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

Equalized school tax rates across 16 Passaic County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Bloomingdale School District leads at 1.454 per $100. NJ DOE…

Districts ranked

16

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. Bloomingdale School District — 1.454 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. West Milford Township Public School District — 1.453 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. Pompton Lakes School District — 1.405 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. Hawthorne Public School District — 1.31 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Wayne Township Public School District — 1.259 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. Ringwood School District — 1.019 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. Clifton Public School District — 0.996 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Wanaque School District — 0.914 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. Woodland Park School District — 0.79 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. North Haledon School District — 0.744 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Little Falls Township Public School District — 0.716 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. Haledon Public School District — 0.637 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. Prospect Park Public School District — 0.584 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Paterson Public School District — 0.577 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. Totowa Public School District — 0.394 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Passaic City School District — 0.278 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Lakeland 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.
• Passaic County Manchester 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.
• Passaic Valley 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.