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

Equalized school tax rates across 31 Morris County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Mine Hill Township School District leads at 1.75 per $100. NJ DOE…

Districts ranked

31

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. Mine Hill Township School District — 1.75 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. Mount Olive Township School District — 1.609 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. Butler Public School District — 1.545 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. Randolph Township School District — 1.542 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District — 1.513 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. Mountain Lakes Public School District — 1.495 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. Kinnelon School District — 1.491 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Boonton Town Public School District — 1.422 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. Jefferson Township Public School District — 1.307 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. Montville Township School District — 1.273 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Roxbury Township School District — 1.248 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. Netcong School District — 1.245 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. Boonton Township School District — 1.212 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Pequannock Township School District — 1.121 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. Mount Arlington Public School District — 1.044 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Washington Township School District — 1.043 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 17. Rockaway Borough School District — 1.003 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 18. Lincoln Park School District — 0.973 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 19. Wharton Borough School District — 0.952 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 20. Morris Plains School District — 0.921 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 21. Madison Public School District — 0.921 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 22. Riverdale School District — 0.916 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 23. Long Hill Township School District — 0.881 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 24. Denville Township K-8 School District — 0.824 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 25. Rockaway Township School District — 0.817 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 26. Mendham Borough School District — 0.78 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 27. Mendham Township School District — 0.779 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 28. Hanover Township School District — 0.578 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 29. East Hanover Township School District — 0.526 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 30. Harding Township School District — 0.452 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 31. Florham Park School District — 0.415 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Chester Township 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.
• Dover 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.
• Hanover Park Regional High 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.
• Morris Hills Regional 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.
• Morris 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.
• School District of the Chathams — 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.
• West Morris Regional High School District — This district levies across 5 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.