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New York Times spring 07 articles on special education costs, enrollments; local property taxes


April 8, 2007

SCHOOLS; Special Education Enrollment Up Again in '06

By FORD FESSENDEN

THE number of New Jersey schoolchildren in special education grew faster than regular enrollment in most districts last year, continuing a trend that has persisted for many years and adding millions of dollars to school costs.

Enrollment in special education grew 4.9 percent from 2002 to 2005, when total enrollment statewide grew 2 percent.

Preliminary numbers for each school district released March 23 by the State Department of Education indicate that the trend continued in 2006, and now three-quarters of the state's districts have a greater proportion of students in special education this year than they did in 1998.

Special education enrollment was 215,539 students, the state says, among a total enrollment of about 1.4 million.

School officials have many theories about the growth, including the increasing sophistication of parents advocating for services for their children and backdoor efforts by districts to get more state money and increase achievement scores.

But one thing is certain: The increase in special education enrollment is adding to tax bills.

At a time when the state is struggling to find ways to cut property taxes, special education stands out as a major contributor to ever-escalating school taxes. Special education students cost twice as much to educate as regular students, on average, and the state picks up only one-third of the bill.

''It's a major cost driver for schools,'' said Lynne Strickland, the executive director of the Garden State Coalition of Schools, an association of suburban school districts.

The State Education Department estimated that special education cost $4.7 billion in 2006, a 33 percent increase in four years. State officials say they are not sure why this number has gone up so much faster than enrollment.

The officials, who say they think the special education enrollment increase is slowing if not declining, say more students are being classified because of the increasing sophistication of parents in advocating on behalf of their children.

''There is a continued increasing awareness by parents and an increasing desire to get help,'' said Barbara Gantwerk, assistant commissioner for the Department of Education. ''Special ed is viewed as a way to get needed services to students. We'd like to see them get it in general ed, but there is a desire to get the special, extra services.''

Frank J. Legato, the superintendent of schools in Carlstadt, a small district where the number of special education students has nearly doubled since 1998, agreed. ''The educated awareness that parents have about the developmental stages of children has increased,'' he said.

But alternative explanations for the growth abound.

For instance, state financing formulas create a potential incentive for classifying students in special education. Because the state gives districts a set payment for each child in special education, districts can get more money by increasing the numbers. Once they get the money, districts can spend it on anything.

''Let's say you've got a child who's taking a lot of class time,'' said Diana Autin, director of the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network of New Jersey, a federally financed group that helps parents of disabled children. ''There's a perception that the only way you can get funding for extra help for such children is to classify them.''

The districts, however, say they do not do this.

''There is no real incentive to classify because we're getting very little money from the state,'' said Janice Dime, the superintendent of Paramus Public Schools, where special education enrollment has increased to 13.9 percent this year from below 8.6 percent of students in 1999.

Dr. Dime said she believed the increases were driven by a jump in autism diagnoses at early ages. A recent study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said New Jersey had the highest rate of autism among 8-year-olds in the 14 states it studied.

''Most of the increase has come among preschool handicapped youngsters, and that's consistent with the increased identification of kids with autism,'' Dr. Dime said.

Ms. Autin suggested that districts could be classifying more students as needing special education in misguided attempts to meet the federal No Child Left Behind standards. Classifying borderline students for special education, the theory goes, helps ensure better passing rates among regular education students, Ms. Autin said.

She also said the influx of immigrants over the last decade might be contributing.

''Studies have shown that students with limited English proficiency are more likely to be classified because of their difficulties in English as opposed to a real disability,'' Ms. Autin said.

In 2005, the United States Supreme Court made it harder for parents in New Jersey to dispute school districts' special education plans, ruling that the burden lies with parents to prove that a district is not serving their children's needs. But Ms. Gantwerk of the State Education Department said the decision had probably not affected the special education census.

 

 

Wide differences in spending in New Jersey school districts

The chart shows comparative spending per pupil in more than 600 school districts across New Jersey. Spending tends to be higher in small wealthy districts, and in poor districts that get large amounts of state money under court order, such as Newark, Asbury Park and Camden.

Show only schools in county:

County

District

Group

Cost
per pupil
2006-07

Cost
per pupil
2005-06

Rank among
603 districts
statewide
in 2006-07

Percent
funded
locally

Student-
teacher
ratio

Percent
special
education
students

Atlantic

Absecon City

K-8

$9,798

$9,581

538

79%

11.1

14%

Atlantic

Atlantic City

K-12

$14,130

$13,291

89

72%

10.7

13%

Atlantic

Atlantic Co Special Serv

Sp Serv

$40,065

$36,443

5

10%

4.5

100%

Atlantic

Atlantic Co Vocational

Voc

$15,375

$11,504

53

34%

10.7

14%

Atlantic

Benchmark Academy Charter

Charter

$8,443

623

11%

0.0

0%

Atlantic

Brigantine City

K-8

$13,642

$11,524

114

74%

9.8

11%

Atlantic

Buena Regional

K-12

$9,978

$9,134

519

35%

12.2

17%

Atlantic

Charter~Tech High School

Charter

$10,927

399

57%

9.8

0%

Atlantic

Egg Harbor City

K-8

$11,853

$11,111

270

22%

8.7

16%

Atlantic

Egg Harbor Twp

K-12

$9,228

$8,831

586

58%

12.0

12%

Atlantic

Estell Manor City

K-8

$10,860

$10,921

412

48%

10.6

6%

Atlantic

Folsom Boro

K-8

$8,867

$8,044

612

26%

10.9

10%

Atlantic

Galloway Community Charter

Charter

$8,058

$9,025

631

47%

10.4

0%

Atlantic

Galloway Twp

K-8

$10,527

$9,917

456

54%

10.5

14%

Atlantic

Greater Egg Harbor Reg

Middle

$10,708

$10,187

435

47%

12.7

17%

Atlantic

Hamilton Twp

K-8

$8,787

$8,389

617

46%

12.4

14%

Atlantic

Hammonton Town

K-12

$8,406

$8,915

624

46%

12.8

16%

Atlantic

Linwood City

K-8

$11,099

$10,234

369

76%

11.1

13%

Atlantic

Mainland Regional

Middle

$11,706

$10,894

281

65%

11.3

16%

Atlantic

Margate City

K-8

$15,818

$14,920

43

80%

9.8

11%

Atlantic

Mullica Twp

K-8

$9,665

$9,593

557

37%

10.6

12%

Atlantic

Northfield City

K-8

$9,163

$7,619

591

66%

12.0

11%

Atlantic

Oceanside Charter

Charter

$12,003

$11,294

246

56%

10.4

0%

Atlantic

Pleasantech Academy Charter

Charter

$10,109

$9,216

505

22%

13.7

0%

Atlantic

Pleasantville City

K-12

$12,827

$15,933

167

8%

8.3

10%

Atlantic

Port Republic City

K-8

$12,289

$13,901

223

54%

8.5

7%

Atlantic

Somers Point City

K-8

$9,762

$9,234

541

60%

10.5

15%

Atlantic

Ventnor City

K-8

$10,771

$10,400

425

82%

9.9

8%

Atlantic

Weymouth Twp

K-8

$9,490

$9,334

565

40%

9.5

9%

Bergen

Allendale Boro

K-8

$11,533

$10,462

303

92%

12.7

10%

Bergen

Alpine Boro

K-8

$21,534

$20,946

11

83%

6.6

7%

Bergen

Bergen Co Special Service

Sp Serv

$52,252

$50,612

1

11%

2.5

100%

Bergen

Bergen County Vocational

Voc

$18,873

$18,317

19

37%

8.7

19%

Bergen

Bergenfield Boro

K-12

$11,022

$10,866

383

76%

11.8

12%

Bergen

Bogota Boro

K-12

$10,998

$10,330

386

69%

11.4

12%

Bergen

Carlstadt Boro

K-8

$12,996

$12,882

154

93%

11.4

13%

Bergen

Carlstadt-East Rutherford

Middle

$14,389

$13,277

78

92%

10.7

12%

Bergen

Cliffside Park Boro

K-12

$9,882

$10,734

534

72%

12.1

12%

Bergen

Closter Boro

K-8

$11,122

$10,510

365

92%

11.8

9%

Bergen

Cresskill Boro

K-12

$11,024

$10,841

382

90%

12.3

12%

Bergen

Demarest Boro

K-8

$12,504

$11,787

195

89%

10.8

11%

Bergen

Dumont Boro

K-12

$11,254

$10,773

349

78%

11.6

8%

Bergen

East Rutherford Boro

K-8

$11,756

$13,106

275

89%

9.5

12%

Bergen

Edgewater Boro

K-6

$13,687

$12,240

111

87%

10.3

7%

Bergen

Elmwood Park

K-12

$9,345

$8,978

576

81%

15.4

10%

Bergen

Emerson Boro

K-12

$11,250

$11,023

350

88%

12.2

10%

Bergen

Englewood City

K-12

$14,434

$15,917

75

66%

9.7

10%

Bergen

Englewood Cliffs Boro

K-8

$15,645

$16,728

47

89%

8.2

11%

Bergen

Englewood On The Palisades Charter

Charter

$13,704

$10,777

110

40%

11.4

0%

Bergen

Fair Lawn Boro

K-12

$13,304

$12,461

135

87%

11.3

15%

Bergen

Fairview Boro

K-8

$9,714

$9,586

547

63%

11.9

11%

Bergen

Fort Lee Boro

K-12

$11,643

$10,933

285

89%

11.9

8%

Bergen

Franklin Lakes Boro

K-8

$14,035

$13,312

91

88%

8.3

16%

Bergen

Garfield City

K-12

$11,317

$11,744

338

30%

11.3

11%

Bergen

Glen Rock Boro

K-12

$13,588

$12,628

119

92%

10.6

11%

Bergen

Hackensack City

K-12

$12,117

$11,746

241

71%

12.2

12%

Bergen

Harrington Park Boro

K-8

$10,288

$9,483

486

93%

12.4

10%

Bergen

Hasbrouck Heights Boro

K-12

$11,298

$11,114

341

88%

10.9

11%

Bergen

Haworth Boro

K-8

$11,793

$10,885

272

86%

10.8

9%

Bergen

Hillsdale Boro

K-8

$10,239

$9,686

490

90%

12.3

12%

Bergen

Ho Ho Kus Boro

K-8

$12,126

$11,398

239

87%

12.0

12%

Bergen

Leonia Boro

K-12

$12,016

$11,507

244

63%

8.8

14%

Bergen

Little Ferry Boro

K-8

$9,339

$9,065

578

87%

12.5

11%

Bergen

Lodi Borough

K-12

$10,517

$10,369

459

70%

12.0

8%

Bergen

Lyndhurst Twp

K-12

$10,837

$10,292

418

88%

12.3

12%

Bergen

Mahwah Twp

K-12

$12,437

$11,615

200

89%

11.1

12%

Bergen

Maywood Boro

K-8

$11,958

$10,618

253

85%

12.2

12%

Bergen

Midland Park Boro

K-12

$12,413

$11,980

203

81%

10.3

15%

Bergen

Montvale Boro

K-8

$11,498

$10,758

309

89%

10.5

11%

Bergen

Moonachie Boro

K-8

$16,726

$15,864

34

83%

9.4

18%

Bergen

New Milford Boro

K-12

$10,987

$10,156

388

87%

11.9

11%

Bergen

North Arlington Boro

K-12

$10,489

$9,652

464

86%

11.7

14%

Bergen

Northern Highlands Reg

Middle

$14,356

$13,522

80

77%

10.2

9%

Bergen

Northern Valley Regional

Middle

$14,020

$14,193

94

89%

9.9

17%

Bergen

Northvale Boro

K-8

$10,738

$10,566

428

90%

11.6

11%

Bergen

Norwood Boro

K-8

$10,839

$10,312

417

87%

12.0

11%

Bergen

Oakland Boro

K-8

$11,749

$11,600

276

93%

11.0

12%

Bergen

Old Tappan Boro

K-8

$11,502

$10,039

308

87%

12.4

9%

Bergen

Oradell Boro

K-6

$10,651

$9,635

437

85%

12.5

9%

Bergen

Palisades Park

K-12

$11,589

$10,830

293

85%

9.9

10%

Bergen

Paramus Boro

K-12

$12,907

$12,384

162

87%

10.7

14%

Bergen

Park Ridge Boro

K-12

$12,252

$12,149

230

93%

10.8

14%

Bergen

Pascack Valley Regional

Middle

$15,789

$15,445

44

88%

10.9

13%

Bergen

Ramapo-Indian Hill Reg

Middle

$15,408

$15,255

52

93%

11.1

13%

Bergen

Ramsey Boro

K-12

$12,232

$11,957

234

87%

10.7

14%

Bergen

Ridgefield Boro

K-12

$13,578

$12,722

121

41%

11.2

19%

Bergen

Ridgefield Park Twp

K-12

$11,632

$11,266

289

70%

10.9

13%

Bergen

Ridgewood Village

K-12

$12,133

$11,350

238

88%

11.9

11%

Bergen

River Dell Regional

Middle

$13,069

$12,535

150

93%

11.2

11%

Bergen

River Edge Boro

K-6

$8,754

$8,528

620

88%

13.0

8%

Bergen

River Vale Twp

K-8

$11,355

$10,587

330

94%

11.4

8%

Bergen

Rochelle Park Twp

K-8

$12,659

$12,312

185

92%

9.6

9%

Bergen

Rutherford Boro

K-12

$11,981

$11,722

247

89%

10.9

11%

Bergen

Saddle Brook Twp

K-12

$10,870

$10,889

409

90%

11.8

15%

Bergen

Saddle River Boro

K-6

$18,110

$16,714

24

83%

9.4

10%

Bergen

South Hackensack Twp

K-8

$13,574

$11,915

123

87%

10.7

14%

Bergen

Teaneck Community Charter

Charter

$13,736

$12,767

109

56%

9.6

0%

Bergen

Teaneck Twp

K-12

$15,183

$13,928

57

87%

11.1

13%

Bergen

Tenafly Boro

K-12

$13,529

$12,495

126

90%

10.9

11%

Bergen

Upper Saddle River Boro

K-8

$12,314

$11,446

218

90%

11.3

12%

Bergen

Waldwick Boro

K-12

$12,124

$11,099

240

91%

11.1

15%

Bergen

Wallington Boro

K-12

$9,785

$9,411

540

75%

11.7

7%

Bergen

Westwood Regional

K-12

$12,336

$11,771

215

89%

10.5

15%

Bergen

Woodcliff Lake Boro

K-8

$12,711

$11,678

179

85%

10.3

9%

Bergen

Wood-Ridge Boro

K-12

$10,473

$9,337

467

77%

13.1

13%

Bergen

Wyckoff Twp

K-8

$10,952

$10,626

393

88%

11.6

8%

Burlington

Bass River Twp

K-6

$14,575

$12,421

73

46%

8.3

13%

Burlington

Beverly City

K-8

$11,660

$14,947

283

39%

8.3

14%

Burlington

Bordentown Regional

K-12

$11,507

$10,123

307

74%

11.6

15%

Burlington

Burlington City

K-12

$13,458

$12,657

127

26%

9.3

15%

Burlington

Burlington Co Spec Serv

Sp Serv

$35,360

$31,437

7

12%

6.6

100%

Burlington

Burlington Co Vocational

Voc

$12,554

$14,608

192

49%

13.9

21%

Burlington

Burlington Twp

K-12

$9,312

$8,817

580

60%

12.7

11%

Burlington

Chesterfield Twp

K-6

$10,736

$11,196

430

87%

11.0

9%

Burlington

Cinnaminson Twp

K-12

$11,070

$10,387

375

69%

10.6

15%

Burlington

Delanco Twp

K-8

$12,205

$11,665

235

63%

10.1

16%

Burlington

Delran Twp

K-12

$10,225

$9,292

492

66%

12.1

11%

Burlington

Eastampton Twp

K-8

$9,514

$8,776

564

50%

12.4

11%

Burlington

Edgewater Park Twp

K-8

$10,978

$10,181

390

48%

10.0

11%

Burlington

Evesham Twp

K-8

$10,951

$9,851

394

72%

10.8

17%

Burlington

Florence Twp

K-12

$11,050

$10,519

378

60%

11.2

11%

Burlington

Hainesport Twp

K-8

$10,563

$9,718

452

76%

10.7

15%

Burlington

Lenape Regional

Middle

$12,773

$12,512

172

73%

10.8

14%

Burlington

Lumberton Twp

K-8

$10,026

$9,543

514

56%

10.9

16%

Burlington

Mansfield Twp

K-6

$9,982

$10,193

518

82%

9.6

10%

Burlington

Maple Shade Twp

K-12

$10,874

$10,726

407

67%

11.4

19%

Burlington

Medford Lakes Boro

K-8

$10,579

$9,847

449

73%

10.8

12%

Burlington

Medford Twp

K-8

$10,841

$10,291

416

77%

12.3

12%

Burlington

Moorestown Twp

K-12

$11,448

$10,931

316

86%

11.7

12%

Burlington

Mount Holly Twp

K-8

$13,351

$13,228

132

37%

9.1

21%

Burlington

Mount Laurel Twp

K-8

$10,422

$9,765

475

83%

11.6

14%

Burlington

New Hanover Twp

K-8

$17,065

$15,660

29

28%

8.2

17%

Burlington

North Hanover Twp

K-6

$12,705

$11,529

182

9%

9.2

10%

Burlington

Northern Burlington Reg

Middle

$12,370

$12,085

209

53%

10.3

15%

Burlington

Palmyra Boro

K-12

$10,451

$9,667

470

46%

11.0

15%

Burlington

Pemberton Borough

K-8

$13,680

$15,966

112

40%

7.7

14%

Burlington

Pemberton Twp

K-12

$16,175

$15,758

39

10%

9.0

16%

Burlington

Rancocas Valley Regional

Middle

$9,692

$8,885

552

44%

15.9

19%

Burlington

Riverside Twp

K-12

$10,018

$9,655

515

38%

11.6

18%

Burlington

Riverton

K-8

$13,177

$13,197

140

83%

9.4

14%

Burlington

Shamong Twp

K-8

$11,219

$10,233

355

61%

11.4

12%

Burlington

Southampton Twp

K-8

$11,843

$11,061

271

73%

10.0

17%

Burlington

Springfield Twp

K-6

$11,351

$10,824

331

63%

11.4

10%

Burlington

Tabernacle Twp

K-8

$11,873

$10,658

265

49%

11.4

11%

Burlington

Washington Twp

K-8

$17,249

$15,985

27

61%

5.3

14%

Burlington

Westampton

K-8

$9,340

$9,562

577

63%

11.0

10%

Burlington

Willingboro Twp

K-12

$9,753

$10,848

545

41%

11.4

13%

Burlington

Woodland Twp

K-8

$12,997

$12,583

153

57%

10.3

13%

Camden

Audubon Boro

K-12

$10,506

$10,347

462

48%

11.1

16%

Camden

Barrington Boro

K-8

$12,279

$10,818

226

66%

11.1

16%

Camden

Bellmawr Boro

K-8

$9,078

$8,853

598

58%

12.7

11%

Camden

Berlin Boro

K-8

$8,984

$8,427

603

62%

12.1

12%

Camden

Berlin Twp

K-8

$12,335

$10,537

216

57%

8.2

17%

Camden

Black Horse Pike Regional

Middle

$10,777

$10,537

422

48%

13.0

14%

Camden

Brooklawn Boro

K-8

$8,957

$8,861

605

28%

11.4

15%

Camden

Camden Academy Charter Hs

Charter

$11,401

$10,373

323

12%

11.6

0%

Camden

Camden City

K-12

$12,922

$16,904

161

2%

9.3

18%

Camden

Camden County Vocational

Voc

$11,645

$13,070

284

32%

15.2

21%

Camden

Camden'S Promise Charter

Charter

$11,361

$12,296

328

10%

9.6

0%

Camden

Cherry Hill Twp

K-12

$11,947

$11,019

255

87%

11.8

13%

Camden

Chesilhurst

K-6

$14,058

$14,454

90

22%

8.9

10%

Camden

Clementon Boro

K-8

$9,059

$8,293

599

38%

10.6

14%

Camden

Collingswood Boro

K-12

$13,157

$12,172

145

44%

9.8

13%

Camden

D.U.E. Season Charter

Charter

$10,137

504

10%

9.4

0%

Camden

Eastern Camden County Reg

Middle

$11,586

$10,954

295

61%

12.4

12%

Camden

Environment Community Charter

Charter

$9,760

$6,787

543

8%

11.6

0%

Camden

Freedom Academy Charter

Charter

$9,143

$8,408

593

14%

15.6

0%

Camden

Gibbsboro Boro

K-8

$12,865

$12,521

165

61%

9.2

20%

Camden

Gloucester City

K-12

$14,465

$14,618

74

8%

8.5

18%

Camden

Gloucester Twp

K-8

$8,966

$8,251

604

48%

12.0

12%

Camden

Haddon Heights Boro

K-12

$12,413

$11,565

204

57%

10.5

13%

Camden

Haddon Twp

K-12

$11,291

$10,324

342

67%

12.4

11%

Camden

Haddonfield Boro

K-12

$11,360

$10,987

329

89%

12.3

13%

Camden

Laurel Springs Boro

K-6

$8,079

$7,774

630

61%

13.6

12%

Camden

Lawnside Boro

K-8

$10,324

$9,300

481

48%

10.1

9%

Camden

Leap Academy University Charter

Charter

$9,955

$8,986

522

16%

12.4

0%

Camden

Lindenwold Boro

K-12

$11,215

$11,549

356

41%

9.6

15%

Camden

Magnolia Boro

K-8

$10,862

$9,747

411

50%

10.2

19%

Camden

Merchantville Boro

K-8

$12,311

$11,319

219

65%

11.5

15%

Camden

Mount Ephraim Boro

K-8

$10,473

$9,936

468

51%

10.3

18%

Camden

Oaklyn Boro

K-12

$9,760

$9,651

542

55%

11.3

13%

Camden

Pennsauken Twp

K-12

$10,776

$9,941

423

43%

12.1

19%

Camden

Pine Hill Boro

K-12

$11,345

$11,165

333

31%

10.8

19%

Camden

Runnemede Boro

K-8

$11,377

$10,650

327

56%

10.0

15%

Camden

Somerdale Boro

K-8

$10,886

$10,008

403

54%

10.5

13%

Camden

Sterling High School Dist

Middle

$12,354

$12,084

213

50%

12.1

17%

Camden

Stratford Boro

K-8

$10,578

$10,114

450

51%

10.9

16%

Camden

Voorhees Twp

K-8

$11,743

$10,550

278

79%

11.6

13%

Camden

Waterford Twp

K-6

$13,166

$11,385

142

46%

10.3

15%

Camden

Winslow Twp

K-12

$10,358

$10,408

477

44%

10.6

14%

Camden

Woodlynne Boro

K-8

$7,660

$7,497

632

23%

13.5

14%

Cape May

Avalon Boro

K-8

$29,982

$27,583

10

95%

4.8

18%

Cape May

Cape May City

K-6

$17,012

$18,423

31

43%

7.7

7%

Cape May

Cape May Co Special Serv

Sp Serv

$42,419

$41,510

3

28%

3.9

86%

Cape May

Cape May Co Vocational

Voc

$15,572

$14,219

49

41%

10.7

12%

Cape May

Dennis Twp

K-8

$11,465

$10,437

314

51%

9.2

15%

Cape May

Lower Cape May Regional

Middle

$11,574

$11,170

298

59%

10.7

24%

Cape May

Lower Twp

K-6

$11,743

$11,142

279

55%

11.6

16%

Cape May

Middle Twp

K-12

$10,237

$9,993

491

50%

11.0

16%

Cape May

North Wildwood City

K-8

$16,823

$17,027

32

68%

6.9

13%

Cape May

Ocean City

K-12

$16,636

$15,152

36

50%

9.4

15%

Cape May

Sea Isle City

K-8

$33,805

$26,046

8

75%

7.5

14%

Cape May

Stone Harbor Boro

K-8

$18,900

$16,934

17

88%

7.1

7%

Cape May

Upper Twp

K-8

$9,614

$8,925

558

62%

11.4

12%

Cape May

West Cape May Boro

K-6

$16,663

$15,895

35

70%

5.8

10%

Cape May

Wildwood City

K-12

$17,056

$16,734

30

51%

7.3

20%

Cape May

Wildwood Crest Boro

K-8

$15,526

$15,895

50

84%

7.3

14%

Cape May

Woodbine Boro

K-8

$10,101

$10,375

507

24%

10.9

16%

Cumberland

Bridgeton City

K-12

$13,618

$12,740

116

5%

8.8

13%

Cumberland

Commercial Twp

K-8

$10,509

$9,648

461

14%

10.0

7%

Cumberland

Cumberland Co Vocational

Voc

$13,955

$12,664

98

23%

13.3

28%

Cumberland

Cumberland Regional

Middle

$10,538

$9,957

455

44%

12.2

14%

Cumberland

Deerfield Twp

K-8

$10,633

$9,668

439

46%

10.8

11%

Cumberland

Downe Twp

K-8

$15,076

$14,266

61

29%

7.2

22%

Cumberland

Fairfield Twp

K-8

$10,330

$10,137

480

13%

10.1

13%

Cumberland

Greenwich Twp

K-8

$14,193

$12,618

85

59%

7.5

15%

Cumberland

Hopewell Twp

K-8

$9,391

$8,897

574

47%

12.6

12%

Cumberland

Lawrence Twp

K-8

$9,701

$8,765

550

24%

12.2

11%

Cumberland

Maurice River Twp

K-8

$12,288

$10,166

224

32%

9.1

11%

Cumberland

Millville City

K-12

$12,009

$11,891

245

10%

10.7

18%

Cumberland

Shiloh Boro

K-8

$9,111

$8,758

596

34%

8.0

6%

Cumberland

Stow Creek Twp

K-8

$10,079

$8,964

509

46%

10.2

8%

Cumberland

Upper Deerfield Twp

K-8

$11,969

$11,458

251

44%

9.9

10%

Cumberland

Vineland City

K-12

$14,324

$12,719

81

11%

9.1

14%

Essex

Belleville Town

K-12

$10,012

$9,761

516

59%

11.7

13%

Essex

Bloomfield Twp

K-12

$10,168

$9,274

500

71%

11.4

12%

Essex

Caldwell-West Caldwell

K-12

$11,770

$11,183

273

91%

11.7

13%

Essex

Cedar Grove Twp

K-12

$12,447

$11,838

198

86%

10.6

13%

Essex

City Of Orange Twp

K-12

$14,024

$16,362

93

11%

8.7

13%

Essex

Discovery Charter

Charter

$10,547

$10,685

454

13%

18.8

0%

Essex

East Orange

K-12

$15,769

$15,686

45

8%

9.7

12%

Essex

East Orange Community Charter

Charter

$10,302

$9,853

483

15%

14.5

0%

Essex

Essex Co Voc-Tech

Voc

$13,748

$15,397

108

4%

10.4

16%

Essex

Essex Fells Boro

K-6

$11,267

$11,027

347

92%

10.2

12%

Essex

Fairfield Twp

K-6

$11,177

$10,389

360

88%

11.3

10%

Essex

Glen Ridge Boro

K-12

$11,438

$10,434

317

93%

11.7

9%

Essex

Gray Charter

Charter

$9,203

$9,454

588

17%

16.0

0%

Essex

Greater Newark Academy Charter

Charter

$8,897

$8,925

608

17%

13.5

0%

Essex

Irvington Township

K-12

$12,446

$13,949

199

11%

10.6

8%

Essex

Lady Liberty Academy Charter

Charter

$9,759

$9,938

544

16%

10.6

0%

Essex

Livingston Twp

K-12

$12,772

$12,518

173

90%

11.1

14%

Essex

Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter

Charter

$10,621

$10,204

444

57%

12.4

0%

Essex

Marion P. Thomas Charter

Charter

$9,280

$10,188

584

17%

17.1

0%

Essex

Millburn Twp

K-12

$12,937

$12,403

158

91%

10.5

12%

Essex

Montclair Town

K-12

$12,962

$12,269

157

86%

10.2

15%

Essex

New Horizons Comm. Charter

Charter

$9,519

$9,913

563

15%

13.5

0%

Essex

Newark City

K-12

$17,974

$17,502

25

9%

9.9

14%

Essex

North Caldwell Boro

K-6

$11,060

$10,891

376

92%

10.0

13%

Essex

North Star Acad. Charter Of Newark

Charter

$10,582

$10,176

447

14%

10.7

0%

Essex

Nutley Town

K-12

$10,164

$9,869

502

83%

12.2

13%

Essex

Robert Treat Academy Charter

Charter

$10,225

$10,057

493

15%

14.8

0%

Essex

Roseland Boro

K-6

$9,924

$10,646

530

86%

12.3

9%

Essex

South Orange-Maplewood

K-12

$12,347

$11,366

214

90%

11.1

11%

Essex

Team Academy Charter School

Charter

$8,569

$9,984

621

27%

15.3

0%

Essex

University Heights Charter

Charter

$10,166

501

15%

0.0

0%

Essex

Verona Boro

K-12

$10,931

$10,337

398

88%

11.5

15%

Essex

West Essex Regional

Middle

$14,157

$13,852

87

91%

10.7

15%

Essex

West Orange Town

K-12

$13,138

$13,411

146

89%

9.0

15%

Gloucester

Clayton Boro

K-12

$8,890

$8,662

609

42%

11.8

12%

Gloucester

Clearview Regional

Middle

$9,328

$9,046

579

53%

12.9

13%

Gloucester

Delsea Regional H.S Dist.

Middle

$11,270

$10,485

346

40%

11.4

13%

Gloucester

Deptford Twp

K-12

$9,461

$9,377

567

59%

11.9

12%

Gloucester

East Greenwich Twp

K-6

$10,224

$9,097

494

69%

11.4

10%

Gloucester

Elk Twp

K-6

$10,274

$10,010

487

40%

9.9

11%

Gloucester

Franklin Twp

K-6

$8,775

$8,181

618

48%

13.5

11%

Gloucester

Gateway Regional

Middle

$12,459

$11,762

197

51%

9.7

18%

Gloucester

Glassboro

K-12

$9,939

$10,565

527

47%

11.1

15%

Gloucester

Gloucester Co Spec Serv

Sp Serv

$32,130

$27,988

9

2%

3.0

95%

Gloucester

Gloucester Co Vocational

Voc

$13,797

$10,525

104

46%

12.7

17%

Gloucester

Greenwich Twp

K-8

$15,645

$14,111

48

78%

10.1

13%

Gloucester

Harrison Twp

K-6

$8,286

$8,014

626

61%

12.8

6%

Gloucester

Kingsway Regional

Middle

$10,646

$9,124

438

52%

12.3

12%

Gloucester

Logan Twp

K-8

$11,428

$10,447

319

61%

10.4

8%

Gloucester

Mantua Twp

K-6

$9,138

$8,696

594

61%

12.4

13%

Gloucester

Monroe Twp

K-12

$8,835

$8,550

615

54%

13.3

16%

Gloucester

National Park Boro

K-6

$10,317

$9,481

482

39%

12.3

15%

Gloucester

Paulsboro Boro

K-12

$11,637

$9,817

288

24%

11.3

18%

Gloucester

Pitman Boro

K-12

$11,918

$11,284

260

49%

10.6

14%

Gloucester

South Harrison Twp

K-6

$9,309

$8,303

582

52%

12.1

7%

Gloucester

Swedesboro-Woolwich

K-6

$8,265

$8,069

627

55%

12.0

14%

Gloucester

Washington Twp

K-12

$11,487

$10,563

310

50%

10.7

14%

Gloucester

Wenonah Boro

K-6

$10,060

$8,770

512

79%

10.4

7%

Gloucester

West Deptford Twp

K-12

$10,044

$9,048

513

65%

13.5

15%

Gloucester

Westville Boro

K-6

$10,738

$9,682

429

40%

10.7

19%

Gloucester

Woodbury City

K-12

$12,476

$10,814

196

50%

10.4

16%

Gloucester

Woodbury Heights Boro

K-6

$10,893

$10,229

401

52%

9.5

13%

Hudson

Bayonne City

K-12

$10,089

$10,775

508

50%

12.4

17%

Hudson

C.R.E.A.T.E. Charter

Charter

$9,893

$13,031

533

23%

10.7

0%

Hudson

East Newark Boro

K-8

$9,527

$7,970

561

23%

13.8

5%

Hudson

Elysian Charter Of Hoboken

Charter

$13,896

$13,094

100

37%

11.0

0%

Hudson

Guttenberg Town

K-8

$7,426

$7,030

633

68%

13.9

8%

Hudson

Harrison Town

K-12

$14,806

$14,388

69

24%

11.1

10%

Hudson

Hoboken City

K-12

$19,363

$16,793

13

65%

9.3

16%

Hudson

Hoboken Charter

Charter

$15,375

$13,956

54

32%

8.1

0%

Hudson

Hudson County Vocational

Voc

$15,901

$25,197

42

57%

14.8

8%

Hudson

Jersey City

K-12

$14,744

$16,100

71

13%

10.1

14%

Hudson

Jersey City Comm. Charter

Charter

$9,053

$8,361

601

17%

18.3

0%

Hudson

Jersey City Golden Door

Charter

$9,948

$9,442

523

20%

14.5

0%

Hudson

Kearny Town

K-12

$11,028

$10,463

381

60%

11.7

11%

Hudson

Learning Community Charter

Charter

$9,862

$9,454

535

25%

10.8

0%

Hudson

Liberty Academy Charter

Charter

$9,673

$9,598

554

16%

12.1

0%

Hudson

North Bergen Twp

K-12

$10,527

$10,024

457

41%

13.1

13%

Hudson

Schomburg Charter

Charter

$8,232

$6,829

628

18%

11.4

0%

Hudson

Secaucus Town

K-12

$12,868

$12,569

163

91%

12.4

11%

Hudson

Soaring Heights Charter

Charter

$9,059

$7,642

600

19%

12.7

0%

Hudson

Union City

K-12

$15,497

$12,431

51

8%

11.7

11%

Hudson

University Academy Charter

Charter

$10,354

$8,568

478

23%

10.5

0%

Hudson

Weehawken Twp

K-12

$12,235

$12,331

231

73%

10.2

11%

Hudson

West New York Town

K-12

$14,246

$12,028

84

11%

10.5

11%

Hunterdon

Alexandria Twp

K-8

$11,318

$10,944

337

76%

9.7

15%

Hunterdon

Bethlehem Twp

K-8

$11,533

$11,409

304

78%

9.3

13%

Hunterdon

Bloomsbury Boro

K-8

$10,704

$10,539

436

63%

7.8

10%

Hunterdon

Califon Boro

K-8

$13,164

$13,121

143

83%

7.8

9%

Hunterdon

Clinton Town

K-8

$10,857

$10,397

413

61%

10.4

15%

Hunterdon

Clinton Twp

K-8

$9,908

$9,888

532

87%

11.0

10%

Hunterdon

Delaware Twp

K-8

$12,826

$11,327

168

76%

9.3

13%

Hunterdon

Delaware Valley Regional

Middle

$12,699

$13,247

183

74%

10.9

12%

Hunterdon

East Amwell Twp

K-8

$11,960

$11,324

252

84%

10.4

12%

Hunterdon

Flemington-Raritan Reg

K-8

$11,265

$10,800

348

82%

10.5

11%

Hunterdon

Franklin Twp

K-8

$11,583

$10,997

297

90%

9.9

9%

Hunterdon

Frenchtown Boro

K-8

$14,428

$16,174

76

63%

7.3

14%

Hunterdon

Hampton Boro

K-8

$13,397

$13,928

130

66%

8.2

19%

Hunterdon

High Bridge Boro

K-8

$12,764

$12,761

175

73%

8.8

19%

Hunterdon

Holland Twp

K-8

$11,414

$10,645

320

79%

10.3

12%

Hunterdon

Hunterdon Central Reg

Middle

$14,834

$14,309

68

87%

10.5

13%

Hunterdon

Hunterdon Co Vocational

Voc

$13,550

$7,372

125

30%

21.6

21%

Hunterdon

Kingwood Twp

K-8

$11,199

$10,986

358

75%

9.4

9%

Hunterdon

Lambertville City

K-6

$13,840

$14,254

103

88%

8.7

19%

Hunterdon

Lebanon Boro

K-6

$18,794

$16,152

20

92%

6.3

10%

Hunterdon

Lebanon Twp

K-8

$12,711

$12,530

180

77%

9.3

13%

Hunterdon

Milford Boro

K-8

$14,411

$13,752

77

78%

7.7

18%

Hunterdon

N Hunt/Voorhees Regional

Middle

$14,256

$13,271

83

84%

10.4

14%

Hunterdon

Readington Twp

K-8

$11,476

$11,450

312

92%

10.2

13%

Hunterdon

South Hunterdon Regional

Middle

$19,816

$19,913

12

87%

6.5

20%

Hunterdon

Stockton Boro

K-6

$10,971

$11,435

391

94%

9.1

6%

Hunterdon

Tewksbury Twp

K-8

$12,632

$11,653

187

91%

10.3

9%

Hunterdon

Union Twp

K-8

$11,971

$10,964

250

89%

11.4

10%

Hunterdon

West Amwell Twp

K-6

$11,509

$11,387

306

88%

9.9

13%

Mercer

East Windsor Regional

K-12

$12,025

$11,314

243

71%

11.7

12%

Mercer

Emily Fisher Charter Of Adv. Studies

Charter

$14,139

$15,388

88

11%

12.9

0%

Mercer

Ewing Twp

K-12

$11,106

$10,461

367

79%

11.4

13%

Mercer

Hamilton Twp

K-12

$9,443

$9,083

569

58%

12.0

15%

Mercer

Hopewell Valley Regional

K-12

$12,992

$12,055

155

88%

10.6

10%

Mercer

International Charter Of Trenton

Charter

$10,615

$9,958

445

12%

9.6

0%

Mercer

Lawrence Twp

K-12

$13,252

$11,516

137

85%

10.3

14%

Mercer

Mercer Co Special Service

Sp Serv

$41,815

$43,060

4

11%

3.3

100%

Mercer

Mercer County Vocational

Voc

$19,230

$18,101

14

51%

19.4

34%

Mercer

Pace Charter Of Hamilton

Charter

$8,755

$8,720

619

28%

12.9

0%

Mercer

Princeton Charter

Charter

$10,725

$10,790

433

56%

10.5

0%

Mercer

Princeton Regional

K-12

$15,112

$14,098

60

83%

10.2

11%

Mercer

Trenton City

K-12

$14,032

$15,775

92

8%

12.0

13%

Mercer

Trenton Community Charter

Charter

$10,264

$9,313

488

13%

11.5

0%

Mercer

Village Charter

Charter

$10,628

$10,346

440

15%

13.8

0%

Mercer

W Windsor-Plainsboro Reg

K-12

$12,153

$11,302

237

89%

11.9

10%

Mercer

Washington Twp

K-12

$10,581

$10,436

448

89%

12.7

13%

Middlesex

Carteret Boro

K-12

$9,134

$9,610

595

51%

12.4

10%

Middlesex

Central Jersey College Prep Charter

Charter

$9,384

575

54%

10.4

0%

Middlesex

Cranbury Twp

K-8

$13,604

$12,820

117

93%

10.1

11%

Middlesex

Dunellen Boro

K-12

$9,398

$9,177

573

65%

10.8

9%

Middlesex

East Brunswick Twp

K-12

$11,640

$10,780

286

78%

12.5

11%

Middlesex

Edison Twp

K-12

$10,627

$10,394

441

89%

10.8

10%

Middlesex

Greater Brunswick Charter

Charter

$9,259

$9,150

585

32%

11.3

0%

Middlesex

Highland Park Boro

K-12

$13,081

$12,010

149

78%

10.1

13%

Middlesex

Jamesburg Boro

K-8

$8,302

$7,851

625

60%

10.9

12%

Middlesex

Metuchen Boro

K-12

$12,284

$11,585

225

89%

11.0

12%

Middlesex

Middlesex Boro

K-12

$11,241

$10,748

351

67%

10.4

11%

Middlesex

Middlesex Co Vocational

Voc

$16,268

$16,396

38

57%

9.5

28%

Middlesex

Milltown Boro

K-8

$10,291

$9,638

485

86%

10.3

8%

Middlesex

Monroe Twp

K-12

$12,186

$10,918

236

84%

10.4

13%

Middlesex

New Brunswick City

K-12

$13,126

$14,564

147

18%

9.3

15%

Middlesex

North Brunswick Twp

K-12

$10,884

$10,533

405

85%

11.6

13%

Middlesex

Old Bridge Twp

K-12

$9,970

$9,882

520

67%

12.7

10%

Middlesex

Perth Amboy City

K-12

$13,225

$12,695

138

11%

10.8

9%

Middlesex

Piscataway Twp

K-12

$11,434

$10,683

318

76%

11.8

12%

Middlesex

Sayreville Boro

K-12

$9,419

$8,881

570

69%

12.0

13%

Middlesex

South Amboy City

K-12

$10,395

$9,544

476

48%

10.3

17%

Middlesex

South Brunswick Twp

K-12

$11,093

$10,568

371

78%

11.2

11%

Middlesex

South Plainfield Boro

K-12

$11,274

$10,867

345

79%

11.0

12%

Middlesex

South River Boro

K-12

$8,543

$8,059

622

53%

12.0

11%

Middlesex

Spotswood Boro

K-12

$11,099

$10,344

370

46%

11.2

14%

Middlesex

Woodbridge Twp

K-12

$10,103

$9,894

506

84%

11.7

11%

Monmouth

Academy Charter High School

Charter

$12,266

$11,421

228

22%

10.0

0%

Monmouth

Asbury Park City

K-12

$19,102

$21,909

16

7%

7.3

16%

Monmouth

Atlantic Highlands Boro

K-6

$11,973

$11,713

248

83%

8.9

15%

Monmouth

Avon Boro

K-8

$12,403

$12,665

207

82%

9.2

6%

Monmouth

Belmar Boro

K-8

$11,285

$10,876

343

64%

9.8

13%

Monmouth

Bradley Beach Boro

K-8

$14,856

$13,743

67

68%

7.9

13%

Monmouth

Brielle Boro

K-8

$8,903

$8,988

606

93%

11.7

8%

Monmouth

Colts Neck Twp

K-8

$11,351

$11,010

332

88%

9.3

11%

Monmouth

Deal Boro

K-8

$12,710

$14,876

181

69%

8.5

9%

Monmouth

Eatontown Boro

K-8

$13,054

$12,775

151

70%

9.5

16%

Monmouth

Fair Haven Boro

K-8

$9,472

$9,607

566

90%

12.0

10%

Monmouth

Farmingdale Boro

K-8

$13,988

$13,960

95

59%

8.6

16%

Monmouth

Freehold Boro

K-8

$8,886

$8,757

610

49%

12.6

15%

Monmouth

Freehold Regional

Middle

$10,300

$9,636

484

67%

13.1

12%

Monmouth

Freehold Twp

K-8

$10,800

$9,640

421

88%

12.0

11%

Monmouth

Hazlet Twp

K-12

$10,865

$10,408

410

68%

11.3

14%

Monmouth

Henry Hudson Regional

Middle

$13,560

$12,535

124

79%

10.0

21%

Monmouth

Highlands Boro

K-6

$13,176

$13,963

141

75%

7.0

22%

Monmouth

Holmdel Twp

K-12

$11,484

$11,110

311

91%

12.0

10%

Monmouth

Hope Academy Charter

Charter

$12,543

$11,238

193

19%

8.6

0%

Monmouth

Howell Twp

K-8

$10,873

$10,124

408

64%

11.3

15%

Monmouth

Keansburg Boro

K-12

$16,514

$15,353

37

10%

6.7

16%

Monmouth

Keyport Boro

K-12

$11,557

$11,194

299

51%

10.4

16%

Monmouth

Little Silver Boro

K-8

$11,275

$11,093

344

91%

9.7

11%

Monmouth

Long Branch City

K-12

$14,379

$13,307

79

34%

8.4

11%

Monmouth

Manalapan-Englishtown Reg

K-8

$9,821

$9,222

536

66%

12.2

11%

Monmouth

Manasquan Boro

K-12

$10,804

$10,324

420

54%

12.0

12%

Monmouth

Marlboro Twp

K-8

$9,930

$9,189

529

82%

12.5

10%

Monmouth

Matawan-Aberdeen Regional

K-12

$11,924

$11,789

258

77%

10.4

7%

Monmouth

Middletown Twp

K-12

$10,890

$10,362

402

79%

11.5

15%

Monmouth

Millstone Twp

K-8

$8,842

$8,961

614

76%

11.7

14%

Monmouth

Monmouth Beach Boro

K-8

$10,622

$9,947

443

87%

11.4

4%

Monmouth

Monmouth Co Vocational

Voc

$15,033

$15,990

62

36%

9.4

19%

Monmouth

Monmouth Regional

Middle

$16,054

$15,247

40

70%

9.2

16%

Monmouth

Neptune City

K-8

$10,522

$8,580

458

63%

10.3

12%

Monmouth

Neptune Twp

K-12

$12,937

$10,741

159

38%

11.0

17%

Monmouth

Ocean Twp

K-12

$11,544

$11,199

300

80%

11.3

11%

Monmouth

Oceanport Boro

K-8

$9,145

$9,376

592

83%

11.2

12%

Monmouth

Red Bank Boro

K-8

$13,163

$12,738

144

76%

11.2

12%

Monmouth

Red Bank Regional

Middle

$15,250

$13,554

56

75%

9.2

14%

Monmouth

Roosevelt Boro

K-6

$13,785

$13,851

105

50%

9.3

5%

Monmouth

Rumson Boro

K-8

$10,986

$10,989

389

90%

10.9

15%

Monmouth

Rumson-Fair Haven Reg

Middle

$13,586

$11,997

120

84%

11.9

14%

Monmouth

Sea Girt Boro

K-8

$15,685

$14,469

46

93%

9.0

6%

Monmouth

Shore Regional

Middle

$13,762

$13,425

107

92%

11.3

13%

Monmouth

Shrewsbury Boro

K-8

$11,342

$10,807

334

92%

10.4

13%

Monmouth

Spring Lake Boro

K-8

$15,166

$12,005

58

88%

9.1

10%

Monmouth

Spring Lake Heights Boro

K-8

$10,257

$10,500

489

91%

9.6

9%

Monmouth

The Red Bank Charter

Charter

$13,344

$12,740

133

49%

8.8

0%

Monmouth

Tinton Falls

K-8

$12,594

$10,500

190

70%

10.6

12%

Monmouth

Union Beach

K-8

$9,709

$9,708

548

40%

11.6

15%

Monmouth

Upper Freehold Regional

K-12

$10,512

$10,363

460

58%

11.8

11%

Monmouth

Wall Twp

K-12

$11,012

$10,523

384

85%

10.9

14%

Monmouth

West Long Branch Boro

K-8

$9,946

$10,030

524

88%

10.8

10%

Morris

Boonton Town

K-12

$12,816

$11,414

169

70%

9.2

16%

Morris

Boonton Twp

K-8

$11,684

$11,306

282

89%

11.2

12%

Morris

Butler Boro

K-12

$13,269

$13,005

136

60%

9.9

18%

Morris

Chester Twp

K-8

$11,921

$11,244

259

88%

10.8

10%

Morris

Denville Twp

K-8

$9,537

$9,359

560

89%

11.8

11%

Morris

Dover Town

K-12

$9,985

$9,775

517

35%

12.3

9%

Morris

East Hanover Twp

K-8

$11,868

$11,925

266

88%

10.6

13%

Morris

Florham Park Boro

K-8

$12,389

$11,866

208

90%

9.4

10%

Morris

Hanover Park Regional

Middle

$14,903

$13,670

65

86%

10.3

13%

Morris

Hanover Twp

K-8

$12,310

$11,231

220

84%

10.4

9%

Morris

Harding Township

K-8

$16,753

$15,248

33

90%

7.9

8%

Morris

Jefferson Twp

K-12

$11,085

$10,533

373

69%

11.8

12%

Morris

Kinnelon Boro

K-12

$11,316

$11,074

339

91%

12.2

10%

Morris

Lincoln Park Boro

K-8

$11,745

$11,106

277

81%

10.3

13%

Morris

Long Hill Twp

K-8

$10,549

$10,628

453

89%

11.0

11%

Morris

Madison Boro

K-12

$12,636

$12,526

186

84%

10.4

14%

Morris

Mendham Boro

K-8

$11,589

$10,716

294

92%

10.5

9%

Morris

Mendham Twp

K-8

$12,975

$12,358

156

87%

9.9

11%

Morris

Mine Hill Twp

K-6

$9,704

$9,797

549

77%

10.8

7%

Morris

Montville Twp

K-12

$11,972

$11,314

249

90%

11.9

12%

Morris

Morris County Vocational

Voc

$18,705

$20,688

22

40%

9.4

19%

Morris

Morris Hills Regional

Middle

$14,294

$13,938

82

82%

10.1

14%

Morris

Morris Plains Boro

K-8

$13,427

$13,634

129

87%

10.6

10%

Morris

Morris School District

K-12

$15,927

$14,689

41

80%

9.9

16%

Morris

Mount Arlington Boro

K-8

$12,429

$12,231

202

89%

9.8

16%

Morris

Mount Olive Twp

K-12

$11,862

$11,323

269

73%

12.0

14%

Morris

Mountain Lakes Boro

K-12

$17,654

$16,672

26

53%

7.5

24%

Morris

Netcong Boro

K-8

$12,781

$12,101

171

68%

9.4

15%

Morris

Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp

K-12

$12,789

$12,421

170

90%

10.3

14%

Morris

Pequannock Twp

K-12

$11,411

$10,725

322

86%

11.4

12%

Morris

Randolph Twp

K-12

$10,424

$10,646

474

81%

11.5

12%

Morris

Riverdale Boro

K-8

$13,312

$12,577

134

85%

8.4

18%

Morris

Rockaway Boro

K-8

$9,525

$9,624

562

87%

12.4

11%

Morris

Rockaway Twp

K-8

$13,184

$12,292

139

86%

9.2

15%

Morris

Roxbury Twp

K-12

$11,639

$10,705

287

69%

11.6

11%

Morris

Sch Dist Of The Chathams

K-12

$11,585

$11,201

296

91%

11.6

13%

Morris

Unity Charter

Charter

$12,366

$12,215

212

57%

10.2

0%

Morris

Washington Twp

K-8

$10,937

$10,281

396

73%

12.0

14%

Morris

West Morris Regional

Middle

$13,912

$12,911

99

79%

10.6

14%

Morris

Wharton Boro

K-8

$12,432

$10,666

201

66%

9.0

17%

Ocean

Barnegat Twp

K-12

$10,426

$10,401

472

46%

11.1

14%

Ocean

Bay Head Boro

K-8

$17,231

$17,720

28

91%

7.9

7%

Ocean

Beach Haven Boro

K-6

$18,753

$16,289

21

84%

6.1

6%

Ocean

Berkeley Twp

K-6

$11,868

$10,356

267

85%

10.0

14%

Ocean

Brick Twp

K-12

$9,191

$8,883

590

65%

11.8

18%

Ocean

Central Regional

Middle

$11,544

$10,634

301

76%

11.8

17%

Ocean

Eagleswood Twp

K-6

$10,151

$11,092

503

65%

7.7

16%

Ocean

Island Heights Boro

K-6

$15,016

$14,838

63

83%

8.8

8%

Ocean

Jackson Twp

K-12

$9,668

$8,931

555

52%

12.3

15%

Ocean

Lacey Twp

K-12

$9,924

$9,868

531

62%

12.6

15%

Ocean

Lakehurst Boro

K-8

$10,853

$10,516

415

13%

10.9

19%

Ocean

Lakewood Twp

K-12

$11,532

$11,209

305

59%

9.8

15%

Ocean

Lavallette Boro

K-8

$14,870

$14,246

66

86%

7.4

11%

Ocean

Little Egg Harbor Twp

K-6

$10,350

$10,325

479

44%

11.2

13%

Ocean

Long Beach Island

K-6

$18,879

$19,208

18

79%

6.9

14%

Ocean

Manchester Twp

K-12

$10,623

$10,633

442

77%

10.1

15%

Ocean

Ocean County Vocational

Voc

$9,942

$11,354

526

63%

12.6

24%

Ocean

Ocean Gate Boro

K-6

$11,090

$11,979

372

56%

10.4

14%

Ocean

Ocean Twp

K-6

$13,870

$14,373

102

50%

9.1

13%

Ocean

Pinelands Regional

Middle

$11,902

$11,654

264

52%

9.2

21%

Ocean

Plumsted Twp

K-12

$9,210

$8,971

587

26%

10.7

14%

Ocean

Point Pleasant Beach Boro

K-12

$12,277

$11,666

227

77%

10.0

13%

Ocean

Point Pleasant Boro

K-12

$9,308

$8,774

583

73%

12.6

11%

Ocean

Seaside Heights Boro

K-6

$11,240

$11,298

352

59%

8.9

17%

Ocean

Seaside Park Boro

K-6

$15,123

$13,880

59

77%

6.9

13%

Ocean

Southern Regional

Middle

$12,934

$11,994

160

70%

11.4

17%

Ocean

Stafford Twp

K-6

$10,734

$9,967

431

68%

11.4

13%

Ocean

Toms River Regional

K-12

$8,878

$8,976

611

57%

13.2

12%

Ocean

Tuckerton Boro

K-6

$10,876

$10,067

406

56%

7.9

11%

Passaic

Bloomingdale Boro

K-8

$12,727

$11,358

178

79%

9.8

14%

Passaic

Classical Academy Charter Of Clifton

Charter

$8,114

$7,217

629

74%

12.4

0%

Passaic

Clifton City

K-12

$10,215

$9,946

495

77%

11.5

12%

Passaic

Haledon Boro

K-8

$9,789

$8,694

539

44%

11.9

13%

Passaic

Hawthorne Boro

K-12

$11,240

$10,715

353

86%

10.6

16%

Passaic

Lakeland Regional

Middle

$14,193

$12,332

86

74%

10.6

14%

Passaic

Little Falls Twp

K-8

$11,391

$10,995

326

88%

11.2

14%

Passaic

North Haledon Boro

K-8

$8,898

$8,890

607

84%

12.1

11%

Passaic

Passaic City

K-12

$13,873

$13,898

101

6%

11.0

13%

Passaic

Passaic Co Manchester Reg

Middle

$12,319

$12,278

217

61%

11.2

15%

Passaic

Passaic County Vocational

Voc

$19,111

$19,327

15

13%

9.7

18%

Passaic

Passaic Valley Regional

Middle

$11,229

$11,867

354

90%

11.9

11%

Passaic

Paterson City

K-12

$14,995

$14,107

64

7%

8.6

15%

Passaic

Paterson Charter For Sci/Tech

Charter

$9,966

$9,039

521

18%

16.8

0%

Passaic

Pompton Lakes Boro

K-12

$12,527

$11,787

194

74%

11.2

15%

Passaic

Prospect Park Boro

K-8

$8,850

$7,738

613

27%

12.5

12%

Passaic

Ringwood Boro

K-8

$11,335

$10,704

335

70%

11.7

11%

Passaic

Totowa Boro

K-8

$11,196

$9,842

359

81%

11.5

10%

Passaic

Wanaque Boro

K-8

$11,414

$10,729

321

77%

10.9

12%

Passaic

Wayne Twp

K-12

$11,905

$11,456

263

90%

11.4

11%

Passaic

West Milford Twp

K-12

$11,395

$10,911

325

71%

11.8

16%

Passaic

West Paterson Boro

K-8

$11,073

$10,263

374

87%

11.5

10%

Salem

Alloway Twp

K-8

$9,108

$7,760

597

47%

12.4

8%

Salem

Elmer Boro

K-6

$13,781

$11,945

106

37%

11.6

4%

Salem

Elsinboro Twp

K-8

$10,425

$8,886

473

61%

9.9

2%

Salem

Lower Alloways Creek

K-8

$14,599

$12,289

72

70%

8.9

11%

Salem

Mannington Twp

K-8

$13,084

$12,554

148

67%

9.5

7%

Salem

Oldmans Twp

K-8

$11,909

$11,448

262

59%

8.9

13%

Salem

Penns Grv-Carney'S Pt Reg

K-12

$10,605

$10,145

446

31%

11.3

16%

Salem

Pennsville

K-12

$11,006

$10,007

385

64%

10.9

15%

Salem

Pittsgrove Twp

K-12

$9,612

$9,465

559

38%

12.9

12%

Salem

Quinton Twp

K-8

$10,922

$9,846

400

41%

10.7

9%

Salem

Salem City

K-12

$13,982

$13,461

96

9%

8.3

20%

Salem

Salem Co Special Service

Sp Serv

$36,267

$26,826

6

10%

1.8

87%

Salem

Salem County Vocational

Voc

$12,308

$9,508

221

18%

11.4

18%

Salem

Upper Pittsgrove Twp

K-8

$9,698

$8,880

551

45%

11.5

14%

Salem

Woodstown-Pilesgrove Reg

K-12

$10,483

$9,772

465

44%

11.2

13%

Somerset

Bedminster Twp

K-8

$13,387

$13,206

131

90%

8.8

11%

Somerset

Bernards Twp

K-12

$10,992

$10,676

387

91%

12.2

11%

Somerset

Bound Brook Boro

K-12

$11,115

$10,282

366

59%

11.3

12%

Somerset

Branchburg Twp

K-8

$12,766

$12,174

174

90%

9.5

14%

Somerset

Bridgewater-Raritan Reg

K-12

$11,626

$10,566

290

87%

10.3

12%

Somerset

Franklin Twp

K-12

$12,102

$11,331

242

82%

11.2

11%

Somerset

Green Brook Twp

K-8

$11,103

$10,589

368

93%

10.6

10%

Somerset

Hillsborough Twp

K-12

$10,463

$9,684

469

73%

10.2

14%

Somerset

Manville Boro

K-12

$10,772

$10,325

424

71%

10.8

17%

Somerset

Montgomery Twp

K-12

$10,071

$9,596

510

88%

11.5

9%

Somerset

North Plainfield Boro

K-12

$11,941

$11,260

256

57%

9.7

12%

Somerset

Somerset Co Vocational

Voc

$5,329

$12,691

634

72%

12.7

21%

Somerset

Somerset Hills Regional

K-12

$13,632

$12,045

115

78%

10.9

11%

Somerset

Somerville Boro

K-12

$13,039

$12,244

152

50%

10.9

10%

Somerset

South Bound Brook

K-8

$10,823

$11,055

419

60%

9.8

13%

Somerset

Warren Twp

K-8

$12,602

$12,032

189

91%

8.8

14%

Somerset

Watchung Boro

K-8

$11,936

$10,778

257

90%

10.4

10%

Somerset

Watchung Hills Regional

Middle

$12,671

$12,243

184

78%

11.0

14%

Sussex

Andover Reg

K-8

$11,476

$10,901

313

76%

10.2

15%

Sussex

Byram Twp

K-8

$9,030

$8,984

602

70%

12.4

14%

Sussex

Frankford Twp

K-8

$11,625

$11,608

291

63%

10.3

12%

Sussex

Franklin Boro

K-8

$13,458

$12,384

128

50%

8.0

20%

Sussex

Fredon Twp

K-6

$9,450

$9,020

568

83%

11.4

8%

Sussex

Green Twp

K-8

$11,327

$9,593

336

71%

10.9

10%

Sussex

Hamburg Boro

K-8

$12,630

$12,889

188

62%

9.3

13%

Sussex

Hampton Twp

K-6

$12,292

$11,473

222

72%

10.0

15%

Sussex

Hardyston Twp

K-8

$9,748

$10,110

546

76%

11.4

16%

Sussex

High Point Regional

Middle

$12,866

$12,467

164

65%

10.6

14%

Sussex

Hopatcong

K-12

$10,745

$10,795

427

59%

11.2

19%

Sussex

Kittatinny Regional

Middle

$12,409

$12,084

206

59%

10.5

10%

Sussex

Lafayette Twp

K-8

$10,885

$10,402

404

78%

9.5

12%

Sussex

Lenape Valley Regional

Middle

$12,367

$12,044

211

67%

11.1

14%

Sussex

Montague Twp

K-8

$13,577

$13,712

122

62%

9.8

15%

Sussex

Newton Town

K-12

$11,536

$11,328

302

46%

10.4

11%

Sussex

Ogdensburg Boro

K-8

$11,136

$11,311

363

46%

9.6

14%

Sussex

Sandyston-Walpack Twp

K-6

$12,235

$12,050

232

59%

9.4

12%

Sussex

Sparta Twp

K-12

$10,494

$9,893

463

81%

12.5

10%

Sussex

Stanhope Boro

K-8

$10,855

$9,868

414

65%

10.9

17%

Sussex

Stillwater Twp

K-6

$12,262

$11,268

229

59%

9.4

12%

Sussex

Sussex County Charter For Technology

Charter

$10,191

$9,116

499

75%

10.0

0%

Sussex

Sussex County Vocational

Voc

$18,370

$17,490

23

53%

8.4

29%

Sussex

Sussex-Wantage Regional

K-8

$11,202

$10,744

357

59%

10.7

17%

Sussex

Vernon Twp

K-12

$10,944

$10,045

395

56%

11.7

13%

Sussex

Wallkill Valley Regional

Middle

$12,413

$11,592

205

56%

12.3

16%

Union

Berkeley Heights Twp

K-12

$11,612

$11,308

292

81%

10.8

8%

Union

Central Jersey Arts Charter

Charter

$9,312

581

56%

9.1

0%

Union

Clark Twp

K-12

$11,034

$9,876

379

85%

11.5

9%

Union

Cranford Twp

K-12

$11,867

$11,275

268

84%

10.6

14%

Union

Elizabeth City

K-12

$13,589

$13,543

118

10%

9.0

9%

Union

Garwood Boro

K-8

$10,722

$10,053

434

78%

12.3

11%

Union

Hillside Twp

K-12

$10,565

$10,276

451

52%

12.3

12%

Union

Kenilworth Boro

K-12

$10,192

$11,172

498

80%

11.7

13%

Union

Linden City

K-12

$11,302

$10,450

340

72%

10.7

15%

Union

Mountainside Boro

K-8

$12,736

$11,548

177

81%

9.1

8%

Union

New Providence Boro

K-12

$11,759

$10,980

274

91%

11.1

11%

Union

Plainfield City

K-12

$13,961

$15,950

97

13%

10.4

11%

Union

Queen City Academy Charter

Charter

$11,450

$10,319

315

62%

9.2

0%

Union

Rahway City

K-12

$9,815

$9,974

537

63%

11.7

15%

Union

Roselle Boro

K-12

$11,913

$11,130

261

47%

10.6

14%

Union

Roselle Park Boro

K-12

$10,755

$10,391

426

65%

10.4

15%

Union

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Reg

K-12

$11,060

$10,350

377

91%

12.0

13%

Union

Springfield Twp

K-12

$12,574

$12,400

191

90%

10.5

13%

Union

Summit City

K-12

$12,851

$12,077

166

93%

10.6

11%

Union

Union County Teams Charter

Charter

$9,413

$9,091

571

77%

10.5

0%

Union

Union County Vocational

Voc

$11,399

$12,446

324

24%

12.2

14%

Union

Union Twp

K-12

$10,438

$9,462

471

68%

12.6

12%

Union

Westfield Town

K-12

$11,030

$10,434

380

88%

11.6

13%

Union

Winfield Twp

K-8

$15,299

$15,700

55

48%

7.5

12%

Warren

Allamuchy Twp

K-8

$11,158

$11,127

361

84%

9.8

10%

Warren

Alpha Boro

K-8

$12,370

$11,418

210

59%

8.5

16%

Warren

Belvidere Town

K-12

$9,934

$9,931

528

33%

10.6

15%

Warren

Blairstown Twp

K-6

$9,668

$8,877

556

55%

12.5

18%

Warren

Franklin Twp

K-6

$9,675

$9,149

553

77%

11.8

9%

Warren

Frelinghuysen Twp

K-6

$10,933

$10,170

397

69%

10.3

13%

Warren

Great Meadows Regional

K-8

$10,474

$9,695

466

62%

11.0

10%

Warren

Greenwich Twp

K-8

$8,821

$7,528

616

52%

11.1

11%

Warren

Hackettstown

K-12

$11,710

$11,120

280

52%

10.6

14%

Warren

Harmony Twp

K-8

$12,761

$11,952

176

82%

9.1

11%

Warren

Hope Twp

K-8

$10,954

$11,199

392

67%

11.7

14%

Warren

Knowlton Twp

K-6

$10,199

$9,951

497

60%

9.8

12%

Warren

Lopatcong Twp

K-8

$9,944

$9,046

525

76%

11.1

7%

Warren

Mansfield Twp

K-6

$9,193

$9,351

589

58%

10.6

14%

Warren

North Warren Regional

Middle

$11,135

$10,655

364

64%

11.5

15%

Warren

Oxford Twp

K-8

$10,069

$9,614

511

53%

10.7

15%

Warren

Phillipsburg Town

K-12

$13,675

$13,856

113

10%

9.1

18%

Warren

Pohatcong Twp

K-8

$11,148

$10,489

362

70%

11.8

9%

Warren

Ridge And Valley Charter

Charter

$9,404

$8,005

572

61%

15.0

0%

Warren

Warren Co Special Service

Sp Serv

$51,284

$38,533

2

6%

2.3

100%

Warren

Warren County Vocational

Voc

$14,759

$24,708

70

50%

10.1

20%

Warren

Warren Hills Regional

Middle

$11,950

$11,171

254

56%

12.1

16%

Warren

Washington Boro

K-6

$12,234

$11,313

233

48%

9.3

14%

Warren

Washington Twp

K-6

$10,202

$9,853

496

58%

12.0

11%

Warren

White Twp

K-8

$10,726

$10,070

432

73%

11.0

11%

 

 

State aid, taxes and education costs stressors that occur in New Jersey are reflected similarly in other states, here’s the New York State example:



May 6, 2007

School Financing

Increased State Aid or Not, Districts Seek Higher Taxes

By FORD FESSENDEN

IN spite of record increases in state aid for next school year, most districts in Westchester and other New York City suburbs have proposed property tax increases well above the rate of inflation. District officials say they are handcuffed by big annual increases in teachers’ salaries and the rising cost of pensions, health insurance and energy.

Westchester is to get $49 million more in state aid — an increase of 9.4 percent — in Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s 2007-8 budget, which was passed by the State Legislature on April 1. Nassau and Suffolk Counties will get $220 million more in state aid, an increase of 10.1 percent.

But the districts say that is nowhere near enough: In Westchester, officials have asked for $122 million more in property taxes to meet their costs, an increase of 5.6 percent. On Long Island, the districts have proposed another $300 million in property taxes, a 4.7 percent increase over 2006-7.

Residents will vote on the proposed budgets on May 15, and school officials expressed confidence that most would pass. Last year, when the average increase was higher, more than 80 percent in the region were approved.

The burden of additional taxes will fall much harder on some taxpayers than others: A few districts in the region that received especially large grants of state aid are proposing little or no increase in taxes. The Sachem Central School District on Long Island, which proposed an 18 percent increase two years ago, only to see its budget rejected twice, has proposed a budget that would result in a drop in taxes.

“Whatever monies we got from the state, we applied to tax relief,” said Bruce H. Singer, Sachem’s assistant superintendent for business.

In North Salem, the interim superintendent, Sidney A. Freund, applied a budget surplus from last year to bring the tax increase in the district to 1.3 percent, the lowest in Westchester. The district also used a small increase in state aid to reduce taxes.

“I didn’t go back to my board and say let’s spend it,” Dr. Freund said. “It’s being used to provide tax relief.”

In Mamaroneck, the school district received only a small increase in state money under the formula for next year. The board has proposed a 6.7 percent tax increase.

“A lot of the increase is in mandated costs, contractual salary increases, special education,” said Joan Rosen, the district’s public information director.

In all, 132 of the 156 districts in Westchester and on Long Island that have reported tax proposals to the state are asking for increases of more than 3 percent. Inflation over the last year has been about 3.25 percent, and the state budget projects inflation over the next year to be 2.2 percent.

In Eastchester, where state aid rose more than $500,000, the school board put the additional money into a rainy day fund instead of reducing the tax bill. The superintendent, Robert C. Siebert, has proposed raising taxes by $2.8 million.

“The board decided, on my recommendation, to reserve the additional money for next year to hold down next year’s tax levy,” he said.

But many districts said they had applied at least some of their state aid to tax reduction, although in Westchester, that did not make much of a dent in fast-rising costs.

Some superintendents said they see little or no possibility that tax increases will fall within the rate of inflation any time soon, even with increasing state aid.

“We can’t cut back on a lot of things unless people are prepared to accept a lower standard,” said Howard W. Smith, the superintendent of the Tarrytowns school district, where the budget calls for a 6.4 percent increase in the tax levy. “If you want teachers with talent and ambition and drive, you have to give them an opportunity to make more money every year.”