| Rank |
School District |
People Below The Poverty Rate |
| 1 |
Camden City School District, New Jersey
|
39.3%
|
| 2 |
Bridgeton City School District, New Jersey
|
35.5%
|
| 3 |
Asbury Park City School District, New Jersey
|
31.5%
|
| 4 |
Salem City School District, New Jersey
|
31.4%
|
| 5 |
Atlantic City School District, New Jersey
|
31.1%
|
| 6 |
New Brunswick City School District, New Jersey
|
30.9%
|
| 7 |
Passaic City School District, New Jersey
|
29.7%
|
| 8 |
Paterson City School District, New Jersey
|
28.8%
|
| 9 |
Newark City School District, New Jersey
|
28.4%
|
| 10 |
Trenton City School District, New Jersey
|
27.1%
|
| 11 |
Lakewood Township School District, New Jersey
|
26.9%
|
| 12 |
Paulsboro Borough School District, New Jersey
|
25.3%
|
| 13 |
Wildwood City School District, New Jersey
|
25.1%
|
| 14 |
Perth Amboy City School District, New Jersey
|
22.8%
|
| 15 |
Irvington Township School District, New Jersey
|
22.2%
|
| 16 |
Union City School District, New Jersey
|
21.7%
|
| 17 |
West New York Town School District, New Jersey
|
20.9%
|
| 18 |
Orange City Township School District, New Jersey
|
20.7%
|
| 19 |
Plainfield City School District, New Jersey
|
20.4%
|
| 20 |
Pleasantville City School District, New Jersey
|
20.0%
|
| 21 |
Carteret Borough School District, New Jersey
|
19.8%
|
| 22 |
East Orange City School District, New Jersey
|
19.5%
|
| 23 |
Phillipsburg Town School District, New Jersey
|
19.5%
|
| 24 |
Elizabeth City School District, New Jersey
|
18.5%
|
| 25 |
Millville City School District, New Jersey
|
17.6%
|
| 26 |
Jersey City School District, New Jersey
|
17.4%
|
| 27 |
Glassboro Borough School District, New Jersey
|
16.7%
|
| 28 |
Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, New Jersey
|
16.4%
|
| 29 |
Keansburg Borough School District, New Jersey
|
15.1%
|
| 30 |
Harrison Town School District, New Jersey
|
14.9%
|
| 31 |
Hackensack City School District, New Jersey
|
14.8%
|
| 32 |
Vineland City School District, New Jersey
|
14.6%
|
| 33 |
Cliffside Park Borough School District, New Jersey
|
14.4%
|
| 34 |
Rahway City School District, New Jersey
|
14.1%
|
| 35 |
Pine Hill Borough School District, New Jersey
|
14.1%
|
| 36 |
Newton Town School District, New Jersey
|
14.0%
|
| 37 |
Long Branch City School District, New Jersey
|
13.8%
|
| 38 |
Bayonne City School District, New Jersey
|
13.6%
|
| 39 |
North Bergen Township School District, New Jersey
|
13.4%
|
| 40 |
Gloucester City School District, New Jersey
|
13.2%
|
| 41 |
Lindenwold Borough School District, New Jersey
|
12.9%
|
| 42 |
Clayton Borough School District, New Jersey
|
12.6%
|
| 43 |
Roselle Borough School District, New Jersey
|
12.6%
|
| 44 |
Palisades Park Borough School District, New Jersey
|
12.5%
|
| 45 |
Weehawken Township School District, New Jersey
|
12.5%
|
| 46 |
Hillside Township School District, New Jersey
|
12.5%
|
| 47 |
Woodbury City School District, New Jersey
|
12.1%
|
| 48 |
Buena Regional School District, New Jersey
|
11.9%
|
| 49 |
Little Egg Harbor Township School District, New Jersey
|
11.6%
|
| 50 |
Burlington City School District, New Jersey
|
11.5%
|
| 51 |
Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey
|
11.3%
|
| 52 |
West Wildwood Borough School District, New Jersey
|
11.3%
|
| 53 |
Collingswood Borough School District, New Jersey
|
11.3%
|
| 54 |
Lake Como Borough School District, New Jersey
|
11.2%
|
| 55 |
Ewing Township School District, New Jersey
|
11.1%
|
| 56 |
Hoboken City School District, New Jersey
|
11.1%
|
| 57 |
North Plainfield Borough School District, New Jersey
|
11.1%
|
| 58 |
Hi-Nella Borough School District, New Jersey
|
10.9%
|
| 59 |
Pennsville Township School District, New Jersey
|
10.8%
|
| 60 |
Highland Park Borough School District, New Jersey
|
10.8%
|
| 61 |
Garfield City School District, New Jersey
|
10.8%
|
| 62 |
Hammonton Town School District, New Jersey
|
10.7%
|
| 63 |
Red Bank Regional School District, New Jersey
|
10.6%
|
| 64 |
Pemberton Township School District, New Jersey
|
10.4%
|
| 65 |
Lower Township School District, New Jersey
|
10.3%
|
| 66 |
Clifton City School District, New Jersey
|
10.2%
|
| 67 |
Point Pleasant Beach Borough School District, New Jersey
|
10.1%
|
| 68 |
Lower Cape May Regional School District, New Jersey
|
10.1%
|
| 69 |
Teterboro Borough School District, New Jersey
|
9.7%
|
| 70 |
Wallington Borough School District, New Jersey
|
9.6%
|
| 71 |
Fort Lee Borough School District, New Jersey
|
9.5%
|
| 72 |
Warren Hills Regional School District, New Jersey
|
9.5%
|
| 73 |
Mainland Regional School District, New Jersey
|
9.5%
|
| 74 |
Pennsauken Township School District, New Jersey
|
9.4%
|
| 75 |
Dunellen Borough School District, New Jersey
|
9.4%
|
| 76 |
Dover Town School District, New Jersey
|
9.3%
|
| 77 |
Lodi Borough School District, New Jersey
|
9.3%
|
| 78 |
Neptune Township School District, New Jersey
|
9.2%
|
| 79 |
Englewood City School District, New Jersey
|
9.2%
|
| 80 |
Morris Township School District, New Jersey
|
8.9%
|
| 81 |
Riverside Township School District, New Jersey
|
8.8%
|
| 82 |
Palmyra Borough School District, New Jersey
|
8.8%
|
| 83 |
South Amboy City School District, New Jersey
|
8.5%
|
| 84 |
Summit City School District, New Jersey
|
8.5%
|
| 85 |
Keyport Borough School District, New Jersey
|
8.5%
|
| 86 |
Middle Township School District, New Jersey
|
8.5%
|
| 87 |
Central Regional School District, New Jersey
|
8.5%
|
| 88 |
Kearny Town School District, New Jersey
|
8.5%
|
| 89 |
Winslow Township School District, New Jersey
|
8.4%
|
| 90 |
Deptford Township School District, New Jersey
|
8.4%
|
| 91 |
Bloomfield Township School District, New Jersey
|
8.3%
|
| 92 |
Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District, New Jersey
|
8.3%
|
| 93 |
Linden City School District, New Jersey
|
8.2%
|
| 94 |
Leonia Borough School District, New Jersey
|
8.2%
|
| 95 |
East Windsor Regional School District, New Jersey
|
8.1%
|
| 96 |
Maple Shade Township School District, New Jersey
|
8.0%
|
| 97 |
South River Borough School District, New Jersey
|
8.0%
|
| 98 |
Willingboro Township School District, New Jersey
|
7.8%
|
| 99 |
Barnegat Township School District, New Jersey
|
7.8%
|
| 100 |
Toms River Regional School District, New Jersey
|
7.8%
|
| 101 |
Berkeley Township School District, New Jersey
|
7.7%
|
| 102 |
Teaneck Township School District, New Jersey
|
7.7%
|
| 103 |
Cumberland Regional School District, New Jersey
|
7.7%
|
| 104 |
Manchester Township School District, New Jersey
|
7.5%
|
| 105 |
Bergenfield Borough School District, New Jersey
|
7.4%
|
| 106 |
Ocean City School District, New Jersey
|
7.4%
|
| 107 |
West Deptford Township School District, New Jersey
|
7.4%
|
| 108 |
Secaucus Town School District, New Jersey
|
7.3%
|
| 109 |
Hamilton Township School District, New Jersey
|
7.3%
|
| 110 |
Saddle Brook Township School District, New Jersey
|
7.1%
|
| 111 |
West Orange Town School District, New Jersey
|
7.1%
|
| 112 |
Monroe Township School District (Gloucester County), New Jersey
|
7.1%
|
| 113 |
Hackettstown Town School District, New Jersey
|
7.1%
|
| 114 |
Bogota Borough School District, New Jersey
|
7.0%
|
| 115 |
Lacey Township School District, New Jersey
|
6.9%
|
| 116 |
Audubon Borough School District, New Jersey
|
6.9%
|
| 117 |
Edison Township School District, New Jersey
|
6.8%
|
| 118 |
Black Horse Pike Regional School District, New Jersey
|
6.6%
|
| 119 |
Vernon Township School District, New Jersey
|
6.6%
|
| 120 |
North Arlington Borough School District, New Jersey
|
6.5%
|
| 121 |
Galloway Township School District, New Jersey
|
6.5%
|
| 122 |
Ocean Township School District, New Jersey
|
6.5%
|
| 123 |
Egg Harbor Township School District, New Jersey
|
6.5%
|
| 124 |
Haddon Township School District, New Jersey
|
6.4%
|
| 125 |
Woodbridge Township School District, New Jersey
|
6.4%
|
| 126 |
Princeton Regional School District, New Jersey
|
6.4%
|
| 127 |
Hawthorne Borough School District, New Jersey
|
6.3%
|
| 128 |
Montclair Town School District, New Jersey
|
6.3%
|
| 129 |
Flemington-Raritan Regional School District, New Jersey
|
6.3%
|
| 130 |
Corbin City School District, New Jersey
|
6.2%
|
| 131 |
Howell Township School District, New Jersey
|
6.1%
|
| 132 |
Roselle Park Borough School District, New Jersey
|
6.1%
|
| 133 |
Belleville Town School District, New Jersey
|
6.0%
|
| 134 |
Rockleigh Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.8%
|
| 135 |
Montville Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.8%
|
| 136 |
Mount Olive Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.8%
|
| 137 |
Monmouth Regional School District, New Jersey
|
5.7%
|
| 138 |
Paramus Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.7%
|
| 139 |
Gloucester Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.7%
|
| 140 |
Stafford Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.7%
|
| 141 |
Rutherford Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.6%
|
| 142 |
Manville Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.6%
|
| 143 |
Bound Brook Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.6%
|
| 144 |
Maywood Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.6%
|
| 145 |
Franklin Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.5%
|
| 146 |
Remainder of New Jersey, New Jersey
|
5.5%
|
| 147 |
Southern Regional School District, New Jersey
|
5.4%
|
| 148 |
Passaic County Manchester Regional School District, New Jersey
|
5.4%
|
| 149 |
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District, New Jersey
|
5.4%
|
| 150 |
Pitman Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.4%
|
| 151 |
Eastern Camden County Regional School District, New Jersey
|
5.4%
|
| 152 |
Ridgefield Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.4%
|
| 153 |
Somerville Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.4%
|
| 154 |
Burlington Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.3%
|
| 155 |
Sayreville Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.2%
|
| 156 |
Pittsgrove Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.2%
|
| 157 |
Passaic Valley Regional School District, New Jersey
|
5.2%
|
| 158 |
Hanover Park Regional School District, New Jersey
|
5.2%
|
| 159 |
Elmwood Park Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.2%
|
| 160 |
Hunterdon Central Regional School District, New Jersey
|
5.2%
|
| 161 |
Voorhees Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.2%
|
| 162 |
Brick Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.1%
|
| 163 |
Clearview Regional School District, New Jersey
|
5.1%
|
| 164 |
Wall Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.0%
|
| 165 |
Union Township School District, New Jersey
|
5.0%
|
| 166 |
Oaklyn Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.0%
|
| 167 |
Cape May Point Borough School District, New Jersey
|
5.0%
|
| 168 |
Cresskill Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.8%
|
| 169 |
New Providence Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.8%
|
| 170 |
North Brunswick Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.7%
|
| 171 |
Belvidere Town School District, New Jersey
|
4.7%
|
| 172 |
Mahwah Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.7%
|
| 173 |
Ridgefield Park Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.7%
|
| 174 |
Hasbrouck Heights Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.7%
|
| 175 |
Piscataway Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.7%
|
| 176 |
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, New Jersey
|
4.6%
|
| 177 |
Hopatcong Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.6%
|
| 178 |
Kenilworth Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.6%
|
| 179 |
Delsea Regional High School School District, New Jersey
|
4.6%
|
| 180 |
Freehold Regional School District, New Jersey
|
4.6%
|
| 181 |
Rancocas Valley Regional School District, New Jersey
|
4.5%
|
| 182 |
Plumsted Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.5%
|
| 183 |
Lawrence Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.4%
|
| 184 |
Jackson Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.4%
|
| 185 |
Ridgewood Village School District, New Jersey
|
4.4%
|
| 186 |
Madison Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.4%
|
| 187 |
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, New Jersey
|
4.3%
|
| 188 |
Lyndhurst Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.3%
|
| 189 |
Longport Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.3%
|
| 190 |
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District, New Jersey
|
4.2%
|
| 191 |
Northern Burlington Regional School District, New Jersey
|
4.2%
|
| 192 |
Fair Lawn Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.2%
|
| 193 |
Cinnaminson Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.2%
|
| 194 |
South Plainfield Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.1%
|
| 195 |
Haddonfield Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.1%
|
| 196 |
Washington Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.1%
|
| 197 |
Nutley Town School District, New Jersey
|
4.1%
|
| 198 |
Delran Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.0%
|
| 199 |
Cherry Hill Township School District, New Jersey
|
4.0%
|
| 200 |
Tenafly Borough School District, New Jersey
|
4.0%
|
| 201 |
Monroe Township School District (Middlesex County), New Jersey
|
4.0%
|
| 202 |
Point Pleasant Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.9%
|
| 203 |
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.9%
|
| 204 |
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.8%
|
| 205 |
Pascack Valley Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.8%
|
| 206 |
Holmdel Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.8%
|
| 207 |
High Point Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.7%
|
| 208 |
West Milford Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.7%
|
| 209 |
Springfield Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.7%
|
| 210 |
South Orange-Maplewood School District, New Jersey
|
3.7%
|
| 211 |
Wood-Ridge Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.7%
|
| 212 |
Roxbury Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.6%
|
| 213 |
Manasquan Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.6%
|
| 214 |
Wayne Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.6%
|
| 215 |
Dumont Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.6%
|
| 216 |
Hazlet Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.6%
|
| 217 |
Lakeland Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.6%
|
| 218 |
Kingsway Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.5%
|
| 219 |
Randolph Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.5%
|
| 220 |
Spotswood Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.5%
|
| 221 |
Pompton Lakes Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.5%
|
| 222 |
Mount Laurel Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.4%
|
| 223 |
East Brunswick Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.4%
|
| 224 |
West Morris Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.4%
|
| 225 |
Old Bridge Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.4%
|
| 226 |
Ramsey Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.4%
|
| 227 |
Westfield Town School District, New Jersey
|
3.3%
|
| 228 |
Lenape Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.3%
|
| 229 |
Northern Valley Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.3%
|
| 230 |
Sparta Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.3%
|
| 231 |
Montgomery Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.3%
|
| 232 |
Bernards Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.3%
|
| 233 |
Middletown Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.3%
|
| 234 |
North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.2%
|
| 235 |
Evesham Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.2%
|
| 236 |
Clark Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.2%
|
| 237 |
Metuchen Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.2%
|
| 238 |
New Milford Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.1%
|
| 239 |
Morris Hills Regional School District, New Jersey
|
3.1%
|
| 240 |
Verona Borough School District, New Jersey
|
3.0%
|
| 241 |
Cranford Township School District, New Jersey
|
3.0%
|
| 242 |
Boonton Town School District, New Jersey
|
2.9%
|
| 243 |
Medford Township School District, New Jersey
|
2.9%
|
| 244 |
Caldwell-West Caldwell School District, New Jersey
|
2.9%
|
| 245 |
Freehold Township School District, New Jersey
|
2.9%
|
| 246 |
The Chathams School District, New Jersey
|
2.8%
|
| 247 |
Great Meadows Regional School District, New Jersey
|
2.8%
|
| 248 |
Moorestown Township School District, New Jersey
|
2.8%
|
| 249 |
Glen Ridge Borough School District, New Jersey
|
2.7%
|
| 250 |
Upper Freehold Regional School District, New Jersey
|
2.7%
|
| 251 |
Florence Township School District, New Jersey
|
2.7%
|
| 252 |
Hopewell Valley Regional School District, New Jersey
|
2.7%
|
| 253 |
Midland Park Borough School District, New Jersey
|
2.7%
|
| 254 |
Hillsborough Township School District, New Jersey
|
2.6%
|
| 255 |
Pequannock Township School District, New Jersey
|
2.6%
|
| 256 |
Westwood Regional School District, New Jersey
|
2.6%
|
| 257 |
Kinnelon Borough School District, New Jersey
|
2.5%
|
| 258 |
West Essex Regional School District, New Jersey
|
2.4%
|
| 259 |
Somerset Hills Regional School District, New Jersey
|
2.3%
|
| 260 |
Millburn Township School District, New Jersey
|
2.2%
|
| 261 |
Park Ridge Borough School District, New Jersey
|
2.2%
|
| 262 |
Glen Rock Borough School District, New Jersey
|
2.2%
|
| 263 |
Bordentown Regional School District, New Jersey
|
2.1%
|
| 264 |
Watchung Hills Regional School District, New Jersey
|
2.0%
|
| 265 |
Jefferson Township School District, New Jersey
|
1.9%
|
| 266 |
Rockaway Township School District, New Jersey
|
1.8%
|
| 267 |
Interlaken Borough School District, New Jersey
|
1.8%
|
| 268 |
Livingston Township School District, New Jersey
|
1.8%
|
| 269 |
Butler Borough School District, New Jersey
|
1.8%
|
| 270 |
South Brunswick Township School District, New Jersey
|
1.7%
|
| 271 |
Ramapo-Indian Hill Regional School District, New Jersey
|
1.7%
|
| 272 |
Waldwick Borough School District, New Jersey
|
1.6%
|
| 273 |
Haddon Heights Borough School District, New Jersey
|
1.5%
|
| 274 |
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, New Jersey
|
1.5%
|
| 275 |
Cedar Grove Township School District, New Jersey
|
1.5%
|
| 276 |
Middlesex Borough School District, New Jersey
|
1.5%
|
| 277 |
Marlboro Township School District, New Jersey
|
1.5%
|
| 278 |
Berkeley Heights Township School District, New Jersey
|
1.5%
|
| 279 |
Green Brook Township School District, New Jersey
|
1.4%
|
| 280 |
Emerson Borough School District, New Jersey
|
1.4%
|
| 281 |
River Dell Regional School District, New Jersey
|
1.3%
|
| 282 |
Mountain Lakes Borough School District, New Jersey
|
1.0%
|
| 283 |
Allenhurst Borough School District, New Jersey
|
0.4%
|