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

Equalized school tax rates across 21 Ocean County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Plumsted Township School District leads at 1.362 per $100. NJ DOE…

Districts ranked

21

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. Plumsted Township School District — 1.362 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. Lacey Township School District — 1.05 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. Barnegat Township School District — 0.859 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. Jackson Township School District — 0.825 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Eagleswood Township School District — 0.804 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. Manchester Township School District — 0.797 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. Point Pleasant Borough School District — 0.768 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Brick Township Public School District — 0.74 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. Ocean Township School District — 0.681 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. Lakehurst School District — 0.62 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Ocean Gate School District — 0.542 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. Tuckerton Borough School District — 0.527 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. Little Egg Harbor Township School District — 0.465 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Stafford Township School District — 0.465 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. Island Heights School District — 0.462 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Berkeley Township School District — 0.374 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 17. Seaside Heights School District — 0.312 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 18. Bay Head Borough School District — 0.148 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 19. Lavallette Borough School District — 0.104 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 20. Beach Haven School District — 0.05 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 21. Seaside Park Borough School District — 0.031 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Central Regional 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.
• Lakewood Township School District — no figure in the state's file
• Long Beach Island Consolidated 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.
• Point Pleasant Beach 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.
• Southern 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.
• Toms River Regional School District — This district levies across 4 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.