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Rockaway Borough School District

State budget report

Morris 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: $13.3M → 2026-27: $14.4M (+8.1%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $2.6M → 2026-27: $3.3M (+25.5%)23.1% of day-to-day spending.Morris County median +20.2% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $10.7M → 2026-27: $11.1M (+3.8%)Morris County median +1% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $10.8M → 2026-27: $11.8M (+9.6%)Morris County median +5.7% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aid, K–122025-26: $2M → 2026-27: $2.2M (+6%)Morris County median +5.6% · New Jersey median +4.9%
    • Equalization aid$1.1M → $1.3M
    • Special education aid$755,691 → $678,410
    • Transportation aid$52,029 → $34,950
    • Security aid$107,290 → $92,760
    Equalization, special education, transportation and security aid together can rise by no more than 6% a year, and this district is at that limit: the formula alone would have given more. 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
  • Federal special education grant (IDEA)2025-26: $205,100 → 2026-27: $210,477 (+2.6%)Morris County median +1.8% · 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. $29,036 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: $26,617 → 2026-27: $200,000Planned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Teachers
  • Students per teacher2021-22: 10.6 → 2024-25: 10.4Morris County median 10.4 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $66,095Morris County median $80,100 · 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.