Highest equalized school tax rates: Atlantic County, NJ 2026-27

Equalized school tax rates across 20 Atlantic County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Egg Harbor Township School District leads at 1.289 per $100. NJ…

Districts ranked

20

Period

2026-27

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 User-Friendly Budget Line L: the total school levy over the estimated equalized valuation. This is the figure to use when comparing one New Jersey district's school tax burden with another's.

Measure: Equalized total school tax rate.

Source: NJ DOE.

For Winfield Township (11.6 per $100), NJ DOE's 2026–27 file reports a $1,920,487 total school tax levy (Line D) on a $16,550,150 estimated equalized valuation (Line H, as of 01OCT25) and a $16,566,700 estimated net taxable valuation (Line B).

Ranked districts

• 1. Egg Harbor Township School District — 1.289 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. Weymouth Township School District — 1.227 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. Estell Manor School District — 1.181 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. Port Republic School District — 1.165 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Absecon Public Schools District — 1.112 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. Hammonton School District — 1.035 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. Linwood City School District — 1.011 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Egg Harbor City School District — 0.905 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. Pleasantville Public School District — 0.859 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. Northfield City School District — 0.848 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Folsom Borough School District — 0.813 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. Mullica Township School District — 0.803 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. Galloway Township Public School District — 0.778 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Corbin City School District — 0.718 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. Somers Point School District — 0.65 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Hamilton Township School District — 0.645 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 17. Ventnor City School District — 0.373 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 18. Brigantine Public School District — 0.234 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 19. Margate City School District — 0.135 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 20. Longport Board of Education — 0.016 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Atlantic City School District — New Jersey reports a total school tax levy for this district that is smaller than the general fund levy it also reports, although the total is defined as the general fund levy plus debt service. Until the state's two lines agree we publish neither the total levy nor the total tax rate, and we do not reconcile them ourselves.
• Buena Regional School District — This district levies across 2 municipalities, each with its own valuation and therefore its own rate. New Jersey publishes no single district-wide figure and we do not average one. The municipal apportionment is listed below.
• Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District — This district levies across 4 municipalities, each with its own valuation and therefore its own rate. New Jersey publishes no single district-wide figure and we do not average one. The municipal apportionment is listed below.
• Mainland Regional High School — This district levies across 3 municipalities, each with its own valuation and therefore its own rate. New Jersey publishes no single district-wide figure and we do not average one. The municipal apportionment is listed below.