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Education / New Jersey

School districts in New Jersey

All 700 public school districts reporting to NCES from New Jersey, running 2,585 schools between them. Each district page lists every school it operates.

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At a glance

Districts

700reporting

Schools

2,585public schools

Students enrolled

1,383,785in these districts

Schools per district

3.7average

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Largest by enrollment

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published. A dash means the district reported no figure — not that it has no students.

Largest districts in New Jersey
DistrictSchoolsEnrollment
Newark Public School District6341,672
Elizabeth Public Schools3728,266
Jersey City Public Schools3926,647
Paterson Public School District4324,795
Edison Township School District1916,807
Trenton Public School District2514,852
Toms River Regional School District1814,594
Woodbridge Township School District2513,836
Union City School District1412,848
Passaic City School District2012,834
Hamilton Township Public School District2312,096
Clifton Public School District1910,826
Cherry Hill School District1910,818
Perth Amboy Public School District1210,484
Freehold Regional High School District610,453
Vineland Public School District1410,386
Bayonne School District1310,383
Plainfield Public School District1410,097
New Brunswick School District129,690
East Orange School District209,272
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District109,027
Middletown Township Public School District168,993
Brick Township Public School District128,340
East Brunswick Township School District118,159
Old Bridge Township School District148,096
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District118,049
West New York School District98,020
South Brunswick School District107,950
Township of Union School District107,775
Wayne Township Public School District157,746
Irvington Public School District127,675
Jackson Township School District107,605
Egg Harbor Township School District77,556
Piscataway Township School District117,354
Franklin Township Public School District107,309
Hillsborough Township Public School District97,265
North Bergen School District87,262
Washington Township School District117,199
Camden City School District167,099
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District147,067
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Every district in New Jersey

All 700, alphabetical.

New Jersey districts

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