When considering a home many take in consideration the school district as a top concern in the decision making process. NJ recently put together a list of the wealthiest to the Poorest School districts.
Keep in mind that wealthiest is not necessarily the best but obviously the schools with more funding award their students more opportunities and resources which should not be overlooked.
Check out the list below to see where your school district ranks among the others.
Here is the list of school districts and their median incomes, from highest to lowest:
- Millburn 184783
- Harding 171331
- Glen Ridge 170433
- Mountain Lakes 164432
- Ho-Ho-Kus 162386
- Glen Rock 155221
- Montgomery Township 154309
- Ridgewood 147823
- Tenafly 147196
- Westfield 146734
- The Chathams 145563
- Livingston 143203
- Englewood Cliffs 140605
- Kinnelon 140265
- Berkeley 139152
- Holmdel 136525
- Interlaken 135938
- Ramsey 135387
- Mountainside 133571
- Hopewell Valley Regional 133131
- Rockleigh 133125
- Sparta 131182
- Millstone 130109
- New Providence 130057
- Green Brook 130053
- Bernards 129690
- Summit 129583
- Cranbury 128750
- Haddonfield 128471
- Branchburg 124306
- Brielle 122416
- Montville 122260
- Moorestown 121637
- Saddle River 121026
- Randolph 120392
- West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional 120039
- Green Township 119286
- South Orange-Maplewood 117406
- Somerset Hills Regional 117202
- Robbinsville 116686
- Boonton 115268
- Cranford 115201
- Upper Freehold Regional 114950
- Princeton 114645
- Hoboken 114381
- Metuchen 112971
- Hillsborough 112572
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional 111272
- Alpine 111146
- Greenwich 111094
- Morris Plains 110817
- Cresskill 110156
- Madison 110040
- South Brunswick 109551
- Bay Head 108542
- Sea Girt 108333
- Waldwick 108182
- Bridgewater-Raritan Regional 107911
- Mahwah 107336
- Wayne 106357
- Roxbury 105105
- Park Ridge 04047
- Emerson 102500
- Middletown 102474
- Cedar Grove 101779
- Edgewater 101767
- Milltown 101685
- Verona 101528
- Spring Lake 101500
- Paramus 100272
- Fair Lawn 99536
- Springfield 99211
- Montclair 99105
- East Brunswick 98658
- Morris Township 98632
- West Milford 98556
- Kenilworth 97279
- Wood-Ridge 96988
- Teaneck Township 96760
- Westwood Regional 96681
- Bedminster 96644
- Andover Regional 95179
- Mine Hill 95000
- Jefferson Township 94662
- Manasquan 93200
- Dumont 93074
- Wall Township 92539
- Butler 92377
- Cherry Hill 92185
- Riverton 92125
- Clark 90956
- Franklin Township 90949
- Edison 90515
- Delran 90512
- West 90363
- Boonton 90326
- Cinnaminson 90286
- Upper Pittsgrove 90042
- Hope 89792
- Point Pleasant Boro 89779
- Parsippany-Troy Hills 89385
- Midland Park 89130
- Allamuchy 88802
- Piscataway 88494
- Mount Olive 88333
- Haddon Heights 88162
- Vernon Township 87779
- Pequannock 87464
- Riverdale 87274
- Logan 87200
- Pompton Lakes 87004
- Plumsted 86694
- Longport 86484
- South Plainfield 86404
- Lawrence Township (Mercer County) 86301
- Leonia 86107
- Secaucus 86061
- Washington Township (Gloucester County) 85892
- Great Meadows Regional 85063
- Nutley 84974
- Mount Arlington 84912
- Jackson Township 84871
- Hazlet 84871
- Rutherford 84778
- Port Republic 84688
- Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional 84366
- Old Bridge 83750
- Matawan-Aberdeen Regional 83525
- Avalon 83523
- Allenhurst 83155
- Caldwell-West Caldwell 83059
- Haddon 82621
- Hawthorne 82532
- Lincoln Park 81956
- Burlington 81798
- Maywood 81339
- Laurel Springs 81250
- Harmony 81146
- Hasbrouck Heights 81136
- Stone Harbor 81111
- Bordentown 80906
- East Windsor Regional 80852
- Deal 80714
- Saddle Brook 80543
- Ocean Township (Monmouth County) 80477
- Sayreville B80386
- North Brunswick 80358
- Point Pleasant Beach 79773
- Woodbridge 79720
- Middlesex 79327
- Bergenfield 79000
- Estell Manor 78750
- Florence 78709
- New Milford 78077
- Ewing 77464
- Dunellen 77099
- Upper Township 77012
- Hopatcong 76875
- Bogota 76649
- Bloomsbury 76071
- Bloomingdale 75781
- Union Township 75742
- Weehawken 75388
- Englewood 75074
- Spotswood 74680
- Egg Harbor Township 74409
- Waterford 74250
- Monroe (Gloucester County) 74212
- Garwood 73924
- Lopatcong 73734
- Pitman 73616
- Alloway 73586
- Rochelle Park 73512
- Winslow 72934
- Mannington 72917
- Bloomfield 72840
- Elmer 72411
- Spring Lake Heights 72353
- Roosevelt 72321
- Oxford 72311
- Lower Alloways Creek 72250
- South Bound Brook 72180
- Oldmans 72045
- Toms River Regional 71882
- Elmwood Park 71852
- Lacey 71714
- Avon-by-the-Sea 71513
- Hamilton 70996
- Jamesburg 70787
- Brick 70647
- Somerville 70643
- Newfield Elementary 70556
- Fort Lee 70415
- Monroe (Middlesex County) 70357
- Lyndhurst 70344
- Audubon 69938
- Merchantville 69833
- Ridgefield 68843
- Highland Park 68837
- Pittsgrove 68785
- Ocean Township (Ocean County) 67997
- Clifton 67992
- Oaklyn 67969
- Little Ferry 67357
- Delanco 67153
- Margate 67138
- Carteret 67068
- West Deptford 66964
- Dennis Township 66727
- Sea Isle City S66683
- Union Beach 66662
- Pohatcong 66556
- North Arlington 66484
- North Plainfield 66272
- Folsom 66250
- Elsinboro 66094
- Lakehurst 66078
- Lawrence Township (Cumberland County) 65917
- Wildwood Crest 65547
- Barnegat 65405
- Belleville 65234
- New Hanover 65066
- Willingboro 64969
- Palmyra 64766
- Palisades Park 64726
- Quinton 64722
- Deptford 64705
- Greenwich Township (Gloucester County) 64652
- Manville 64514
- Hackettstown 64464
- Washington Township (Burlington County) 64375
- South Amboy 64293
- Glassboro 64246
- Ridgefield Park 63841
- South Hackensack 63693
- Absecon 63656
- Clayton 63628
- Maurice River 63333
- Pennsauken 63279
- Linden 63250
- Roselle Park 63021
- Neptune 62992
- South River 62972
- Middle Township 62887
- Hammonton 62798
- Lake Como 62663
- Edgewater Park 62475
- Bound Brook 62263
- Belmar 62083
- Lavallette 61989
- Mount Ephraim 61715
- Barrington 61711
- Bradley Beach 61682
- Pemberton 61303
- Cliffside Park 60979
- Collingswood 60777
- Rahway 60374
- Brooklawn 60208
- Kearny 60015
- Hillside 59939
- Jersey City 59537
- Lawnside 59279
- Pennsville 58939
- Berlin 58893
- Alpha 58804
- Dover 58495
- Maple Shade 57977
- Ocean City 57813
- Montague 57150
- Brigantine 57031
- Corbin City 56875
- Guttenberg 56837
- Harrison 56713
- Weymouth 56681
- Belvidere 56221
- Neptune City 55728
- Wallington 55547
- Hackensack 55289
- North Bergen 55222
- Moonachie 55179
- Burlington City 55072
- Keyport 54522
- Plainfield 54500
- Riverside 54492
- Bayonne 54413
- Winfield Township 54167
- Fairview 53846
- Chesilhurst 53516
- Cape May Point 53125
- Clementon 52661
- Woodbury 51922
- White Township 51524
- Ventnor 50978
- Beverly 50880
- West Wildwood 50795
- Lodi 50774
- Gloucester City 50615
- Pine Hill 50184
- Buena Regional 49783
- Vineland 49453
- East Newark 49375
- Millville 49133
- Newton 48409
- Long Branch 48327
- Keansburg 47686
- Hi-Nella 47589
- Commercial Township 46195
- Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional 45893
- Garfield City 45469
- West New York Town 45370
- Downe 45333
- Phillipsburg 44537
- Perth Amboy 44024
- North Wildwood 43941
- Elizabeth 43568
- Roselle 43397
- Pleasantville 41633
- Union City 41107
- Lakewood 40983
- Paulsboro 40925
- Woodlynne 40913
- Manchester 40154
- Lindenwold 38906
- New Brunswick 38435
- East Orange 36921
- Irvington 36782
- Bridgeton 36208
- Woodbine 34906
- Trenton 34257
- Orange 33233
- Newark 33139
- Paterson 32915
- Asbury Park 32755
- Passaic 31832
- Wildwood 27067
- Salem 26320
- Atlantic 25737
- Camden 25042
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