Wallkill Valley Regional High School budget 2026-27

Wallkill Valley Regional High School

Sussex 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: $17.1M → 2026-27: $17.1M (+0.4%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
Employee benefits2025-26: $2.9M → 2026-27: $3.2M (+10.4%)18.4% of day-to-day spending.Sussex County median +15.6% · New Jersey median +18.2%
Everything else2025-26: $14.2M → 2026-27: $14M (-1.6%)Sussex County median -0.5% · New Jersey median +0.5%

Where the money comes from

Local school tax levy2025-26: $13.3M → 2026-27: $13.7M (+2.8%)Sussex County median +4% · New Jersey median +5%
State school aidDown $129,337 from last year State aid file
Surplus budgeted to balance the budget2025-26: $148,545 → 2026-27: $148,545Planned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.

Health insurance costs

Health benefits, audited2022-23: $1.4M → 2024-25: $1.5M (+7.7%)Sussex County median +7.8% · 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: 12 → 2024-25: 11.8Sussex County median 10.3 · New Jersey median 10.7
Median teacher salary2024-25: $102,615Sussex County median $74,947 · 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.