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New Jersey school systems.

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593school systems
2,393operating schools connected
1,323,927students in finance records
574complete 2019–2024 finance trends
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What changed from 2019 to 2024?

New Jersey school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 574 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$26,427Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+6.5%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+30.6%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-1.6%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems574 systems in every year
2019202020212022202320241,350,5531,307,453
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$28,441$26,192

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Pitman Boro School District

Pitman, NJ

Students
1,147
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$25,952

-1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.6% enrollment

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Upper Saddle River School District

Upper Saddle River, NJ

Students
1,099
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$29,763

+8.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.0% enrollment

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Emerson Public School District

Emerson, NJ

Students
1,088
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$26,491

+15.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.5% enrollment

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Palmyra Public School District

Palmyra, NJ

Students
1,083
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$24,284

+5.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +13.6% enrollment

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Sussex-Wantage Regional School District

Sussex, NJ

Students
1,080
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$29,081

-6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.5% enrollment

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Passaic Valley Regional High School District

LITTLE FALLS, NJ

Students
1,061
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$30,876

+11.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.1% enrollment

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Chester Township School District

Chester, NJ

Students
1,028
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$27,852

+4.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.7% enrollment

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Eatontown Public School District

Eatontown, NJ

Students
1,019
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$27,992

-1.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.9% enrollment

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Ringwood School District

Ringwood, NJ

Students
1,019
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$32,592

+16.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.5% enrollment

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Edgewater Park Township School District

Edgewater Park, NJ

Students
1,015
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,435

+2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.5% enrollment

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Haledon Public School District

Haledon, NJ

Students
1,012
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,552

+23.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.1% enrollment

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Maywood School District

Maywood, NJ

Students
1,010
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,512

+8.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.9% enrollment

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River Vale Public School District

River Vale, NJ

Students
1,006
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$29,546

+12.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.7% enrollment

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Keyport School District

Keyport, NJ

Students
1,004
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$26,144

+5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.5% enrollment

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East Hanover Township School District

East Hanover, NJ

Students
1,003
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$27,349

-9.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.5% enrollment

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Montvale Board of Education School District

Montvale, NJ

Students
988
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,216

+6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.8% enrollment

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Colts Neck Township School District

Colts Neck, NJ

Students
984
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$35,679

+4.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.5% enrollment

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Guttenberg School District

Guttenberg, NJ

Students
979
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,669

+38.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.2% enrollment

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Upper Deerfield Township School District

Seabrook, NJ

Students
979
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$23,350

-3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +13.2% enrollment

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Fair Haven School District

Fair Haven, NJ

Students
960
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,656

+9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.6% enrollment

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Monmouth Regional High School

Tinton Falls, NJ

Students
950
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$32,945

+5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.8% enrollment

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Florham Park School District

Florham Park, NJ

Students
948
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$27,801

+9.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.6% enrollment

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Northfield City School District

Northfield, NJ

Students
947
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$24,379

+7.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% enrollment

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Absecon Public Schools District

Absecon, NJ

Students
936
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$24,794

+22.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.7% enrollment

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Little Falls Township Public School District

Little Falls, NJ

Students
935
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$25,258

+2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.1% enrollment

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Waterford Township School District

Waterford, NJ

Students
934
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$28,163

-4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.0% enrollment

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Rumson Borough School District

Rumson, NJ

Students
925
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$29,587

+17.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment

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Totowa Public School District

Totowa, NJ

Students
920
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,420

+2.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.3% enrollment

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Westampton Township Public School District

Westampton, NJ

Students
915
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,336

+21.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.5% enrollment

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Allendale Public School District

Allendale, NJ

Students
905
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$24,516

+2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.5% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.