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

Equalized school tax rates across 19 Union County, New Jersey school districts, 2026-27. Winfield Township leads at 11.6 per $100. NJ DOE; ranked by…

Districts ranked

19

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. Winfield Township — 11.6 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 2. Roselle Park Public School District — 1.206 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 3. Cranford Public School District — 1.134 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 4. New Providence School District — 1.119 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 5. Westfield Public School District — 1.094 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 6. Township of Union School District — 1.019 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 7. Garwood Boro — 1.004 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 8. Springfield Public School District — 0.994 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 9. Rahway Public School District — 0.992 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 10. Kenilworth School District — 0.992 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 11. Clark Township Public School District — 0.974 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 12. Roselle Public School District — 0.936 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 13. Berkeley Heights School District — 0.935 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 14. Hillside Public School District — 0.873 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 15. Linden Public School District — 0.818 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 16. Mountainside School District — 0.756 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 17. Summit Public School District — 0.711 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 18. Plainfield Public School District — 0.656 per $100 of equalized valuation
• 19. Elizabeth Public Schools — 0.348 per $100 of equalized valuation

Not ranked

• Scotch Plains-Fanwood 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.