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North Brunswick Township School District

State budget report

Middlesex 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: $140M → 2026-27: $144.2M (+3%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $27.5M → 2026-27: $30.6M (+11.6%)21.2% of day-to-day spending.Middlesex County median +19.2% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $112.5M → 2026-27: $113.6M (+0.9%)Middlesex County median +0.9% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $91.5M → 2026-27: $95.1M (+4%)Middlesex County median +5.8% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aid, K–122025-26: $54.5M → 2026-27: $54.2M (-0.4%)Middlesex County median +3.3% · New Jersey median +4.9%
    • Equalization aid$40.6M → $40.8M
    • Special education aid$7.8M → $7.7M
    • Transportation aid$3.7M → $3.5M
    • Security aid$2.3M → $2.1M
    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: $7.6M → 2026-27: $7.9M (+4.2%)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: $1.6M → 2026-27: $1.5M (-0.9%)Middlesex County median +0.5% · 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. $13,611 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: $27,318 → 2026-27: $0Planned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Health insurance costs
  • Health benefits, audited2022-23: $18.3M → 2024-25: $22.2M (+21.5%)Middlesex County median +21.5% · 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: 10.1 → 2024-25: 9.7Middlesex County median 11.4 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $84,974Middlesex County median $82,805 · 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.