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Mahwah Township Public School District

State budget report

Bergen 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: $83M → 2026-27: $85.5M (+3%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $12.6M → 2026-27: $14.5M (+14.6%)16.9% of day-to-day spending.Bergen County median +23.5% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $70.4M → 2026-27: $71M (+0.9%)Bergen County median +0.5% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $73M → 2026-27: $75.9M (+3.9%)Bergen County median +6% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aid, K–122025-26: $5M → 2026-27: $5.3M (+6%)Bergen County median +4.3% · New Jersey median +4.9%
    • Special education aid$3.4M → $3.6M
    • Transportation aid$1.2M → $1.3M
    • Security aid$380,732 → $410,405
    Equalization, special education, transportation and security aid together can rise by no more than 6% a year, and this district is at that limit: the formula alone would have given more. From the state's aid files: 2025-26, 2026-27
  • Federal special education grant (IDEA)2025-26: $688,014 → 2026-27: $680,098 (-1.2%)Bergen County median +2% · 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: $2.9M → 2026-27: $2.5MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Health insurance costs
  • Health benefits, audited2022-23: $7.5M → 2024-25: $8.5M (+13.4%)Bergen County median +21.3% · 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: 9.9 → 2024-25: 9.8Bergen County median 11.2 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $82,837Bergen County median $83,387 · 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.