,295,828
Roselle Park Boro: $17,247,960
Roxbury Twp: $9,421,705
Rumson Boro: $953,430
Rumson-Fair Haven Reg: $1,167,347
Runnemede Boro: $6,482,716
Rutherford Boro: $2,924,349
Saddle Brook Twp: $1,979,713
Saddle River Boro: $490,751
Salem City: $19,297,605
Salem County Vocational: $8,142,675
Sandyston-Walpack Twp: $333,160
Sayreville Boro: $35,796,837
Sch Dist Of The Chathams: $4,293,605
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Reg: $6,262,473
Sea Girt Boro: $146,941
Sea Isle City: $194,165
Seaside Heights Boro: $656,876
Seaside Park Boro: $68,931
Secaucus Town: $2,783,610
Shamong Twp: $3,096,139
Shore Regional: $840,936
Shrewsbury Boro: $459,886
Somerdale Boro: $4,657,494
Somers Point City: $4,405,461
Somerset Co Vocational: $1,428,562
Somerset Hills Regional: $2,066,554
Somerville Boro: $9,344,104
South Amboy City: $7,153,198
South Bound Brook: $4,981,273
South Brunswick Twp: $19,748,191
South Hackensack Twp: $479,545
South Harrison Twp: $1,188,777
South Orange-Maplewood: $8,287,062
South Plainfield Boro: $9,902,944
South River Boro: $22,111,263
South-Hunterdon: $2,697,032
Southampton Twp: $1,337,502
Southern Regional: $3,568,705
Sparta Twp: $5,057,702
Spotswood: $6,283,652
Spring Lake Boro: $275,983
Spring Lake Heights Boro: $507,388
Springfield Twp: $634,968
Springfield Twp: $3,006,174
Stafford Twp: $7,658,702
Stanhope Boro: $997,107
Sterling High School Dist: $9,537,242
Stillwater Twp: $661,823
Stone Harbor Boro: $47,254
Stow Creek Twp: $503,001
Stratford Boro: $7,078,146
Summit City: $4,022,543
Sussex County Vocational: $4,197,167
Sussex-Wantage Regional: $5,327,512
Swedesboro-Woolwich: $10,097,950
Tabernacle Twp: $3,060,565
Teaneck Twp: $6,717,457
Tenafly Boro: $3,804,935
Tewksbury Twp: $1,207,371
Tinton Falls: $2,609,388
Toms River Regional: $45,400,653
Totowa Boro: $1,013,008
Trenton City: $310,371,766
Tuckerton Boro: $2,164,017
Union Beach: $5,226,569
Union City: $213,819,599
Union County Vocational: $15,725,157
Union Twp: $626,919
Union Twp: $38,465,618
Upper Deerfield Twp: $8,697,918
Upper Freehold Regional: $4,329,676
Upper Pittsgrove Twp: $2,674,412
Upper Saddle River Boro: $1,164,415
Upper Twp: $6,004,942
Ventnor City: $1,332,128
Vernon Twp: $16,766,734
Verona Boro: $2,263,911
Vineland City: $139,355,774
Voorhees Twp: $6,011,341
W Windsor-Plainsboro Reg: $12,960,802
Waldwick Boro: $2,633,560
Wall Twp: $4,998,732
Wallington Boro: $6,624,881
Wallkill Valley Regional: $3,339,550
Wanaque Boro: $1,414,629
Warren County Vocational: $3,574,964
Warren Hills Regional: $10,224,097
Warren Twp: $2,169,770
Washington Boro: $3,447,026
Washington Twp: $203,480
Washington Twp: $1,143,484
Washington Twp: $4,153,173
Washington Twp: $43,629,741
Watchung Boro: $887,252
Watchung Hills Regional: $2,251,800
Waterford Twp: $12,217,933
Wayne Twp: $8,752,880
Weehawken Twp: $1,810,365
Wenonah Boro: $231,902
West Cape May Boro: $610,292
West Deptford Twp: $14,372,529
West Essex Regional: $2,298,224
West Long Branch Boro: $647,967
West Milford Twp: $6,765,623
West Morris Regional: $3,886,793
West New York Town: $118,086,413
West Orange Town: $29,372,985
West Wildwood: $46,292
Westampton: $4,976,515
Westfield Town: $6,583,617
Westville Boro: $3,635,944
Westwood Regional: $3,149,625
Weymouth Twp: $798,063
Wharton Boro: $6,127,560
White Twp: $758,201
Wildwood City: $4,052,785
Wildwood Crest Boro: $604,841
Willingboro Twp: $44,992,291
Winfield Twp: $1,693,194
Winslow Twp: $44,672,063
Wood-Ridge Boro: $1,305,934
Woodbine Boro: $3,059,018
Woodbridge Twp: $83,397,141
Woodbury City: $20,958,397
Woodbury Heights Boro: $1,358,969
Woodcliff Lake Boro: $743,872
Woodland Park: $1,631,586
Woodland Twp: $596,248
Woodlynne Boro: $10,568,277
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Reg: $8,372,678
Wyckoff Twp: $2,165,111
Find full data going back to 1997 on the New Jersey Department of Education's website.
This article originally appeared on the Wayne Patch