Highest equalized school tax rates: Hudson County, NJ 2026-27
Equalized school tax rates across 12 Hudson County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Jersey City Public Schools leads at 0.899 per $100. NJ DOE; ranked…
- Districts ranked
- 12
- 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. Jersey City Public Schools — 0.899 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 2. Kearny — 0.84 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 3. Guttenberg School District — 0.756 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 4. Bayonne School District — 0.753 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 5. Weehawken Public School District — 0.672 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 6. Harrison Public Schools — 0.58 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 7. Secaucus School District — 0.567 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 8. North Bergen School District — 0.541 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 9. East Newark School District — 0.532 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 10. Hoboken Public School District — 0.395 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 11. West New York School District — 0.385 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 12. Union City School District — 0.216 per $100 of equalized valuation