Moorestown Township Public Schools
State budget reportBurlington 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: $90M → 2026-27: $94.4M (+4.9%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
- Employee benefits2025-26: $21.3M → 2026-27: $24.3M (+14.2%)25.7% of day-to-day spending.Burlington County median +15.7% · New Jersey median +18.2%
- Everything else2025-26: $68.8M → 2026-27: $70.2M (+2%)Burlington County median +1.1% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
- Local school tax levy2025-26: $73.6M → 2026-27: $78.1M (+6.2%)Burlington County median +5.1% · New Jersey median +5%
- State school aidUp $397,349 from last year State aid file
- Surplus budgeted to balance the budget2025-26: $4.1M → 2026-27: $3.4MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Health insurance costs
Teachers
- Students per teacher2021-22: 11.4 → 2024-25: 11.2Burlington County median 11 · New Jersey median 10.7
- Median teacher salary2024-25: $97,892Burlington County median $77,357 · New Jersey median $78,587
In the district's words
- Health insurance
Health insurance - 17.63% confirmed increase
2026-2027 Budget Introduction, Mar 17, 2026 - State aid
Initially budgeted flat. Confirmed increase of $397,349
2026-2027 Budget Introduction, Mar 17, 2026
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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