It measures composition
The ranking answers one narrow question: what share of the total local property-tax levy is attributable to school levies? It is not a ranking of total tax bills, school spending, educational outcomes, or tax efficiency.
Where school taxes take the largest share of the property-tax levy
This table compares the composition of New Jersey municipal property-tax levies. The percentage is the school levy divided by the total levy for each taxing district, using the same maintained state-source file behind Watchdog municipal fiscal intelligence.
Source year: 2025. A high school-levy share means schools account for a larger portion of that municipality's total levy. It does not mean the school system is better or worse, and it does not by itself mean an individual homeowner has a higher tax bill.
| Municipality | County | School levy share | 2025 school levy | 2025 total levy |
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How to read this ranking
It is municipality specific
New Jersey property-tax bills combine school, municipal, county, and other components. The mix varies across taxing districts, so two towns with similar total tax burdens can have very different levy composition.
The denominator matters
A town can have a high school share because its school levy is large, because other levy components are smaller, or both. The raw school and total levy amounts are shown beside the percentage so the ratio is auditable.
Where this data comes from
Primary source: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services, Municipal Tax Summary / Property Tax Information. Watchdog's maintained /property/data/budget-pressure.json is generated from the 2021–2025 state workbooks; this page uses the 2025 school levy and total levy fields without changing their values.
The maintained builder explicitly maps Total School Levy and Total Levy on Which Tax Rate is Computed, then calculates school_share = school_levy / total_levy. The broader Watchdog budget-pressure score is not used in this ranking.
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