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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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Mountainside School District

Mountainside, NJ

Students
760
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,703

-61.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +194.6% enrollment

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Kittatinny Regional School District

Newton, NJ

Students
756
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$33,089

+1.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -19.9% enrollment

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Green Brook Township Public School District

Green Brook, NJ

Students
729
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$29,727

+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.5% enrollment

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Lopatcong Township School District

Phillipsburg, NJ

Students
722
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,234

+9.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.0% enrollment

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Little Silver Boro School District

LITTLE SILVER, NJ

Students
717
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,534

+19.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.3% enrollment

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Jamesburg Public School District

JAMESBURG, NJ

Students
707
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,430

+18.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.9% enrollment

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Fairfield Public School District

Fairfield, NJ

Students
705
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,790

-6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.4% enrollment

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Delaware Valley Regional High School District

FRENCHTOWN, NJ

Students
701
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$35,780

-4.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.7% enrollment

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Chesterfield Township School District

Chesterfield, NJ

Students
695
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$23,804

+26.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.9% enrollment

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Salem County Vocational Technical School District

Woodstown, NJ

Students
695
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$31,035

+16.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +15.4% enrollment

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North Caldwell School District

North Caldwell, NJ

Students
691
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,716

+2.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.8% enrollment

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Southampton Township School District

Southampton, NJ

Students
691
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$25,705

+7.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment

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Tabernacle Township School District

Tabernacle, NJ

Students
688
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,990

-2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.4% enrollment

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Edgewater School District

Edgewater, NJ

Students
685
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$28,977

+61.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -33.0% enrollment

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Lenape Valley Regional High School District

Stanhope, NJ

Students
681
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$30,313

+7.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.1% enrollment

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Sussex County Technical School District

Sparta, NJ

Students
681
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,671

+5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.5% enrollment

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Watchung Borough School District

Watchung, NJ

Students
680
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,687

-4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.3% enrollment

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Shamong Township School District

Shamong, NJ

Students
669
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$26,918

+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.3% enrollment

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Harrington Park School District

Harrington Park, NJ

Students
662
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,849

-4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.1% enrollment

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Ocean County Vocational Technical School District

Toms River, NJ

Students
659
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$58,445

-1.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.9% enrollment

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Dennis Township School District

CLERMONT, NJ

Students
654
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$29,443

+0.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +13.5% enrollment

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Great Meadows Regional School District

Great Meadows, NJ

Students
651
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,117

-20.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.7% enrollment

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Point Pleasant Beach School District

Point Pleasant Beach, NJ

Students
646
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$33,243

+17.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.3% enrollment

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Bloomingdale School District

Bloomingdale, NJ

Students
641
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$29,807

+9.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +15.7% enrollment

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Wallkill Valley Regional High School

HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP, NJ

Students
638
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,691

-8.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.2% enrollment

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North Warren Regional

Blairstown, NJ

Students
632
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,616

+1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -22.6% enrollment

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Greenwich Township School District

Stewartsville, NJ

Students
631
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,338

+5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.0% enrollment

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Mullica Township School District

Elwood, NJ

Students
620
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$31,487

+51.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.7% enrollment

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North Haledon School District

North Haledon, NJ

Students
617
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,506

+6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.1% enrollment

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Berlin Township School District

West Berlin, NJ

Students
615
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$28,114

-1.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% 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.