Highest equalized school tax rates: Salem County, NJ 2026-27
Equalized school tax rates across 8 Salem County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Pennsville School District leads at 1.737 per $100. NJ DOE; ranked by…
- Districts ranked
- 8
- 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. Pennsville School District — 1.737 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 2. Mannington Township School District — 1.624 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 3. Quinton Township School District — 1.556 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 4. Salem City School District — 1.359 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 5. Alloway Twp School District — 1.298 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 6. UPPER PITTSGROVE TWP School District — 1.154 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 7. Elsinboro Township School District — 1.142 per $100 of equalized valuation
- 8. Oldmans Township School District — 1.005 per $100 of equalized valuation
Not ranked
- Penns Grove-Carneys Point 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.
- Pittsgrove 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.
- The Lower Alloways Creek School District — New Jersey reports a total school tax levy for this district that is smaller than the general fund levy it also reports, although the total is defined as the general fund levy plus debt service. Until the state's two lines agree we publish neither the total levy nor the total tax rate, and we do not reconcile them ourselves.
- Woodstown-Pilesgrove 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.