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

Equalized school tax rates across 22 Middlesex County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Highland Park Boro School District leads at 1.56 per $100. NJ…

Districts ranked

22

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. Highland Park Boro School District — 1.56 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. Milltown School District — 1.483 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. East Brunswick Township School District — 1.442 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. Dunellen Public School District — 1.435 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Metuchen Public School District — 1.362 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. North Brunswick Township School District — 1.332 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. Jamesburg Public School District — 1.233 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Old Bridge Township School District — 1.232 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. Middlesex Borough School District — 1.187 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. Woodbridge Township School District — 1.176 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Sayreville School District — 1.154 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. South Plainfield School District — 1.138 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. South Brunswick School District — 1.004 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Edison Township School District — 0.961 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. South River Public School District — 0.891 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Piscataway Township School District — 0.88 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 17. Monroe Township School District — 0.875 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 18. South Amboy School District — 0.812 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 19. New Brunswick School District — 0.758 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 20. Cranbury Township School District — 0.694 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 21. Carteret Public School District — 0.636 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 22. Perth Amboy Public School District — 0.538 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Spotswood Public 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.