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Cherry Hill Public Schools

State budget report

Camden 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: $248.4M → 2026-27: $253M (+1.9%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $54.1M → 2026-27: $61.4M (+13.6%)24.3% of day-to-day spending.Camden County median +16% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $194.3M → 2026-27: $191.6M (-1.4%)Camden County median +2.5% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $201.5M → 2026-27: $216.3M (+7.4%)Camden County median +6% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aidDown $857,788 from last year State aid file
  • Surplus budgeted to balance the budget2025-26: $13.1M → 2026-27: $3.8MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Health insurance costs
  • Health benefits, audited2022-23: $34M → 2024-25: $38.4M (+12.9%)Camden County median +16.4% · 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: 11.7 → 2024-25: 11.8Camden County median 11.1 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $102,148Camden County median $75,210 · New Jersey median $78,587
New Jersey School Performance Reports
In the district's words

Quoted from the district's own budget documents. The district may count costs differently from the state's figures above.

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

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