Palisades Park School District
State budget reportBergen 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: $32.8M → 2026-27: $33.7M (+2.6%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
- Employee benefits2025-26: $5.9M → 2026-27: $7.5M (+27.6%)22.3% of day-to-day spending.Bergen County median +23.5% · New Jersey median +18.2%
- Everything else2025-26: $26.9M → 2026-27: $26.2M (-2.8%)Bergen County median +0.5% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
- Local school tax levy2025-26: $27.2M → 2026-27: $29M (+6.7%)Bergen County median +6% · New Jersey median +5%
- State school aid, K–122025-26: $2.9M → 2026-27: $2.8M (-3%)Bergen County median +4.3% · New Jersey median +4.9%
- Special education aid$2M → $1.9M
- Transportation aid$131,496 → $132,122
- Security aid$757,050 → $781,738
- State preschool aid2025-26: $3M → 2026-27: $3.2M (+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: $539,671 → 2026-27: $535,313 (-0.8%)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: $1.8M → 2026-27: $1MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Teachers
- Students per teacher2021-22: 83.8 → 2024-25: 11.3Bergen County median 11.2 · New Jersey median 10.7
- Median teacher salary2024-25: $78,375Bergen County median $83,387 · New Jersey median $78,587
Medians are across districts whose budgets are comparable; services commissions and districts outside the state aid formula are left out.