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Districts that did not report any values (N.R.) and those that moved from a different enrollment group (N.A.) are excluded from the rankings.

District: West Milford Twp (5650)
Operating Type K-12 / 1801 - 3500 Pupils
County: Passaic
Operating Type K-12 / 1801 - 3500 Pupils Summary:

State Level Summary:
Total Spending Per Pupil (Definition)
2016-17 Total Spending: $82,013,283
2016-17 Average Daily Enroll plus Sent Pupils: 3,457
2016-17 Costs Amount per Pupil: $23,725
2017-18 Total Spending: $82,874,219
2017-18 Average Daily Enroll plus Sent Pupils: 3,375
2017-18 Costs Amount per Pupil: $24,557
Summary of Vital Statistics (Definition)
2017-18 Total Spending Per Pupil: $24,557
Revenue Sources, State: 31%
Revenue Sources, Local Taxes: 66.7%
Revenue Sources, Federal: 1.8%
Revenue Sources, Tuition: 0.4%
Revenue Sources, Use of Fund Balance: 0.1%
Revenue Sources, Other: 0
Fall 2017 Certified Staff:
  Student/Teacher Ratio: 11
  Student/Support Ratio: 47
  Student/Administrator Ratio: 137.2
10/15/18 % of Classified Students to Total Students: 18.91%
Indicator 1: Budgetary Per Pupil Cost (Definition)
2016-17 Actual Costs Amount per Pupil: $17,513
2016-17 Actual Costs Rank Within Group per Pupil: 67|74
2017-18 Actual Costs Amount per Pupil: $18,145
2017-18 Actual Costs Rank Within Group per Pupil: 67|75
2018-19 Budgeted Costs Amount Per Pupil: $19,159
2018-19 Budgeted Costs Rank Within Group Per Pupil: 68|75
Indicator 2: Total Classroom Instruction (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $10,302
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 68|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 58.8%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $10,837
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 70|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 59.7%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $11,070
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 67|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 57.8%
Indicator 3: Classroom Salaries and Benefits (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $9,920
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 69|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 56.6%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2016-17): 96.29%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $10,373
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 70|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 57.2%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2017-18): 95.72%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $10,616
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 69|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 55.4%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2018-19): 95.9%
Indicator 4: Classroom Supplies/Textbooks (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $313
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 45|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 1.8%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $389
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 60|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 2.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $397
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 57|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 2.1%
Indicator 5: Classroom Purchased Services/Other Costs (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $70
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 15|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 0.4%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $76
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 13|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 0.4%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $57
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 7|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 0.3%
Indicator 6: Total Support Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $2,728
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 60|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 15.6%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $2,852
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 63|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 15.7%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $3,168
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 62|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 16.5%
Indicator 7: Salaries and Benefits for Support Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $2,540
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 66|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 14.5%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2016-17): 93.11%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $2,646
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 68|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 14.6%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2017-18): 92.78%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $2,791
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 64|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 14.6%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2018-19): 88.1%
Indicator 8: Total Administration (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $1,779
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 51|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 10.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $1,757
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 50|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 9.7%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $1,860
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 50|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 9.7%
Indicator 8A: Legal Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $40
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 39|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 0.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $39
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 38|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 0.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $39
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 37|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 0.2%
Indicator 9: Administration Salaries and Benefits (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $1,550
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 62|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 8.8%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benefits for Administration (2016-17): 87.13%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $1,541
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 58|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 8.5%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benfits for Administration (2017-18): 87.71%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $1,596
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 57|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 8.3%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benefits for Administration (2018-19): 85.81%
Indicator 10: Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $2,068
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 64|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 11.8%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $2,067
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 67|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 11.4%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $2,335
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 64|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 12.2%
Indicator 11: Salaries and Benefits for Operations and Maintenance of Plant (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $1,262
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 68|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 7.2%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2016-17): 61.03%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $1,289
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 70|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 7.1%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2017-18): 62.36%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): 1366
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 68|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 7.1%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2018-19): 58.5%
Indicator 12: Board Contributions to the Food Service Program (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $46
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 7|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 0.3%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $20
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 4|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 0.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): N.R.
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): N.R.
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): N.R.
Indicator 13: Extracurricular Costs (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $374
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 30|74
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 2.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $388
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 36|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 2.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $430
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 36|75
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 2.2%
Indicator 14: Personal Services - Employee Benefits (Definition)
% of Total Salaries (2016-17): 30.5%
% of Total Salaries (2017-18): 30.3%
% of Total Salaries (2018-19): 32.6%
Indicator 15: Total Equipment Cost (Definition)
Per Pupil Costs (2016-17): $40
Per Pupil Costs (2017-18): $100
Per Pupil Costs (2018-19): $60
Indicator 16: Ratio of Students to Classroom Teachers and Median Classroom Teacher Salary (Definition)
Student to Teacher Ratio (2017-18): 11.0
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 60|75
Median Teacher Salary (2017-18): $74,750
Salary Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 62|75
Student to Teacher Ratio (2018-19): 11.1
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 53|75
Median Teacher Salary (2018-19): $75,970
Salary Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 63|75
Indicator 17: Ratio of Students to Educational Support Personnel and Median Salary (Definition)
Student to Support Service Ratio (2017-18): 47.0
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 74|75
Median Support Service Salary (2017-18): $79,170
Salary Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 52|75
Student to Support Service Ratio (2018-19): 49.2
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 73|75
Median Support Service Salary (2018-19): $83,270
Salary Ranking (2018-19): 59|75
Indicator 18: Ratio of Students to Administrative Personnel and Median Salary (Definition)
Student to Administrator Ratio (2017-18): 137.2
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 46|75
Median Administrator Salary (2017-18): $125,054
Salary Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 39|75
Student to Administrator Ratio (2018-19): 130.7
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 51|75
Median Administrator Salary (2018-19): $117,773
Salary Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 17|75
Indicator 19: Ratio of Faculty to Administrative Personnel (Definition)
Faculty to Administrator Ratio (2017-18): 15.4
Faculty to Administrator Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 23|75
Faculty to Administrator Ratio (2018-19): 14.4
Faculty to Administrator Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 33|75
Indicator 20: Comparison of Budgeted General Fund Balance vs. Actual (Used) or Generated (Definition)
General Fund Balance (2016-17): $9,596,369
2016-17 Actual: $-751,232
General Fund Balance (2017-18): $8,845,137
2017-18 Actual: $101,350
Indicator 21: General Fund Excess Surplus (Definition)
Actual Excess (2016-17): $2,048,156
Actual Excess (2017-18): $2,499,981