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State budget report

Camden 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: $141.5M → 2026-27: $150.6M (+6.4%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $30.6M → 2026-27: $33.6M (+10%)22.3% of day-to-day spending.Camden County median +16% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $110.9M → 2026-27: $116.9M (+5.4%)Camden County median +2.5% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $45.7M → 2026-27: $48M (+4.9%)Camden County median +6% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aid, K–122025-26: $97.3M → 2026-27: $100.3M (+3.1%)Camden County median +3.9% · New Jersey median +4.9%
    • Equalization aid$84.7M → $86.8M
    • Special education aid$7.6M → $8.4M
    • Transportation aid$2.7M → $2.8M
    • Security aid$2.3M → $2.4M
    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: $2.1M → 2026-27: $2.5M (+21.6%)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: $1,794,283 → 2026-27: $1,773,919 (-1.1%)Camden 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. $111,989 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: $18.1M → 2026-27: $20.2MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Teachers
  • Students per teacher2021-22: 12.6 → 2024-25: 12.6Camden County median 11.1 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $79,407Camden County median $75,210 · 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.

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A. E. Burling Alternative SchoolBenjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolClifford A. Baldwin Early Childhood Learning CenterDelair Elementary SchoolG. Harry Carson Elementary SchoolGeorge B. Fine Elementary SchoolHoward M. Phifer Middle SchoolPennsauken High SchoolPennsauken Intermediate SchoolRoosevelt STEM School