Middle Township Public School District budget 2026-27

Middle Township Public School District

Cape May 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: $51M → 2026-27: $53.2M (+4.3%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
Employee benefits2025-26: $10.1M → 2026-27: $12.1M (+19.5%)22.8% of day-to-day spending.Cape May County median +14.5% · New Jersey median +18.2%
Everything else2025-26: $40.8M → 2026-27: $41.1M (+0.6%)Cape May County median +0.1% · New Jersey median +0.5%

Where the money comes from

Local school tax levy2025-26: $32.5M → 2026-27: $35.7M (+9.8%)Cape May County median +4% · New Jersey median +5%
State school aidDown $372,110 from last year State aid file
Surplus budgeted to balance the budget2025-26: $1.2M → 2026-27: $1.4MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.

Health insurance costs

Health benefits, audited2022-23: $5.6M → 2024-25: $6.7M (+19.5%)Cape May County median +17.2% · 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: 11.5Cape May County median 9.4 · New Jersey median 10.7
Median teacher salary2024-25: $67,716Cape May County median $71,600 · 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.