Highest spending per pupil in NJ (2023-24)
Spending per pupil across 536 New Jersey school districts, 2023-24. Lakewood Township School District leads at $76,150. NJ DOE; ranked by DistrictFacts.
- Districts ranked
- 536
- Period
- 2023-24
- Publication floor
- 8 districts
- Tie rule
- Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.
NJ DOE TGES total spending per pupil, audited actual, divided by average daily enrollment plus students sent out of district. It is a broader measure than general current expense per pupil and is never compared with the User-Friendly Budget per-pupil figures, which are budgeted and use a different count.
Measure: Total spending per pupil (audited actual).
Source: NJ DOE.
Ranked districts
- 1. Lakewood Township School District — $76,150
- 2. Asbury Park School District — $65,256
- 3. Brigantine Public School District — $57,558
- 4. North Wildwood School District — $56,892
- 5. Cape May City School District — $56,849
- 6. Margate City School District — $56,519
- 7. Long Beach Island Consolidated School District — $52,015
- 8. Camden City School District — $49,099
- 9. Shore Regional High School District — $48,025
- 10. Pascack Valley Regional High School District — $47,383
- 11. Wildwood Crest Borough School District — $47,120
- 12. South Hunterdon Regional School District — $46,883
- 13. Spring Lake Borough — $46,729
- 14. Avalon School District — $46,705
- 15. Englewood Cliffs School District — $45,769
- 16. Ventnor City School District — $45,091
- 17. Beach Haven School District — $44,460
- 18. Alpine Public School District — $44,386
- 19. Hanover Park Regional High School District — $44,313
- 20. Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District — $44,094
- 21. Seaside Heights School District — $42,930
- 22. Monmouth Regional High School — $42,725
- 23. Warren Township School District — $41,615
- 24. Avon Boro School District — $41,592
- 25. Harding Township School District — $41,454
- 26. Keansburg School District — $41,342
- 27. Hamburg School District — $41,251
- 28. Northern Valley Regional High School District — $41,226
- 29. Watchung Hills Regional High School District — $40,892
- 30. Tewksbury Township School District — $40,473
- 31. Park Ridge School District — $40,414
- 32. Mountain Lakes Public School District — $40,379
- 33. Passaic County Manchester Regional High School District — $40,235
- 34. Saddle River School District — $40,063
- 35. Franklin Township School District — $39,990
- 36. Passaic Valley Regional High School District — $39,975
- 37. Ramsey School District — $39,727
- 38. North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District — $39,684
- 39. Morris Hills Regional School District — $39,627
- 40. Franklin Lakes School District — $39,394
- 41. Califon Borough School District — $38,950
- 42. Bay Head Borough School District — $38,830
- 43. Lower Cape May Regional School District — $38,570
- 44. Colts Neck Township School District — $38,519
- 45. Atlantic City School District — $38,490
- 46. High Point Regional High School District — $38,043
- 47. Neptune Township School District — $37,828
- 48. Lakeland Regional High School District — $37,654
- 49. Midland Park School District — $37,486
- 50. Sea Girt Borough School District — $37,485
- 51. Bradley Beach School District — $37,192
- 52. Deal Boro School District — $37,036
- 53. Frenchtown Borough School District — $36,832
- 54. Carlstadt Public School District — $36,708
- 55. Kinnelon School District — $36,692
- 56. Northern Highlands Regional High School District — $36,539
- 57. Point Pleasant Beach School District — $36,512
- 58. Delaware Valley Regional High School District — $36,427
- 59. Montague Township School District — $36,336
- 60. West Orange Public Schools — $36,289
- 61. Delaware Township School District — $36,237
- 62. South Hackensack School District — $36,190
- 63. Mendham Township School District — $36,184
- 64. New Brunswick School District — $36,148
- 65. Teaneck School District — $36,144
- 66. Gateway Regional High School District — $36,085
- 67. Oakland Public School District — $36,029
- 68. Burlington City Public School District — $36,019
- 69. Readington Township School District — $35,940
- 70. High Bridge Borough School District — $35,938
- 71. Cranbury Township School District — $35,930
- 72. Kittatinny Regional School District — $35,879
- 73. Jersey City Public Schools — $35,836
- 74. Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District — $35,827
- 75. Passaic City School District — $35,807
- 76. Ocean Gate School District — $35,777
- 77. Somerset Hills Regional School District — $35,754
- 78. The Lower Alloways Creek School District — $35,743
- 79. Fredon Township School District — $35,627
- 80. Ringwood School District — $35,601
- 81. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District — $35,549
- 82. Clinton Township School District — $35,494
- 83. West Morris Regional High School District — $35,448
- 84. East Rutherford School District — $35,391
- 85. Paramus Public School District — $35,112
- 86. Wildwood City School District — $35,079
- 87. Mahwah Township Public School District — $34,879
- 88. Alexandria Township School District — $34,823
- 89. Stone Harbor School District — $34,820
- 90. Hopewell Valley Regional School District — $34,813
- 91. Perth Amboy Public School District — $34,788
- 92. Wallkill Valley Regional High School — $34,733
- 93. Red Bank Regional School District — $34,731
- 94. East Amwell Township School District — $34,680
- 95. Woodland Township School District — $34,624
- 96. Bloomsbury Borough School District — $34,528
- 97. Freehold Borough School District — $34,523
- 98. Mainland Regional High School — $34,519
- 99. Newark Public School District — $34,409
- 100. Hampton Borough School District — $34,378
- 101. Somers Point School District — $34,373
- 102. Wharton Borough School District — $34,345
- 103. Mullica Township School District — $34,188
- 104. Lenape Regional High School District — $34,141
- 105. Highland Park Boro School District — $34,066
- 106. LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District — $34,024
- 107. Belmar Elementary School District — $33,913
- 108. Pinelands Regional School District — $33,883
- 109. East Orange School District — $33,827
- 110. Oceanport School District — $33,767
- 111. Demarest School District — $33,759
- 112. Greenwich Township School District — $33,742
- 113. Princeton Public School District — $33,741
- 114. Township of Ocean School District — $33,636
- 115. Englewood Public School District — $33,634
- 116. River Vale Public School District — $33,603
- 117. Hunterdon Central Regional High School District — $33,579
- 118. West Essex Regional School District — $33,562
- 119. Millville School District — $33,548
- 120. Warren Hills Regional School District — $33,511
- 121. Mendham Borough School District — $33,498
- 122. Salem City School District — $33,462
- 123. Wall Township Public School District — $33,416
- 124. Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District — $33,413
- 125. Tinton Falls School District — $33,402
- 126. Ridgefield School District — $33,389
- 127. Monmouth Beach School District — $33,367
- 128. Paterson Public School District — $33,317
- 129. Montville Township School District — $33,312
- 130. Franklin Township School District — $33,232
- 131. Union Township School District — $33,192
- 132. Hackensack School District — $33,185
- 133. Phillipsburg School District — $33,033
- 134. Lebanon Borough School District — $33,020
- 135. Harmony Township School District — $32,993
- 136. Milford Borough School District — $32,989
- 137. Lavallette Borough School District — $32,954
- 138. Pemberton Township School District — $32,914
- 139. Hardyston Township School District — $32,834
- 140. Ocean City School District — $32,821
- 141. Buena Regional School District — $32,771
- 142. ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District — $32,716
- 143. Rumson Borough School District — $32,700
- 144. Andover Regional School District — $32,670
- 145. West Cape May School District — $32,633
- 146. Somerville Public School District — $32,585
- 147. Little Silver Boro School District — $32,575
- 148. Freehold Township School District — $32,570
- 149. Westwood Regional School District — $32,569
- 150. Elsinboro Township School District — $32,553
- 151. Union City School District — $32,490
- 152. Hope Township School District — $32,486
- 153. Netcong School District — $32,485
- 154. Cedar Grove Township School District — $32,344
- 155. Spring Lake Heights School District — $32,334
- 156. North Caldwell School District — $32,314
- 157. Bedminster Township Public School District — $32,205
- 158. Chester Township School District — $32,194
- 159. New Hanover Township — $32,132
- 160. Bernards Township School District — $32,108
- 161. Wayne Township Public School District — $32,103
- 162. Pleasantville Public School District — $32,073
- 163. Mansfield Township School District — $32,051
- 164. Garfield Public School District — $32,031
- 165. Lenape Valley Regional High School District — $31,975
- 166. Ridgefield Park Public School District — $31,963
- 167. North Brunswick Township School District — $31,960
- 168. Plainfield Public School District — $31,934
- 169. Montclair Public School District — $31,900
- 170. Ewing Township School District — $31,895
- 171. Franklin Township Public School District — $31,876
- 172. Eatontown Public School District — $31,861
- 173. Elizabeth Public Schools — $31,851
- 174. Branchburg Township School District — $31,832
- 175. Lebanon Township School District — $31,818
- 176. Weehawken Public School District — $31,815
- 177. Hawthorne Public School District — $31,794
- 178. West Long Branch School District — $31,775
- 179. Hanover Township School District — $31,745
- 179. West Milford Township Public School District — $31,745
- 181. Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District — $31,650
- 182. Prospect Park Public School District — $31,644
- 183. Mount Arlington Public School District — $31,543
- 184. Harrison Public Schools — $31,520
- 185. North Warren Regional School District — $31,513
- 186. Essex Fells School District — $31,489
- 187. Sussex-Wantage Regional School District — $31,474
- 188. Roseland School District — $31,457
- 189. Black Horse Pike Regional School District — $31,429
- 190. Florham Park School District — $31,390
- 191. Southern Regional School District — $31,376
- 192. Shrewsbury Borough School District — $31,332
- 193. Greenwich Township School District — $31,327
- 194. Mine Hill Township School District — $31,319
- 195. Edgewater School District — $31,297
- 196. Willingboro Public School District — $31,286
- 197. Holmdel Township School District — $31,254
- 198. River Dell Regional School District — $31,247
- 199. White Township Consolidated School District — $31,099
- 200. Red Bank Borough Public School District — $31,059
- 201. Hillsdale School District — $31,018
- 202. Holland Township School District — $30,995
- 203. Lindenwold Public School District — $30,981
- 204. Millburn Township School District — $30,970
- 205. Sparta Township Public School District — $30,911
- 206. Manchester Township School District — $30,905
- 207. Wyckoff Township Public School District — $30,885
- 208. Wanaque School District — $30,866
- 209. Haworth Public School District — $30,865
- 210. Egg Harbor Township School District — $30,850
- 211. Watchung Borough School District — $30,834
- 212. Manasquan School District — $30,805
- 213. Northvale Public School District — $30,782
- 214. Dennis Township School District — $30,780
- 215. Stillwater Township School District — $30,760
- 216. Lawnside School District — $30,725
- 217. Egg Harbor City School District — $30,690
- 218. Linden Public School District — $30,683
- 219. Rochelle Park School District — $30,659
- 220. Berkeley Heights School District — $30,590
- 221. Cherry Hill School District — $30,565
- 222. Long Hill Township School District — $30,512
- 223. Boonton Town Public School District — $30,491
- 224. Jefferson Township Public School District — $30,479
- 225. Kenilworth School District — $30,464
- 226. East Hanover Township School District — $30,427
- 227. Upper Saddle River School District — $30,399
- 228. Montvale Board of Education School District — $30,397
- 229. Montgomery Township School District — $30,391
- 230. Saddle Brook School District — $30,374
- 231. Bordentown Regional School District — $30,373
- 232. North Plainfield School District — $30,372
- 233. Tenafly Public School District — $30,368
- 234. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District — $30,362
- 235. Florence Township School District — $30,356
- 236. Wenonah Boro School District — $30,320
- 237. Boonton Township School District — $30,316
- 238. Voorhees Township School District — $30,260
- 239. Pennsville School District — $30,259
- 240. Glen Rock Public School District — $30,258
- 241. Woodbine School District — $30,251
- 242. Flemington-Raritan Regional School District — $30,244
- 243. School District of the Chathams — $30,155
- 244. Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District — $30,130
- 245. Rockaway Township School District — $30,101
- 246. Winslow Township School District — $30,094
- 247. Knowlton Township School District — $30,054
- 248. Haledon Public School District — $30,050
- 249. Winfield Township — $30,040
- 250. East Windsor Regional School District — $30,013
- 251. Brooklawn Public School District — $29,995
- 252. Deerfield Township School District — $29,974
- 253. Galloway Township Public School District — $29,950
- 254. Morris Plains School District — $29,947
- 255. Farmingdale Public School District — $29,938
- 256. Rutherford School District — $29,921
- 257. Northern Burlington County Regional School District — $29,912
- 258. East Brunswick Township School District — $29,888
- 259. Paulsboro School District — $29,884
- 260. Hillside Public School District — $29,862
- 261. Cumberland Regional School District — $29,856
- 262. Hasbrouck Heights School District — $29,848
- 263. Frankford Township Consolidated School District — $29,833
- 264. Bridgeton City School District — $29,813
- 265. Lawrence Township Public School District — $29,805
- 266. Woodbury City Public School District — $29,798
- 267. Clinton-Glen Gardner School District — $29,786
- 268. North Hanover Township School District — $29,782
- 269. Dover Public School District — $29,780
- 270. Mount Olive Township School District — $29,761
- 271. Roxbury Township School District — $29,735
- 272. Irvington Public School District — $29,681
- 273. Maple Shade School District — $29,656
- 274. Butler Public School District — $29,636
- 275. Beverly City School District — $29,576
- 276. Franklin Borough School District — $29,573
- 277. Bloomingdale School District — $29,556
- 278. Madison Public School District — $29,545
- 279. Keyport School District — $29,516
- 280. Morris School District — $29,472
- 281. Dumont Public School District — $29,432
- 282. Lafayette Township School District — $29,430
- 283. Audubon Public School District — $29,419
- 284. Folsom Borough School District — $29,413
- 285. Allendale Public School District — $29,401
- 286. Fort Lee School District — $29,387
- 287. Mannington Township School District — $29,365
- 288. Kingwood Township School District — $29,364
- 289. Little Ferry Public School District — $29,299
- 290. Green Township School District — $29,292
- 291. Caldwell-West School District — $29,283
- 292. Emerson Public School District — $29,257
- 293. Quinton Township School District — $29,239
- 294. Washington Township School District — $29,216
- 295. Hoboken Public School District — $29,174
- 295. Pompton Lakes School District — $29,174
- 297. Roselle Public School District — $29,171
- 298. Mount Holly Township Public School District — $29,151
- 299. Hampton Township School District — $29,121
- 300. Trenton Public School District — $29,088
- 301. Gloucester City Public School District — $29,086
- 302. Delsea Regional High School District — $29,031
- 302. South Orange-Maplewood School District — $29,031
- 304. Randolph Township School District — $29,006
- 304. Southampton Township School District — $29,006
- 306. Eagleswood Township School District — $28,994
- 307. Waldwick School District — $28,921
- 308. Weymouth Township School District — $28,916
- 309. Rockaway Borough School District — $28,887
- 310. Westville Boro Public School District — $28,875
- 311. Green Brook Township Public School District — $28,871
- 312. Downe Township School District — $28,870
- 313. Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District — $28,823
- 314. Frelinghuysen Township School District — $28,813
- 315. Rahway Public School District — $28,812
- 316. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District — $28,755
- 317. Gibbsboro Elementary School District — $28,750
- 318. Berlin Township School District — $28,726
- 319. Blairstown Elementary Township School District — $28,714
- 320. Eastern Camden County Regional School District — $28,695
- 321. Moorestown Township Public School District — $28,627
- 322. Glassboro School District — $28,612
- 323. Newton Public School District — $28,587
- 324. Bellmawr Public School District — $28,581
- 325. Pitman Boro School District — $28,569
- 326. Shamong Township School District — $28,555
- 326. Stanhope School District — $28,555
- 328. Tuckerton Borough School District — $28,533
- 329. Hazlet Township Public School District — $28,529
- 330. Washington Township School District — $28,520
- 331. Northfield City School District — $28,481
- 332. Lawrence Township School District — $28,470
- 333. Bethlehem Township School District — $28,457
- 334. Tabernacle Township School District — $28,450
- 335. Upper Freehold Regional School District — $28,439
- 336. Harrington Park School District — $28,434
- 337. Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District — $28,415
- 338. Lumberton Township Board of Education — $28,411
- 339. Woodcliff Lake School District — $28,399
- 340. Bogota Public School District — $28,335
- 341. Millstone Township School District — $28,334
- 341. North Haledon School District — $28,334
- 343. Chesterfield Township School District — $28,308
- 344. Fair Lawn Public School District — $28,298
- 345. Pequannock Township School District — $28,278
- 346. Mt. Ephraim School District — $28,162
- 347. Island Heights School District — $28,158
- 348. Bound Brook School District — $28,139
- 349. Sterling Regional School District — $28,123
- 350. Oxford Township School District — $28,099
- 350. Roselle Park Public School District — $28,099
- 352. Central Regional School District — $28,097
- 353. Elmwood Park School District — $28,074
- 353. Hopatcong Borough School District — $28,074
- 355. Magnolia School District — $28,029
- 356. Brielle Boro School District — $27,985
- 357. Burlington Township School District — $27,981
- 358. Little Egg Harbor Township School District — $27,976
- 359. Delran Township School District — $27,958
- 360. Washington Township School District — $27,936
- 361. Middlesex Borough School District — $27,923
- 362. Clementon Elementary School District — $27,909
- 363. New Milford Public School District — $27,904
- 364. Norwood Public School District — $27,825
- 365. Bergenfield Borough School District — $27,822
- 366. Clifton Public School District — $27,817
- 367. Livingston Board of Education School District — $27,803
- 368. Middletown Township Public School District — $27,789
- 369. Barrington School District — $27,785
- 370. Somerdale School District — $27,769
- 371. Kearny — $27,739
- 372. Ridgewood Public School District — $27,726
- 373. Medford Township School District — $27,684
- 374. Swedesboro-Woolwich School District — $27,677
- 375. Belleville Public School District — $27,674
- 376. Cresskill Public School District — $27,651
- 377. Vernon Township School District — $27,636
- 378. Plumsted Township School District — $27,630
- 379. Lodi School District — $27,563
- 380. South Plainfield School District — $27,499
- 381. Little Falls Township Public School District — $27,460
- 382. Belvidere School District — $27,458
- 383. Bloomfield Township School District — $27,442
- 384. Hackettstown Public School District — $27,429
- 385. Delanco Township School District — $27,427
- 386. Jackson Township School District — $27,307
- 387. Moonachie School District — $27,291
- 388. West Deptford Township School District — $27,284
- 389. Bayonne School District — $27,269
- 390. Glen Ridge Public School District — $27,264
- 391. Woodlynne School District — $27,253
- 392. Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District — $27,213
- 393. Pine Hill School District — $27,193
- 394. Woodbridge Township School District — $27,155
- 395. Clayton Public School District — $27,130
- 396. Carteret Public School District — $27,128
- 397. Palmyra Public School District — $27,126
- 398. Pohatcong Township School District — $27,082
- 399. Hamilton Township School District — $27,079
- 400. Ho-Ho-Kus School District — $27,078
- 401. North Bergen School District — $27,046
- 402. Elk Township School District — $27,042
- 403. Westfield Public School District — $27,033
- 404. Westampton Township Public School District — $27,019
- 405. Neptune City School District — $26,985
- 406. Upper Deerfield Township School District — $26,918
- 407. South Brunswick School District — $26,909
- 408. Secaucus School District — $26,879
- 409. Riverside Township School District — $26,842
- 410. Mansfield Township Elementary School District — $26,830
- 411. Hainesport Township School District — $26,811
- 412. Barnegat Township School District — $26,802
- 413. Metuchen Public School District — $26,759
- 414. Rancocas Valley Regional High School District — $26,748
- 415. Pittsgrove Township School District — $26,736
- 416. New Providence School District — $26,709
- 417. Summit Public School District — $26,708
- 418. Riverdale School District — $26,659
- 419. Springfield Public School District — $26,634
- 420. Old Bridge Township School District — $26,628
- 421. Township of Union School District — $26,554
- 422. Leonia Public School District — $26,481
- 423. Absecon Public Schools District — $26,470
- 424. National Park Boro School District — $26,462
- 425. Howell Township Public School District — $26,460
- 426. South Bound Brook Public School District — $26,444
- 427. Estell Manor School District — $26,430
- 428. Roosevelt Borough Public School District — $26,404
- 429. Lacey Township School District — $26,394
- 430. Lincoln Park School District — $26,373
- 431. Spotswood Public School District — $26,354
- 432. Laurel Springs School District — $26,343
- 433. Wood-Ridge School District — $26,330
- 434. Marlboro Township School District — $26,309
- 435. Monroe Township School District — $26,306
- 436. Guttenberg School District — $26,303
- 437. Nutley Public School District — $26,277
- 438. Cinnaminson Township School District — $26,259
- 439. Garwood Boro — $26,253
- 440. West New York School District — $26,245
- 441. Woodland Park School District — $26,238
- 442. Verona Public School District — $26,235
- 443. Manville School District — $26,234
- 444. South River Public School District — $26,216
- 445. Oaklyn Public School District — $26,202
- 446. Vineland Public School District — $26,192
- 447. Old Tappan Public School District — $26,184
- 448. Brick Township Public School District — $26,150
- 449. Alloway Twp School District — $26,146
- 449. Cranford Public School District — $26,146
- 449. Fairfield Township School District — $26,146
- 452. Monroe Township Public School District — $26,142
- 453. Middle Township Public School District — $26,141
- 454. Runnemede Public School District — $26,085
- 455. Commercial Township School District — $26,060
- 456. Fair Haven School District — $26,046
- 457. Mount Laurel Township School District — $26,022
- 458. Lyndhurst Public School District — $26,001
- 459. Hamilton Township Public School District — $25,912
- 460. Sayreville School District — $25,870
- 461. Closter Public School District — $25,826
- 462. Mountainside School District — $25,823
- 463. Clearview Regional High School District — $25,776
- 464. Stratford School District — $25,760
- 465. Dunellen Public School District — $25,737
- 466. UPPER PITTSGROVE TWP School District — $25,695
- 467. Gloucester Township Public Schools — $25,679
- 468. Edgewater Park Township School District — $25,569
- 469. Maurice River Township School District — $25,557
- 470. Eastampton Township School District — $25,525
- 471. Ogdensburg Borough School District — $25,463
- 472. Robbinsville Public School District — $25,434
- 473. Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District — $25,408
- 474. HADDON HEIGHTS School District — $25,348
- 475. East Newark School District — $25,323
- 476. Lower Township Elementary School District — $25,276
- 477. Riverton School District — $25,270
- 478. Collingswood Public School District — $25,231
- 479. Denville Township K-8 School District — $25,131
- 480. Freehold Regional High School District — $25,080
- 481. Lakehurst School District — $25,053
- 482. Merchantville School District — $25,042
- 483. Hillsborough Township Public School District — $25,006
- 484. Allamuchy Township School District — $24,977
- 485. Deptford Township Public School District — $24,943
- 486. Union Beach Public School District — $24,902
- 487. Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District — $24,889
- 488. Wallington Boro School District — $24,880
- 488. Waterford Township School District — $24,880
- 490. Hammonton School District — $24,793
- 491. Alpha Borough School District — $24,743
- 492. Cliffside Park School District — $24,721
- 493. Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District — $24,631
- 494. South Harrison Township School District — $24,528
- 495. East Greenwich Township School District — $24,525
- 496. River Edge School District — $24,523
- 497. Linwood City School District — $24,467
- 498. Edison Township School District — $24,439
- 499. Clark Township Public School District — $24,402
- 500. Great Meadows Regional School District — $24,355
- 501. Oldmans Township School District — $24,300
- 502. Washington Borough School District — $24,190
- 503. South Amboy School District — $24,181
- 504. Township of Franklin School District — $24,146
- 505. Port Republic School District — $24,137
- 506. Piscataway Township School District — $24,101
- 507. Oradell Public School District — $23,984
- 508. Palisades Park School District — $23,907
- 509. Mantua Township School District — $23,882
- 510. Haddon Township School District — $23,848
- 511. Logan Township School District — $23,600
- 512. Point Pleasant Borough School District — $23,512
- 513. Jamesburg Public School District — $23,450
- 514. Berkeley Township School District — $23,442
- 515. Springfield Township School District — $23,380
- 516. Evesham Township School District — $23,303
- 517. North Arlington School District — $23,255
- 518. Ocean Township School District — $23,185
- 519. Totowa Public School District — $23,168
- 520. Stafford Township School District — $23,141
- 521. Milltown School District — $23,063
- 522. Woodbury Heights Public School District — $23,029
- 523. Fairfield Public School District — $22,980
- 524. Toms River Regional School District — $22,848
- 525. Kingsway Regional School District — $22,806
- 526. Berlin Borough School District — $22,747
- 527. Maywood School District — $22,679
- 528. Haddonfield School District — $22,579
- 529. Medford Lakes School District — $22,484
- 530. Byram Township School District — $22,262
- 531. Greenwich Township School District — $22,128
- 532. Upper Township School District — $21,952
- 533. Hopewell Township School District — $21,598
- 534. Harrison Township School District — $21,291
- 535. Lopatcong Township School District — $20,997
- 536. Fairview Public School District — $20,060
Not ranked
- Allenhurst School District — no figure in the state's file
- Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Atlantic County Special Services School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "P. CSSD" (county special services school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Atlantic County Vocational School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Bass River Township Board of Education — no figure in the state's file
- Bayshore Jointure Commission School District — no figure in the state's file
- Bergen County Special Services School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "P. CSSD" (county special services school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Bergen County Vocational Technical School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Burlington County Institute of Technology School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Burlington County Special Services School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "P. CSSD" (county special services school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Camden County Educational Services Commission — no figure in the state's file
- Camden County Technical School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Cape May County Special Services School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "P. CSSD" (county special services school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Cape May County Technical High School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Cape May Point School District — no figure in the state's file
- Chesilhurst Board of Education — no figure in the state's file
- Corbin City School District — no figure in the state's file
- Cumberland County Board of Vocational Education — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Educational Services Commission of Morris County — no figure in the state's file
- Educational Services Commission of New Jersey — no figure in the state's file
- Essex County Schools of Technology — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Essex Regional Educational Services Commission — no figure in the state's file
- Gloucester County Special Services School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "P. CSSD" (county special services school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Henry Hudson Regional School District — no figure in the state's file
- Hi Nella — no figure in the state's file
- Hudson County Schools of Technology School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission — no figure in the state's file
- Hunterdon County Vocational School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Interlaken School District — no figure in the state's file
- Lake Como School District — no figure in the state's file
- Loch Arbour School District — no figure in the state's file
- Longport Board of Education — no figure in the state's file
- Mercer County Special Services School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "P. CSSD" (county special services school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Monmouth County Vocational School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Monmouth-Ocean Educational Services Commission School Distri — no figure in the state's file
- Morris County Vocational School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Morris-Union Jointure Commission School District — no figure in the state's file
- Newfield Boro School District — no figure in the state's file
- Northern Hills Academy School District — no figure in the state's file
- Northern Region Educational Services Commission — no figure in the state's file
- Ocean County Vocational Technical School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Rockleigh School District — no figure in the state's file
- Salem County Special Services School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "P. CSSD" (county special services school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Salem County Vocational Technical School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Sea Isle City Board of Education — no figure in the state's file
- Seaside Park Borough School District — no figure in the state's file
- Somerset County Educational Services Commission School Distr — no figure in the state's file
- Somerset County Vocational and Technical School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- South Bergen Jointure Commission School District — no figure in the state's file
- Sussex County Technical School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Union County Educational Services Commission — no figure in the state's file
- Union County Vocational-Technical School District — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Warren County Special Services School District — no figure in the state's file
- Warren County Vocational Technical School — NJ DOE's Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending groups this district as "CoVoc|County Voc" (county vocational school district), not with the K–6, K–8, K–12 and 7–12 operating districts, so its per-pupil spending is shown on its own page and is not compared or ranked with theirs.
- Washington Township School District — no figure in the state's file
- West Wildwood School District — no figure in the state's file