Highest spending per pupil: Middlesex County, NJ 2023-24
Spending per pupil across 23 Middlesex County, New Jersey school districts, 2023-24. New Brunswick School District leads at $36,148. NJ DOE; ranked by…
- Districts ranked
- 23
- Period
- 2023-24
- Publication floor
- 8 districts
- Tie rule
- Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.
- County definition
- The county holding the largest share of the district's land area (NCES EDGE, 2024–25).
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. New Brunswick School District — $36,148
- 2. Cranbury Township School District — $35,930
- 3. Perth Amboy Public School District — $34,788
- 4. Highland Park Boro School District — $34,066
- 5. North Brunswick Township School District — $31,960
- 6. East Brunswick Township School District — $29,888
- 7. Middlesex Borough School District — $27,923
- 8. South Plainfield School District — $27,499
- 9. Woodbridge Township School District — $27,155
- 10. Carteret Public School District — $27,128
- 11. South Brunswick School District — $26,909
- 12. Metuchen Public School District — $26,759
- 13. Old Bridge Township School District — $26,628
- 14. Spotswood Public School District — $26,354
- 15. Monroe Township School District — $26,306
- 16. South River Public School District — $26,216
- 17. Sayreville School District — $25,870
- 18. Dunellen Public School District — $25,737
- 19. Edison Township School District — $24,439
- 20. South Amboy School District — $24,181
- 21. Piscataway Township School District — $24,101
- 22. Jamesburg Public School District — $23,450
- 23. Milltown School District — $23,063