New Jersey · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in New Jersey The 50 New Jersey districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$44,140 Top per-pupil spend
$32,432 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Asbury Park School District spends $44,140 per student, the most of any New Jersey district listed, against an average of $32,432 across the top 50.
$44,140 top spend (Asbury Park School District)
$28,608 lowest on this list
1.5× spread across the listed districts
1,541 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Asbury Park School District Asbury Park 1,541 4 $44,140 2 Northern Valley Regional High School District Demarest 2,053 3 $43,614 3 Lakewood Township School District Lakewood 5,023 8 $41,962 4 Bergen County Vocational Technical School District Paramus 2,528 6 $39,378 5 Perth Amboy Public School District Perth Amboy 10,484 12 $39,196 6 Ventnor City School District Ventnor City 522 2 $37,210 7 Camden City School District Camden 7,099 16 $35,791 8 Mountain Lakes Public School District Mt Lakes 1,308 4 $34,860 9 Cape May County Technical High School District Cape May Court House 555 1 $34,467 10 Wildwood City School District Wildwood 864 3 $34,381 11 Ridgefield School District Ridgefield 1,428 4 $34,182 12 Warren Township School District Warren 1,635 5 $34,165 13 Monmouth County Vocational School District Freehold 1,545 8 $34,085 14 Pascack Valley Regional High School District Montvale 1,782 2 $33,631 15 Delaware Valley Regional High School District Frenchtown 728 1 $33,419 16 South Hunterdon Regional School District Lambertville 827 3 $32,734 17 Morris Hills Regional School District Denville 2,673 2 $32,720 18 Franklin Lakes School District Franklin Lakes 1,199 4 $32,615 19 Hudson County Schools of Technology School District Secaucus 2,359 6 $32,466 20 Gateway Regional High School District Woodbury Heights 867 1 $32,422 21 Kittatinny Regional School District Newton 783 1 $32,250 22 Tewksbury Township School District Califon 506 2 $32,048 23 Colts Neck Township School District Colts Neck 1,005 3 $31,860 24 Shore Regional High School District West Long Branch 603 1 $31,773 25 Monmouth Regional High School Tinton Falls 970 1 $31,516 26 Passaic Valley Regional High School District Little Falls 1,040 1 $31,262 27 High Point Regional High School District Sussex 838 1 $31,188 28 Teaneck School District Teaneck 3,843 8 $30,779 29 Midland Park School District Midland Park 883 3 $30,770 30 Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson Paterson 515 1 $30,727 31 Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District Oakland 2,008 2 $30,605 32 Park Ridge School District Park Ridge 1,208 3 $30,518 33 West Orange Public Schools West Orange 6,835 13 $30,182 34 Lakeland Regional High School District Wanaque 878 1 $30,131 35 Hopewell Valley Regional School District Pennington 3,474 6 $29,882 36 Oakland Public School District Oakland 1,326 4 $29,834 37 Mendham Township School District Brookside 760 2 $29,828 38 Kinnelon School District Kinnelon 1,652 4 $29,684 39 Hunterdon Central Regional High School District Flemington 2,507 1 $29,605 40 East Rutherford School District East Rutherford 750 3 $29,598 41 Mahwah Township Public School District Mahwah 2,729 6 $29,482 42 Branchburg Township School District Branchburg 1,290 3 $29,365 43 Princeton Public School District Princeton 3,817 6 $29,174 44 Paramus Public School District Paramus 3,639 8 $29,078 45 West Essex Regional School District North Caldwell 1,663 2 $29,054 46 Ramsey School District Ramsey 2,514 5 $28,937 47 Bloomingdale School District Bloomingdale 615 3 $28,821 48 Millstone Township School District Millstone Township 1,173 3 $28,808 49 Atlantic City School District Atlantic City 6,466 11 $28,787 50 East Orange School District East Orange 9,272 20 $28,608
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Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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