Green Brook Township Public School District
State budget reportSomerset 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: $30.7M → 2026-27: $32.2M (+4.8%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
- Employee benefits2025-26: $4.5M → 2026-27: $5.9M (+31.6%)18.3% of day-to-day spending.Somerset County median +17.9% · New Jersey median +18.2%
- Everything else2025-26: $26.2M → 2026-27: $26.3M (+0.3%)Somerset County median +1.9% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
- Local school tax levy2025-26: $25.9M → 2026-27: $27.4M (+5.7%)Somerset County median +6.3% · New Jersey median +5%
- State school aid, K–122025-26: $1,897,532 → 2026-27: $1,868,407 (-1.5%)Somerset County median +0.9% · New Jersey median +4.9%
- Special education aid$1,207,729 → $1,159,857
- Transportation aid$517,598 → $523,724
- Security aid$172,205 → $184,826
- Federal special education grant (IDEA)2025-26: $178,053 → 2026-27: $181,760 (+2.1%)Somerset County median +1% · New Jersey median +1.7%Federal money for students with disabilities, ages 3 to 21. The 2026-27 award is the state's preliminary figure. From the state's IDEA award files: 2025-26, 2026-27
- Surplus budgeted to balance the budget2025-26: $1.3M → 2026-27: $1.1MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Teachers
- Students per teacher2021-22: 8.9 → 2024-25: 9.5Somerset County median 10.3 · New Jersey median 10.7
- Median teacher salary2024-25: $80,200Somerset County median $83,002 · New Jersey median $78,587
Medians are across districts whose budgets are comparable; services commissions and districts outside the state aid formula are left out.