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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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Moorestown Township Public School District

Moorestown, NJ

Students
3,912
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$26,471

+4.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.1% enrollment

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Princeton Public School District

Princeton, NJ

Students
3,827
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$30,489

+0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.5% enrollment

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Teaneck School District

Teaneck, NJ

Students
3,805
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$30,463

-3.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.2% enrollment

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Lacey Township School District

Lanoka Harbor, NJ

Students
3,786
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$24,020

+3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.0% enrollment

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Willingboro Public School District

Willingboro, NJ

Students
3,782
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$27,003

+4.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.7% enrollment

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Pleasantville Public School District

Pleasantville, NJ

Students
3,772
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$28,776

+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment

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Cranford Public School District

Cranford, NJ

Students
3,768
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$23,636

+3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% enrollment

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Lawrence Township Public School District

Lawrenceville, NJ

Students
3,758
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$26,714

+4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.8% enrollment

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Bergenfield Borough School District

Bergenfield, NJ

Students
3,710
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$24,999

+0.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.9% enrollment

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North Plainfield School District

North Plainfield, NJ

Students
3,701
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$24,407

+3.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.7% enrollment

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South Plainfield School District

South Plainfield, NJ

Students
3,694
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$24,143

+1.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.6% enrollment

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Burlington Township School District

Burlington, NJ

Students
3,683
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$24,602

+7.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.1% enrollment

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Barnegat Township School District

Barnegat, NJ

Students
3,665
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$21,999

-4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +16.0% enrollment

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Ewing Township School District

Ewing, NJ

Students
3,612
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$27,678

+1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.8% enrollment

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Paramus Public School District

Paramus, NJ

Students
3,594
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$32,706

+5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.7% enrollment

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Dover Public School District

Dover, NJ

Students
3,590
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$25,369

+45.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.1% enrollment

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School District of the Chathams

Chatham, NJ

Students
3,563
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$26,187

+19.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.0% enrollment

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Hoboken Public School District

Hoboken, NJ

Students
3,531
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$23,500

-7.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +23.5% enrollment

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Black Horse Pike Regional School District

Blackwood, NJ

Students
3,527
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$25,532

+11.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.1% enrollment

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Tenafly Public School District

TENAFLY, NJ

Students
3,487
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$27,517

+14.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.9% enrollment

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Montville Township School District

Montville, NJ

Students
3,472
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$30,743

+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.7% enrollment

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Freehold Township School District

Freehold, NJ

Students
3,461
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$28,578

+10.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment

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Hopewell Valley Regional School District

Pennington, NJ

Students
3,432
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$32,404

+5.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.0% enrollment

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Neptune Township School District

Neptune Twp, NJ

Students
3,411
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$29,108

+10.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.0% enrollment

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Roxbury Township School District

Succasunna, NJ

Students
3,389
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$27,683

+5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.6% enrollment

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Sparta Township Public School District

SPARTA, NJ

Students
3,337
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$28,289

+5.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.2% enrollment

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Hammonton School District

Hammonton, NJ

Students
3,326
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$21,800

+17.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.7% enrollment

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Lodi School District

Lodi, NJ

Students
3,287
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$20,382

+7.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.5% enrollment

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Township of Ocean School District

Oakhurst, NJ

Students
3,263
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$29,735

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

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Wall Township Public School District

Wall, NJ

Students
3,186
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$30,556

+8.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.1% 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.