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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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Ocean Gate School District

Ocean Gate, NJ

Students
131
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$36,351

+19.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.7% enrollment

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Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District

Layton, NJ

Students
128
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$29,805

-0.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.2% enrollment

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Saddle River School District

Saddle River, NJ

Students
122
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$53,631

+37.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -26.1% enrollment

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Bay Head Borough School District

Bay Head, NJ

Students
120
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$36,425

+11.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.8% enrollment

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Frelinghuysen Township School District

Newton, NJ

Students
120
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,700

+24.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.9% enrollment

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Avon Boro School District

AVON, NJ

Students
119
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$38,353

+32.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.6% enrollment

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Port Republic School District

Port Republic, NJ

Students
115
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,809

-10.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.6% enrollment

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Elsinboro Township School District

Salem, NJ

Students
114
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$31,991

+24.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.4% enrollment

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Hampton Borough School District

HAMPTON, NJ

Students
114
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$35,228

-10.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +25.3% enrollment

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Frenchtown Borough School District

Frenchtown, NJ

Students
104
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$33,423

+9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.0% enrollment

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Woodland Township School District

Chatsworth, NJ

Students
104
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$31,846

+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.6% enrollment

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Bloomsbury Borough School District

Bloomsbury, NJ

Students
98
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$36,000

+20.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.3% enrollment

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Avalon School District

AVALON, NJ

Students
92
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$53,120

-45.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +50.8% enrollment

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Lebanon Borough School District

Lebanon, NJ

Students
91
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$35,560

-55.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +127.5% enrollment

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Roosevelt Borough Public School District

Roosevelt, NJ

Students
88
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$29,443

-10.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.0% enrollment

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Califon Borough School District

Califon, NJ

Students
85
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$39,294

-13.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.4% enrollment

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West Cape May School District

WEST CAPE MAY, NJ

Students
85
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$28,259

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

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Greenwich Township School District

GREENWICH, NJ

Students
79
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$32,228

-7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +29.5% enrollment

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Stone Harbor School District

Stone Harbor, NJ

Students
78
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$38,974

+4.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -21.2% enrollment

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Milford Borough School District

Milford, NJ

Students
70
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$31,400

-8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.5% enrollment

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Beach Haven School District

Beach Haven, NJ

Students
63
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$42,270

-11.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.5% enrollment

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Atlantic County Special Services School District

Mays Landing, NJ

Students
0
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$0

Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available enrollment

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Bass River Township Board of Education

NEW GRETNA, NJ

Students
0
Schools
0
Spending / pupil
$0

-100.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -100.0% enrollment

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Bayshore Jointure Commission School District

Tinton Falls, NJ

Students
0
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$0

Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available enrollment

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Bergen County Special Services School District

Paramus, NJ

Students
0
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$0

Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available enrollment

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Burlington County Special Services School District

WESTAMPTON, NJ

Students
0
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$0

Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available enrollment

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Cape May County Special Services School District

Cape May Court House, NJ

Students
0
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$0

Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available enrollment

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Gloucester County Special Services School District

Sewell, NJ

Students
0
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$0

Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available enrollment

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Mercer County Special Services School District

Hamilton, NJ

Students
0
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$0

Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available enrollment

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Morris-Union Jointure Commission School District

New Providence, NJ

Students
0
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$0

Not available spending / pupil after inflation · Not available 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.