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

Equalized school tax rates across 39 Monmouth County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Roosevelt Borough Public School District leads at 1.404 per $100.…

Districts ranked

39

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. Roosevelt Borough Public School District — 1.404 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. Hazlet Township Public School District — 1.213 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. Neptune City School District — 1.111 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. Union Beach Public School District — 1.078 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Millstone Township School District — 1.068 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. Holmdel Township School District — 1.039 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. Keyport School District — 1.036 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Farmingdale Public School District — 1.035 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. Neptune Township School District — 1.01 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. Middletown Township Public School District — 1.003 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Freehold Township School District — 0.923 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. Keansburg School District — 0.868 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. Marlboro Township School District — 0.791 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Township of Ocean School District — 0.791 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. Wall Township Public School District — 0.784 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Howell Township Public School District — 0.768 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 17. Freehold Borough School District — 0.694 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 18. Red Bank Borough Public School District — 0.683 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 19. LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District — 0.657 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 20. Fair Haven School District — 0.647 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 21. Little Silver Boro School District — 0.631 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 22. Eatontown Public School District — 0.615 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 23. Shrewsbury Borough School District — 0.592 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 24. Colts Neck Township School District — 0.572 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 25. Manasquan School District — 0.512 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 26. Spring Lake Heights School District — 0.478 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 27. Lake Como School District — 0.429 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 28. West Long Branch School District — 0.422 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 29. Belmar Elementary School District — 0.359 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 29. Rumson Borough School District — 0.359 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 31. Bradley Beach School District — 0.291 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 32. Avon Boro School District — 0.233 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 33. Monmouth Beach School District — 0.23 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 34. Interlaken School District — 0.173 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 35. Sea Girt Borough School District — 0.107 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 36. Spring Lake Borough — 0.082 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 37. Deal Boro School District — 0.05 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 38. Loch Arbour School District — 0.046 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 39. Allenhurst School District — 0.031 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Asbury Park 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.
• Brielle Boro School District — New Jersey's file reports a valuation for this district (Line H/K (equalized valuation)) that is no larger than the school tax levy struck on it, which would make the tax equal to the whole value of the property or more. We publish neither that valuation nor the rates computed from it, and we do not substitute another figure. The levy itself is shown.
• Freehold Regional High School District — This district levies across 8 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.
• Manalapan-Englishtown 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.
• Matawan-Aberdeen 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.
• Monmouth 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.
• Oceanport 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.
• Red Bank Regional School District — 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.
• Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High 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.
• Shore 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.
• Tinton Falls 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.
• Upper Freehold 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.