New Data Shows How Much Millburn Taxpayers Pay Per Pupil

MILLBURN, NJ - 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 and now you can know how much money you're spending to send your kid – or somebody else's kid – to school in New Jersey.

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.

In the past, these costs have included: transportation, special revenues, pension and benefits paid by the state, facilities (including debt service), equipment, total food services, judgments against the school district and tuition/costs for students sent out of district (except payments to charter schools), according to state officials.

In Millburn, the cost came in at $15,765. That places taxpayers at 326 on a list that includes 650 communities.

The statewide average for school spending per-pupil in 2017-2018 was $15,720, a 5 percent increase over two years.

The complete list can be found here.

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