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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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Union Beach Public School District

Union Beach, NJ

Students
614
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$21,467

-4.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment

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Clementon Elementary School District

Clementon, NJ

Students
609
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,489

+12.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +25.1% enrollment

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Norwood Public School District

Norwood, NJ

Students
608
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,355

+8.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.6% enrollment

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Eastampton Township School District

Eastampton, NJ

Students
602
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,267

+3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · 0.0% enrollment

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Morris Plains School District

MORRIS PLAINS, NJ

Students
601
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$28,679

+6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.0% enrollment

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Cape May County Technical High School District

Cape May Court House, NJ

Students
590
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$35,931

-3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.2% enrollment

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Mansfield Township Elementary School District

Port Murray, NJ

Students
582
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,000

+8.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.1% enrollment

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Ocean Township School District

Waretown, NJ

Students
582
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$22,923

-17.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.1% enrollment

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Belvidere School District

BELVIDERE, NJ

Students
580
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$28,788

+15.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.6% enrollment

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Hardyston Township School District

Hamburg, NJ

Students
579
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$28,307

+19.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.8% enrollment

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Egg Harbor City School District

Egg Harbor City, NJ

Students
578
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,761

+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.5% enrollment

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Washington Borough School District

Washington, NJ

Students
575
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,374

-1.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +19.5% enrollment

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Shore Regional High School District

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ

Students
574
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$37,819

+19.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.2% enrollment

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West Long Branch School District

West Long Branch, NJ

Students
574
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$26,702

+5.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.2% enrollment

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Oceanport School District

Oceanport, NJ

Students
570
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$30,267

+13.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.8% enrollment

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Ho-Ho-Kus School District

Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ

Students
569
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,951

+10.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.0% enrollment

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Northvale Public School District

NORTHVALE, NJ

Students
561
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,832

+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.1% enrollment

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Lebanon Township School District

Califon, NJ

Students
557
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$30,013

+7.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.7% enrollment

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Rockaway Borough School District

Rockaway, NJ

Students
553
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$26,971

+11.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.5% enrollment

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Mansfield Township School District

Columbus, NJ

Students
549
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,778

-0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.2% enrollment

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Hainesport Township School District

Hainesport, NJ

Students
536
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,243

+8.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.3% enrollment

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Barrington School District

Barrington, NJ

Students
535
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,828

+15.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.5% enrollment

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Hopewell Township School District

Bridgeton, NJ

Students
525
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$20,973

+5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.6% enrollment

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Carlstadt Public School District

CARLSTADT, NJ

Students
523
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,054

+10.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.9% enrollment

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Fairfield Township School District

Bridgeton, NJ

Students
518
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,154

-6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.5% enrollment

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Holland Township School District

Milford, NJ

Students
510
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$28,731

+4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.8% enrollment

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Franklin Borough School District

Franklin, NJ

Students
507
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,852

-4.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +15.5% enrollment

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Frankford Township Consolidated School District

Branchville, NJ

Students
504
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$28,552

-2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment

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Ventnor City School District

Ventnor City, NJ

Students
495
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$44,477

+41.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -27.6% enrollment

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Lawrence Township School District

Cedarville, NJ

Students
494
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,998

+27.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.6% 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.