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Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County

State budget report

Mercer County · 2026-27 budget, from New Jersey Department of Education files. Budgets are set for a whole district, so every school in it shares these figures.

Spending
  • Day-to-day spending2025-26: $19.3M → 2026-27: $22.4M (+16%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $3.8M → 2026-27: $4.7M (+25.3%)21.1% of day-to-day spending.Mercer County median +16% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $15.6M → 2026-27: $17.7M (+13.7%)Mercer County median +1.4% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $7.2M → 2026-27: $7.2M (0%)Mercer County median +4.5% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aidUp $403,333 from last year State aid file
  • Surplus budgeted to balance the budget2025-26: $623,821 → 2026-27: $2.7MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Health insurance costs
  • Health benefits, audited2022-23: $1.6M → 2024-25: $2.2M (+40.8%)Mercer County median +16.1% · New Jersey median +18.1%What the district actually spent, from its audited annual financial reports: 2022-23, 2024-25
Teachers
  • Students per teacher2021-22: 18.5 → 2024-25: 20.3Mercer County median 11.1 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $70,755Mercer County median $81,684 · New Jersey median $78,587
New Jersey School Performance Reports

Medians are across districts whose budgets are comparable; services commissions and districts outside the state aid formula are left out.