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Ridgewood Public School District

State budget report

Bergen 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: $129M → 2026-27: $132.1M (+2.4%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $20M → 2026-27: $22.6M (+13.4%)17.1% of day-to-day spending.Bergen County median +23.5% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $109M → 2026-27: $109.5M (+0.4%)Bergen County median +0.5% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $107.4M → 2026-27: $111.7M (+4%)Bergen County median +6% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aid, K–122025-26: $7.1M → 2026-27: $6.9M (-3%)Bergen County median +4.3% · New Jersey median +4.9%
    • Special education aid$5.4M → $5.1M
    • Transportation aid$860,494 → $927,255
    • Security aid$831,518 → $803,397
    Equalization, special education, transportation and security aid together can fall by no more than 3% a year, and this district is at that limit: the formula alone would have cut them further. From the state's aid files: 2025-26, 2026-27
  • Federal special education grant (IDEA)2025-26: $1,157,585 → 2026-27: $1,158,040 (0%)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: $2.7M → 2026-27: $2.7MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Health insurance costs
  • Health benefits, audited2022-23: $11.3M → 2024-25: $14.1M (+25.3%)Bergen County median +21.3% · 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: 13 → 2024-25: 12.1Bergen County median 11.2 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $96,627Bergen County median $83,387 · 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.