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

Equalized school tax rates across 18 Hunterdon County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Hampton Borough School District leads at 1.543 per $100. NJ DOE…

Districts ranked

18

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. Hampton Borough School District — 1.543 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. Bloomsbury Borough School District — 1.516 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. High Bridge Borough School District — 1.425 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. Califon Borough School District — 1.32 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Milford Borough School District — 1.271 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. Franklin Township School District — 1.102 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. Bethlehem Township School District — 1.056 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Holland Township School District — 1.055 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. Clinton Township School District — 1.034 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. Alexandria Township School District — 0.992 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Frenchtown Borough School District — 0.986 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. Lebanon Township School District — 0.932 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. East Amwell Township School District — 0.896 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Lebanon Borough School District — 0.806 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. Delaware Township School District — 0.774 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Readington Township School District — 0.768 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 17. Kingwood Township School District — 0.722 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 18. Tewksbury Township School District — 0.715 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Clinton-Glen Gardner 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.
• Delaware Valley Regional High School District — This district levies across 5 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.
• Flemington-Raritan Regional 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.
• Hunterdon Central Regional High School District — This district levies across 5 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.
• North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District — This district levies across 12 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.
• South Hunterdon 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.
• Union Township School District — New Jersey's file reports a valuation for this district (Line H/K (equalized valuation)) that is no larger than the school tax levy struck on it, which would make the tax equal to the whole value of the property or more. We publish neither that valuation nor the rates computed from it, and we do not substitute another figure. The levy itself is shown.