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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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Green Township School District

Greendell, NJ

Students
401
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$30,317

+7.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.1% enrollment

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Hunterdon County Vocational School District

Flemington, NJ

Students
400
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$25,555

-54.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +116.2% enrollment

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Merchantville School District

Merchantville, NJ

Students
400
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,523

+25.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.6% enrollment

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Brigantine Public School District

Brigantine, NJ

Students
386
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$49,891

+31.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -31.4% enrollment

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Folsom Borough School District

Folsom, NJ

Students
385
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,532

+26.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment

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Maurice River Township School District

PORT ELIZABETH, NJ

Students
379
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,150

+15.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.7% enrollment

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Delanco Township School District

Delanco, NJ

Students
376
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,380

+5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.3% enrollment

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East Amwell Township School District

Ringoes, NJ

Students
374
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$29,866

-0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.4% enrollment

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Mine Hill Township School District

Mine Hill, NJ

Students
371
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,749

-1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.9% enrollment

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Moonachie School District

Moonachie, NJ

Students
368
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,587

-9.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +16.1% enrollment

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Westville Boro Public School District

Westville, NJ

Students
367
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$23,406

+22.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.7% enrollment

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Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County

Trenton, NJ

Students
365
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$56,666

-19.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +46.6% enrollment

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Bethlehem Township School District

Asbury, NJ

Students
364
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$26,907

-17.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.7% enrollment

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Mount Arlington Public School District

Mount Arlington, NJ

Students
357
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$31,115

+11.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.4% enrollment

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Garwood Boro

Garwood, NJ

Students
351
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,920

+17.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.1% enrollment

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High Bridge Borough School District

HIGH BRIDGE, NJ

Students
351
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$32,766

+10.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.1% enrollment

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South Harrison Township School District

Harrisonville, NJ

Students
349
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$20,456

+5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.3% enrollment

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Lawnside School District

Lawnside, NJ

Students
347
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$29,427

+19.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.1% enrollment

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Elk Township School District

Glassboro, NJ

Students
346
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,743

+5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.4% enrollment

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Beverly City School District

Beverly, NJ

Students
344
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,131

+8.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.6% enrollment

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Kingwood Township School District

Frenchtown, NJ

Students
343
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,242

-2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.6% enrollment

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UPPER PITTSGROVE TWP School District

Monroeville, NJ

Students
342
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,904

-2.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.2% enrollment

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Somerset County Vocational and Technical School District

Bridgewater, NJ

Students
333
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$61,883

-16.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.6% enrollment

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Hampton Township School District

Newton, NJ

Students
325
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,360

-9.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +13.6% enrollment

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Deerfield Township School District

ROSENHAYN, NJ

Students
318
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,730

+4.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.9% enrollment

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Margate City School District

Margate, NJ

Students
317
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$45,331

+7.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.7% enrollment

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Pohatcong Township School District

Phillipsburg, NJ

Students
313
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$28,981

+8.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% enrollment

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Stanhope School District

Stanhope, NJ

Students
312
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,269

-3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% enrollment

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Montague Township School District

MONTAGUE, NJ

Students
309
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$34,773

+4.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +22.1% enrollment

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Henry Hudson Regional School District

Highlands, NJ

Students
307
Schools
0
Spending / pupil
$41,326

+23.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.9% 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.