NJ school districts that would get the most money under Murphy

TRENTON — Nearly every school district in New Jersey would get an increase in state aid next year and none would see a reduction, according to figures released Thursday by the Murphy administration.

School budgets are the single greatest driver of New Jersey's property taxes, which are the highest in the nation.

Murphy's budget would boost state aid by 3.5 percent, or $283.5 million. The proposal also increases pre-school aid to existing programs by $33 million and add $25 million to expand pre-school for another 3,500 children.

Gov. Phil Murphy said his school aid proposal would be the first step in getting Trenton to fully fund the formula that the state developed in 2008.

“As an educator, I’m excited about this budget because it’s the first time in years that we’ve seen this level of emphasis on investing in education,” Acting Education Commissioner Lamont O. Repollet, the former Asbury Park schools superintendent, said in a prepared statement.

According to the proposal, 99 districts would get at least an additional 10 percent in regular state aid. Fifty would get at least $1 million more.

Districts that receive the lion's share of the aid remain the poorest school systems once referred to as the Abbott districts, after the state Supreme Court cases that mandated that the state provide them additional funds to match spending by the wealthiest districts.

Newark would get the most in combined pre-school and formula aid: $884 million, including a 5 percent increase amounting to $37.5 million.

In the charts below, you can see how much your school district would get. A searchable database is at the bottom of this story.

Biggest aid increases

County	District	Change	%
Essex	Newark City	$37,505,901	5.0%
Passaic	Paterson City	$20,286,362	5.0%
Union	Elizabeth City	$17,238,687	4.6%
Mercer	Trenton City	$11,534,607	5.0%
Passaic	Passaic City	$9,937,697	4.3%
Hudson	Union City	$9,056,605	5.0%
Middlesex	Perth Amboy City	$6,753,315	4.2%
Middlesex	New Brunswick City	$6,343,652	5.0%
Union	Plainfield City	$5,772,958	4.6%
Hudson	West New York Town	$4,779,609	5.0%
Essex	Irvington Township	$4,214,130	3.7%
Cumberland	Bridgeton City	$3,948,166	4.8%
Essex	City Of Orange Twp	$3,402,477	4.5%
Hudson	North Bergen Twp	$2,916,152	5.0%
Hudson	Bayonne City	$2,845,804	5.0%
Camden	Pennsauken Twp	$2,466,839	5.0%
Bergen	Garfield City	$2,270,000	4.0%
Monmouth	Long Branch City	$2,161,212	5.0%
Atlantic	Egg Harbor Twp	$2,091,917	5.0%
Camden	Camden City	$1,941,258	0.7%
Hudson	Jersey City	$1,863,714	0.5%
Gloucester	Monroe Twp	$1,787,029	5.0%
Hudson	Kearny Town	$1,655,995	5.0%
Passaic	Clifton City	$1,502,708	5.0%
Middlesex	Woodbridge Twp	$1,449,884	5.0%
Union	Union Twp	$1,398,005	4.5%
Middlesex	Carteret Boro	$1,391,737	5.0%
Essex	Belleville Town	$1,349,326	5.0%
Morris	Dover Town	$1,295,295	5.0%
Somerset	North Plainfield Boro	$1,290,220	5.0%
Camden	Lindenwold Boro	$1,274,401	5.0%
Ocean	Toms River Regional	$1,249,272	1.9%
Gloucester	Deptford Twp	$1,226,105	5.0%
Union	Roselle Boro	$1,216,802	5.0%
Atlantic	Atlantic City	$1,206,271	5.0%
Atlantic	Hammonton Town	$1,183,615	7.2%
Middlesex	South Brunswick Twp	$1,182,564	5.0%
Atlantic	Hamilton Twp	$1,158,914	5.0%
Essex	Bloomfield Twp	$1,151,016	5.0%
Middlesex	Sayreville Boro	$1,116,515	5.0%
Essex	East Orange	$1,114,526	0.6%
Union	Hillside Twp	$1,100,047	5.0%
Salem	Penns Grv-Carneys Pt	$1,094,758	5.0%
Passaic	Passaic County Voc	$1,092,078	5.0%
Union	Rahway City	$1,069,871	5.0%
Hudson	Hudson County Voc	$1,064,672	5.0%
Essex	Essex Co Voc-Tech	$1,054,742	5.0%
Camden	Camden County Voc	$1,026,574	4.5%
Gloucester	Washington Twp	$1,016,549	2.1%
Mercer	East Windsor Regional	$1,006,481	5.0%

Districts with at least 10% more

County	District	2019 Aid	Change
Bergen	Haworth Boro	$263,228	16.5%
Monmouth	Shore Regional	$549,018	16.4%
Monmouth	Spring Lake Boro	$233,324	15.9%
Morris	Mendham Twp	$546,193	15.7%
Monmouth	Manasquan Boro	$721,224	15.4%
Bergen	Paramus Boro	$2,542,374	15.3%
Ocean	Point Pleasant Beach	$583,748	15.3%
Bergen	Franklin Lakes Boro	$909,154	15.2%
Bergen	Harrington Park Boro	$364,802	14.9%
Bergen	Midland Park Boro	$742,564	14.7%
Monmouth	Atlantic Highlands	$190,897	14.6%
Bergen	Carlstadt Boro	$321,134	14.6%
Monmouth	Sea Girt Boro	$129,193	14.5%
Bergen	South Hackensack	$296,060	14.1%
Essex	Fairfield Twp	$392,491	14.1%
Somerset	Warren Twp	$1,504,714	14.1%
Bergen	Ramsey Boro	$1,600,162	14.0%
Cape May	West Wildwood	$46,173	13.9%
Bergen	Englewood Cliffs Boro	$379,136	13.8%
Passaic	Wayne Twp	$4,940,142	13.8%
Monmouth	Monmouth Beach	$180,433	13.7%
Union	Berkeley Heights Twp	$1,473,639	13.7%
Morris	Montville Twp	$2,367,682	13.7%
Morris	Florham Park Boro	$604,234	13.6%
Monmouth	West Long Branch	$343,940	13.6%
Bergen	Woodcliff Lake Boro	$443,118	13.6%
Monmouth	Rumson Boro	$491,751	13.4%
Mercer	Princeton	$4,023,203	13.4%
Bergen	Pascack Valley Regional	$1,375,335	13.2%
Monmouth	Shrewsbury Boro	$286,834	13.0%
Middlesex	Cranbury Twp	$572,483	12.9%
Bergen	Emerson Boro	$624,754	12.9%
Essex	Cedar Grove Twp	$958,315	12.7%
Morris	Hanover Park Reg	$1,080,395	12.7%
Bergen	Westwood Reg	$2,041,361	12.5%
Bergen	Ramapo-Indian Hill	$1,578,415	12.5%
Union	Clark Twp	$1,288,480	12.4%
Ocean	Southern Regional	$2,325,842	12.3%
Morris	Parsippany-Troy Hills	$5,530,152	12.3%
Middlesex	Metuchen Boro	$1,294,983	12.0%
Essex	Roseland Boro	$331,216	12.0%
Monmouth	Red Bank Regional	$1,172,363	11.9%
Essex	Livingston Twp	$3,271,039	11.9%
Bergen	Moonachie Boro	$459,351	11.8%
Essex	West Essex Regional	$1,280,625	11.8%
Essex	Essex Fells Boro	$118,558	11.7%
Bergen	Wyckoff Twp	$1,106,086	11.7%
Bergen	Waldwick Boro	$1,068,287	11.6%
Bergen	East Rutherford Boro	$698,753	11.6%
Morris	East Hanover Twp	$789,453	11.6%
Bergen	Glen Rock Boro	$1,335,305	11.6%
Atlantic	Longport	$101,275	11.5%
Monmouth	Rumson-Fair Haven	$557,793	11.5%
Monmouth	Little Silver Boro	$398,966	11.5%
Hudson	Secaucus Town	$1,260,040	11.4%
Monmouth	Holmdel Twp	$2,246,720	11.4%
Bergen	Cresskill Boro	$927,305	11.3%
Atlantic	Margate City	$602,847	11.3%
Morris	Hanover Twp	$1,031,052	11.2%
Bergen	Carlstadt-East Rutherford	$428,678	11.1%
Bergen	Demarest Boro	$392,632	11.1%
Bergen	Northern Valley Reg	$1,458,274	11.1%
Bergen	Northvale Boro	$278,822	11.1%
Bergen	Fort Lee Boro	$2,474,768	11.0%
Bergen	Norwood Boro	$464,422	11.0%
Union	Westfield Town	$3,604,871	10.9%
Somerset	Watchung Hills Reg	$1,225,857	10.9%
Bergen	Old Tappan Boro	$442,963	10.8%
Morris	Boonton Twp	$554,841	10.8%
Monmouth	Oceanport Boro	$506,896	10.8%
Monmouth	Spring Lake Heights	$370,318	10.8%
Hunterdon	Union Twp	$639,966	10.8%
Monmouth	Colts Neck Twp	$1,136,070	10.8%
Ocean	Seaside Park Boro	$170,619	10.7%
Hunterdon	Readington Twp	$1,614,266	10.7%
Monmouth	Fair Haven Boro	$516,557	10.7%
Essex	Verona Boro	$1,110,888	10.7%
Passaic	Totowa Boro	$564,674	10.7%
Bergen	Rochelle Park Twp	$529,341	10.7%
Essex	S. Orange-Maplewood	$5,033,885	10.7%
Bergen	Mahwah Twp	$2,685,621	10.7%
Bergen	Upper Saddle River	$651,161	10.6%
Bergen	Montvale Boro	$611,178	10.6%
Union	Summit City	$2,008,784	10.6%
Bergen	Oradell Boro	$417,490	10.6%
Bergen	Oakland Boro	$817,625	10.6%
Morris	Long Hill Twp	$737,138	10.5%
Somerset	Watchung Boro	$518,242	10.5%
Middlesex	Monroe Twp	$3,635,098	10.5%
Essex	Glen Ridge Boro	$946,051	10.5%
Somerset	Bedminster Twp	$770,329	10.5%
Camden	Haddonfield	$1,190,808	10.4%
Morris	Riverdale Boro	$300,732	10.4%
Bergen	Saddle Brook Twp	$1,291,434	10.4%
Morris	Mount Arlington Boro	$615,365	10.4%
Union	Scotch Plains-Fanwood	$3,527,217	10.2%
Morris	Madison Boro	$1,246,395	10.1%
Union	New Providence Boro	$1,162,779	10.0%
Bergen	Teaneck Twp	$5,989,277	10.0%

Pre-school aid

County	District	Aid
Essex	Newark City	$96,335,148
Hudson	Jersey City	$67,611,454
Passaic	Paterson City	$48,588,485
Union	Elizabeth City	$44,488,632
Mercer	Trenton City	$30,414,223
Camden	Camden City	$30,044,240
Hudson	Union City	$28,706,970
Passaic	Passaic City	$24,955,152
Middlesex	Perth Amboy City	$20,425,752
Union	Plainfield City	$20,372,108
Middlesex	New Brunswick City	$20,285,173
Essex	East Orange	$18,987,475
Essex	Irvington Township	$17,808,399
Cumberland	Vineland City	$17,331,702
Hudson	West New York Town	$14,993,322
Hudson	Hoboken City	$12,405,474
Essex	City Of Orange Twp	$10,277,833
Cumberland	Bridgeton City	$9,997,325
Monmouth	Long Branch City	$9,379,920
Cumberland	Millville City	$8,292,114
Bergen	Garfield City	$8,023,905
Monmouth	Asbury Park City	$7,811,335
Burlington	Pemberton Twp	$7,677,850
Atlantic	Pleasantville City	$6,721,968
Monmouth	Neptune Twp	$5,297,200
Hudson	Harrison Town	$4,901,014
Warren	Phillipsburg Town	$4,471,549
Ocean	Little Egg Harbor Twp	$3,894,530
Camden	Gloucester City	$3,702,268
Monmouth	Red Bank Boro	$3,616,325
Union	Rahway City	$3,543,085
Hudson	Bayonne City	$3,443,256
Somerset	Franklin Twp	$3,441,152
Gloucester	Deptford Twp	$3,378,698
Atlantic	Atlantic City	$3,299,360
Union	Linden City	$3,223,168
Monmouth	Keansburg Boro	$2,829,480
Burlington	Willingboro Twp	$2,735,776
Burlington	Burlington City	$2,710,208
Hudson	North Bergen Twp	$2,611,533
Bergen	Englewood City	$2,458,647
Somerset	North Plainfield Boro	$2,357,552
Union	Hillside Twp	$2,271,505
Salem	Salem City	$2,216,720
Middlesex	Carteret Boro	$1,989,684
Ocean	Lakewood Twp	$1,981,985
Bergen	Hackensack City	$1,604,781
Gloucester	Woodbury City	$1,586,728
Salem	Pittsgrove Twp	$1,558,486
Cumberland	Fairfield Twp	$1,472,149
Camden	Lindenwold Boro	$1,223,743
Camden	Bellmawr Boro	$1,111,086
Middlesex	Jamesburg Boro	$1,030,239
Cape May	Wildwood City	$1,003,680
Somerset	Somerville Boro	$846,846
Camden	Winslow Twp	$825,815
Cape May	Middle Twp	$786,520
Cape May	Wildwood Crest Boro	$758,880
Atlantic	Ventnor City	$755,859
Middlesex	South Amboy City	$720,738
Somerset	Bound Brook Boro	$719,882
Salem	Penns Grv-Carney's Pt	$699,546
Burlington	Riverside Twp	$693,900
Cape May	Woodbine Boro	$685,440
Monmouth	Keyport Boro	$684,760
Ocean	Lakehurst Boro	$657,254
Passaic	Haledon Boro	$654,942
Gloucester	Logan Twp	$654,940
Union	Roselle Boro	$589,254
Camden	Pennsauken Twp	$581,580
Atlantic	Hamilton Twp	$550,312
Cumberland	Downe Twp	$538,300
Bergen	Lodi Borough	$508,530
Gloucester	Glassboro	$495,680
Hudson	Weehawken Twp	$494,084
Monmouth	Union Beach	$478,040
Cumberland	Upper Deerfield Twp	$452,620
Middlesex	Piscataway Twp	$442,200
Morris	Wharton Boro	$438,921
Atlantic	Buena Regional	$433,960
Atlantic	Hammonton Town	$390,383
Atlantic	Egg Harbor City	$360,300
Hudson	Kearny Town	$356,928
Morris	Dover Town	$342,177
Monmouth	Bradley Beach Boro	$335,920
Gloucester	Clayton Boro	$322,140
Cape May	Lower Twp	$313,908
Cumberland	Commercial Twp	$303,769
Middlesex	Highland Park Boro	$282,976
Bergen	Cliffside Park Boro	$274,400
Monmouth	Highlands Boro	$271,320
Cumberland	Lawrence Twp	$265,275
Atlantic	Mullica Twp	$259,830
Burlington	Beverly City	$256,200
Monmouth	Belmar Boro	$253,136
Atlantic	Somers Point City	$238,419
Morris	Morris School District	$234,300
Ocean	Stafford Twp	$224,400
Monmouth	Freehold Boro	$213,435
Passaic	Prospect Park Boro	$212,175
Cumberland	Deerfield Twp	$203,056
Cumberland	Maurice River Twp	$183,901
Gloucester	Paulsboro Boro	$179,170
Hudson	Guttenberg Town	$161,058
Camden	Pine Hill Boro	$152,532
Ocean	Ocean Gate Boro	$138,400
Mercer	Lawrence Twp	$132,000
Bergen	Fairview Boro	$124,908
Atlantic	Brigantine City	$113,715
Gloucester	National Park Boro	$110,256
Atlantic	Galloway Twp	$102,300
Camden	Somerdale Boro	$101,110
Burlington	Edgewater Park Twp	$100,240
Ocean	Seaside Heights Boro	$99,328
Bergen	Little Ferry Boro	$92,400
Cape May	Cape May City	$90,582
Camden	Lawnside Boro	$78,696
Gloucester	Westville Boro	$74,703
Camden	Woodlynne Boro	$70,206
Atlantic	Folsom Boro	$63,096
Camden	Brooklawn Boro	$62,700
Camden	Clementon Boro	$62,125
Atlantic	Weymouth Twp	$60,060
Essex	S Orange-Maplewood	$59,400
Salem	Mannington Twp	$52,950
Middlesex	South Plainfield Boro	$52,800
Gloucester	Elk Twp	$50,688
Mercer	Princeton	$49,500
Union	Scotch Plains-Fanwood	$49,500
Salem	Quinton Twp	$48,300
Hudson	East Newark Boro	$46,541
Camden	Merchantville Boro	$43,288
Cape May	North Wildwood City	$40,122
Bergen	Edgewater Boro	$36,414
Camden	Magnolia Boro	$36,063
Camden	Berlin Twp	$35,163
Ocean	Eagleswood Twp	$33,572
Salem	Woodstown-Pilesgrove	$33,000
Ocean	Tuckerton Boro	$32,963
Burlington	New Hanover Twp	$23,868
Camden	Chesilhurst	$19,848
Salem	Upper Pittsgrove Twp	$16,500
Hunterdon	High Bridge Boro	$6,600