Manasquan, Belmar Areas Pay This Much To Send Kids To School

Now you can know how much money you're spending to send your kid – or somebody else's kid – to school in New Jersey. You'll be surprised to see what districts top the list – and which fell to the bottom. And you may be surprised to see how much school districts in the Manasquan and Belmar area pay.

The state Department of Education has released a list of every district that details how much taxpayers spend to send each child to a public school. Patch has the complete ranking from top-to-bottom, with the top 300 in bold.

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While per-pupil costs are increasing, the disparity in costs between each school district is quite big. Asbury Park pays nearly $60,000 per student in its district, while Edison pays a little more than $12,000.

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Here is the list of local school districts, where they were ranked among 650 New Jersey districts and how much they paid for each student in 2018:

• #2 ASBURY PARK $31,915
• #149 POINT PLEASANT BEACH $17,821
• #340 BELMAR $15,623
• #436 MANASQUAN $14,671
• #544 POINT PLEASANT BORO $13,415