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

Equalized school tax rates across 16 Sussex County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Green Township School District leads at 1.565 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. Green Township School District — 1.565 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. Sparta Township Public School District — 1.445 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. Montague Township School District — 1.397 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. Vernon Township School District — 1.324 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Newton Public School District — 1.203 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. Hopatcong Borough School District — 1.099 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. Hamburg School District — 1.094 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Stanhope School District — 1.013 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. Franklin Borough School District — 0.985 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. Byram Township School District — 0.915 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Ogdensburg Borough School District — 0.892 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. Lafayette Township School District — 0.876 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. Stillwater Township School District — 0.818 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Fredon Township School District — 0.725 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. Hardyston Township School District — 0.658 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Hampton Township School District — 0.634 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Andover 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.
• Frankford Township Consolidated 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.
• High Point 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.
• Kittatinny Regional 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.
• Lenape 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.
• Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated 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.
• Sussex-Wantage 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.
• Wallkill Valley Regional High School — 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.