Highest equalized school tax rates: Cumberland County, NJ 2026-27
Equalized school tax rates across 10 Cumberland County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Deerfield Township School District leads at 1.217 per $100. NJ…
- Districts ranked
- 10
- 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. Deerfield Township School District — 1.217 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 2. Downe Township School District — 1.161 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 3. Maurice River Township School District — 1.005 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 4. Lawrence Township School District — 0.927 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 5. Upper Deerfield Township School District — 0.913 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 6. Commercial Township School District — 0.79 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 7. Fairfield Township School District — 0.789 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 8. Millville School District — 0.696 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 9. Vineland Public School District — 0.582 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 10. Bridgeton City School District — 0.424 per $100 of equalized valuation
Not ranked
- Cumberland Regional School District — This district levies across 7 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.
- Greenwich Township School District — no figure in the state's file
- Hopewell Township School District — This district levies across 2 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.