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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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Hopatcong Borough School District

Hopatcong, NJ

Students
1,581
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$24,538

-18.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.5% enrollment

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Swedesboro-Woolwich School District

Woolwich Township, NJ

Students
1,573
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$23,015

+15.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.5% enrollment

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Warren Hills Regional School District

Washington, NJ

Students
1,573
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,371

+7.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.1% enrollment

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Riverside Township School District

Riverside, NJ

Students
1,567
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$23,228

+5.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.6% enrollment

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Keansburg School District

Keansburg, NJ

Students
1,565
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$31,901

+0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.7% enrollment

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Cedar Grove Township School District

CEDAR GROVE, NJ

Students
1,564
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$27,254

+16.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.4% enrollment

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Monmouth County Vocational School District

Freehold, NJ

Students
1,564
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$34,965

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

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Boonton Town Public School District

Boonton, NJ

Students
1,555
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$27,374

+1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.0% enrollment

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Clayton Public School District

Clayton, NJ

Students
1,515
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$24,273

+21.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.3% enrollment

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Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District

Woodstown, NJ

Students
1,491
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$22,231

+11.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.6% enrollment

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Florence Township School District

Florence, NJ

Students
1,471
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$25,615

+19.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.0% enrollment

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Manasquan School District

Manasquan, NJ

Students
1,466
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,875

+16.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.3% enrollment

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HADDON HEIGHTS School District

HADDON HEIGHTS, NJ

Students
1,461
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$23,539

+11.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.4% enrollment

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Asbury Park School District

Asbury Park, NJ

Students
1,456
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$59,089

+45.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -29.9% enrollment

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Kenilworth School District

Kenilworth, NJ

Students
1,453
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$26,158

+10.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.9% enrollment

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Lower Township Elementary School District

Cape May, NJ

Students
1,438
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$25,348

+7.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.7% enrollment

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Ridgefield School District

Ridgefield, NJ

Students
1,438
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$35,332

-2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.8% enrollment

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North Hanover Township School District

Wrightstown, NJ

Students
1,435
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$27,774

-2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +28.5% enrollment

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Bogota Public School District

Bogota, NJ

Students
1,411
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$23,682

+0.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +24.3% enrollment

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Readington Township School District

Whitehouse Station, NJ

Students
1,404
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$32,118

+12.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment

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Upper Township School District

Petersburg, NJ

Students
1,378
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$22,952

+1.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.8% enrollment

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Red Bank Regional School District

Little Silver, NJ

Students
1,377
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,672

-7.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +13.2% enrollment

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Branchburg Township School District

Branchburg, NJ

Students
1,376
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$30,665

+10.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.4% enrollment

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Tinton Falls School District

Tinton Falls, NJ

Students
1,373
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$28,774

+8.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.1% enrollment

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Dunellen Public School District

Dunellen, NJ

Students
1,371
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$22,280

+16.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.6% enrollment

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Harrison Township School District

Mullica Hill, NJ

Students
1,371
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,330

-1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.0% enrollment

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Audubon Public School District

Audubon, NJ

Students
1,366
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$26,277

+19.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.2% enrollment

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Oakland Public School District

Oakland, NJ

Students
1,348
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$31,007

+3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.0% enrollment

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Township of Franklin School District

Franklinville, NJ

Students
1,346
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$22,158

+10.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.4% enrollment

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Hanover Park Regional High School District

East Hanover, NJ

Students
1,331
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$32,758

+19.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.4% 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.