Highest equalized school tax rates: Cape May County, NJ 2026-27

Equalized school tax rates across 16 Cape May County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Dennis Township School District leads at 1.06 per $100. NJ DOE…

Districts ranked

16

Period

2026-27

Publication floor

8 districts

Tie rule

Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.

County definition

The county holding the largest share of the district's land area (NCES EDGE, 2024–25).

NJ DOE User-Friendly Budget Line L: the total school levy over the estimated equalized valuation. This is the figure to use when comparing one New Jersey district's school tax burden with another's.

Measure: Equalized total school tax rate.

Source: NJ DOE.

For Winfield Township (11.6 per $100), NJ DOE's 2026–27 file reports a $1,920,487 total school tax levy (Line D) on a $16,550,150 estimated equalized valuation (Line H, as of 01OCT25) and a $16,566,700 estimated net taxable valuation (Line B).

Ranked districts

• 1. Dennis Township School District — 1.06 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. Woodbine School District — 0.972 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. Upper Township School District — 0.962 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. Middle Township Public School District — 0.807 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Wildwood City School District — 0.498 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. Lower Township Elementary School District — 0.288 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. West Wildwood School District — 0.206 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Wildwood Crest Borough School District — 0.204 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. North Wildwood School District — 0.145 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. West Cape May School District — 0.116 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Ocean City School District — 0.112 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. Cape May City School District — 0.036 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. Stone Harbor School District — 0.028 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Sea Isle City Board of Education — 0.022 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. Avalon School District — 0.018 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Cape May Point School District — 0.014 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Lower Cape May Regional School District — This district levies across 3 municipalities, each with its own valuation and therefore its own rate. New Jersey publishes no single district-wide figure and we do not average one. The municipal apportionment is listed below.