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Woodbridge Township School District

State budget report

Middlesex 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: $362.7M → 2026-27: $372.5M (+2.7%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $70.6M → 2026-27: $75.8M (+7.4%)20.4% of day-to-day spending.Middlesex County median +19.2% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $292.1M → 2026-27: $296.7M (+1.6%)Middlesex County median +0.9% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $206.7M → 2026-27: $213.3M (+3.2%)Middlesex County median +5.8% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aid, K–122025-26: $123.5M → 2026-27: $130.9M (+6%)Middlesex County median +3.3% · New Jersey median +4.9%
    • Equalization aid$96.6M → $103.8M
    • Special education aid$17.1M → $18.6M
    • Transportation aid$4.8M → $3.8M
    • Security aid$5M → $4.8M
    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: $3,781,251 → 2026-27: $3,794,268 (+0.3%)Middlesex County median +0.5% · 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. $45,720 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: $28M → 2026-27: $30.9MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Health insurance costs
  • Health benefits, audited2022-23: $37.6M → 2024-25: $42.8M (+13.7%)Middlesex County median +21.5% · 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: 11.5 → 2024-25: 11.4Middlesex County median 11.4 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $88,716Middlesex County median $82,805 · 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.