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Middletown Township Public School District

Leonardo, New Jersey · Interim Superintendent: Kevin Cullen · #22 of 303 New Jersey districts by enrollment

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8,791

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,127

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the New Jersey median

11.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · New Jersey median 11.6

Middletown Township Public School District is a public school district based in Leonardo, New Jersey, serving 8,791 students in 16 schools. By enrollment it ranks #22 of the 303 New Jersey districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 93% of them. Its schools average 549 students each, about the same as the New Jersey median of 563. Its interim superintendent is Kevin Cullen. It spends about $21,127 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.5 students per teacher.

How Middletown Township compares

Middletown TownshipNew Jersey median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,127

New Jersey median $21,034 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$13,740

New Jersey median $12,858 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school549

New Jersey median 563 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.5

New Jersey median 11.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor338

New Jersey median 276 · 22% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$215.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 25%Local 72%

Measure	Middletown Township	New Jersey median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,127	$21,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,740	$12,858	FY2020-21
Total spending	$204.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$215.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	767	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,558	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.5	11.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	338	276	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The New Jersey median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

Leadership

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Kevin Cullen

Interim Superintendent, Middletown Township Public School District

Source: New Jersey Department of Education, School Directory, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in New Jersey

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
New Brunswick School DistrictNew Brunswick	8,972	13	$21,003	11.6	#20
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School DistrictWest Windsor	8,900	10	$21,120	11.5	#21
Middletown Township Public School DistrictLeonardo · this district	8,791	16	$21,127	11.5	#22
Brick Township Public School DistrictBrick	8,274	12	$19,574	12.1	#23
Irvington Public School DistrictIrvington	8,265	12	$18,547	15.1	#24

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Edina Public School DistrictEdina, MN	8,794	$13,290	16.4
Darlington 01Darlington, SC	8,793	$13,666	13.0
Prior Lake-Savage Area SchoolsPrior Lake, MN	8,788	$11,391	17.7
Wasatch DistrictHeber City, UT	8,780	$9,473	22.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-nj-middletown-township-public-school-district