Highest equalized school tax rates: Somerset County, NJ 2026-27
Equalized school tax rates across 12 Somerset County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Somerville Public School District leads at 1.486 per $100. NJ DOE…
- Districts ranked
- 12
- 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. Somerville Public School District — 1.486 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 2. South Bound Brook Public School District — 1.444 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 3. Green Brook Township Public School District — 1.354 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 4. North Plainfield School District — 1.222 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 5. Franklin Township Public School District — 1.118 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 6. Bound Brook School District — 1.117 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 7. Bernards Township School District — 1.087 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 8. Manville School District — 1.079 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 9. Branchburg Township School District — 0.973 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 10. Warren Township School District — 0.844 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 11. Watchung Borough School District — 0.676 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 12. Bedminster Township Public School District — 0.655 per $100 of equalized valuation
Not ranked
- Bridgewater-Raritan 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.
- Hillsborough Township 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.
- Montgomery 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.
- Somerset Hills 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.
- Watchung Hills 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.