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State budget report

Gloucester 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: $22,107,132 → 2026-27: $22,093,679 (-0.1%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $5.2M → 2026-27: $4.4M (-13.9%)20.1% of day-to-day spending.Gloucester County median +16.9% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $17M → 2026-27: $17.7M (+4.1%)Gloucester County median -0.4% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $16M → 2026-27: $16.3M (+2%)Gloucester County median +4.3% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aid, K–122025-26: $4.5M → 2026-27: $4.8M (+5.8%)Gloucester County median +4.4% · New Jersey median +4.9%
    • Equalization aid$1.6M → $2.5M
    • Special education aid$1.8M → $1.4M
    • Transportation aid$820,634 → $604,780
    • Security aid$304,823 → $239,115
    Equalization aid is based on the gap between what the state's formula says a district needs and the share it expects local taxes to raise. From the state's aid files: 2025-26, 2026-27
  • State preschool aid2025-26: $3.5M → 2026-27: $3.7M (+6.5%)Paid into a separate fund that can only be spent on preschool. From the state's preschool aid files: 2025-26, 2026-27
  • Federal special education grant (IDEA)2025-26: $432,595 → 2026-27: $446,262 (+3.2%)Gloucester County median +1.7% · 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. $70,323 of it is set aside for students with disabilities whose parents placed them in private schools. From the state's IDEA award files: 2025-26, 2026-27
  • Surplus budgeted to balance the budget2025-26: $978,658 → 2026-27: $654,509Planned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Teachers
  • Students per teacher2021-22: 9.5 → 2024-25: 11.4Gloucester County median 11.5 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $83,262Gloucester County median $73,302 · 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.