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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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Elmwood Park School District

Elmwood Park, NJ

Students
2,641
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$20,703

+17.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.8% enrollment

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Bergen County Vocational Technical School District

Paramus, NJ

Students
2,629
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$41,114

-10.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +18.5% enrollment

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Dumont Public School District

Dumont, NJ

Students
2,614
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$22,006

-1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% enrollment

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Glen Rock Public School District

GLEN ROCK, NJ

Students
2,607
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$25,471

+0.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.4% enrollment

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Stafford Township School District

Manahawkin, NJ

Students
2,593
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$21,074

-16.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +18.0% enrollment

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Caldwell-West School District

WEST CALDWELL, NJ

Students
2,577
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$25,546

+9.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.2% enrollment

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Rutherford School District

Rutherford, NJ

Students
2,544
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$24,993

+13.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.1% enrollment

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Harrison Public Schools

Harrison, NJ

Students
2,514
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$22,422

0.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.4% enrollment

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Madison Public School District

Madison, NJ

Students
2,485
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$26,598

+10.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment

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South River Public School District

South River, NJ

Students
2,469
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$22,143

+13.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.5% enrollment

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Maple Shade School District

Maple Shade, NJ

Students
2,446
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$25,627

+9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.0% enrollment

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Berkeley Heights School District

Berkeley Heights, NJ

Students
2,441
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$28,178

+7.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.5% enrollment

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Rockaway Township School District

Hibernia, NJ

Students
2,431
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$28,101

-1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.8% enrollment

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Hunterdon Central Regional High School District

Flemington, NJ

Students
2,428
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$33,059

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

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Ramsey School District

Ramsey, NJ

Students
2,418
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$34,722

+21.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.6% enrollment

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Gloucester City Public School District

Gloucester City, NJ

Students
2,411
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$24,582

+5.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.1% enrollment

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Berkeley Township School District

Bayville, NJ

Students
2,404
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$22,454

+6.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.0% enrollment

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New Providence School District

New Providence, NJ

Students
2,352
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$23,475

+10.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.8% enrollment

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Hudson County Schools of Technology School District

Secaucus, NJ

Students
2,323
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$35,600

+8.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment

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Clark Township Public School District

Clark, NJ

Students
2,307
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$21,611

+6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.4% enrollment

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Metuchen Public School District

Metuchen, NJ

Students
2,303
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$24,390

+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment

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Central Regional School District

Bayville, NJ

Students
2,285
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,523

+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.6% enrollment

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Collingswood Public School District

Collingswood, NJ

Students
2,270
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$23,963

+3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.3% enrollment

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Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District

Penns Grove, NJ

Students
2,245
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$24,453

+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.7% enrollment

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Springfield Public School District

Springfield, NJ

Students
2,238
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$22,618

+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.5% enrollment

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Bordentown Regional School District

Bordentown, NJ

Students
2,232
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$25,789

+16.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.5% enrollment

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Hawthorne Public School District

Hawthorne, NJ

Students
2,207
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$25,478

+16.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.0% enrollment

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Verona Public School District

Verona, NJ

Students
2,200
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$22,416

+10.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% enrollment

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Secaucus School District

SECAUCUS, NJ

Students
2,196
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$24,709

+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment

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Camden County Technical School District

Sicklerville, NJ

Students
2,187
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$26,578

-8.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.2% 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.