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South Orange-Maplewood School District

Maplewood, New Jersey · Superintendent: Jason Bing · #38 of 303 New Jersey districts by enrollment

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7,142

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,150

Spending per student

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

12.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · New Jersey median 11.6

South Orange-Maplewood School District is a public school district based in Maplewood, New Jersey, serving 7,142 students in 10 schools. By enrollment it ranks #38 of the 303 New Jersey districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 88% of them. Its schools average 714 students each, more than the New Jersey median of 563. Its superintendent is Jason Bing. It spends about $20,150 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.1 students per teacher.

How South Orange-Maplewood compares

South Orange-MaplewoodNew Jersey median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,150

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

Instruction spending per student$12,435

New Jersey median $12,858 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school714

New Jersey median 563 · 27% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.1

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

Students per counselor549

New Jersey median 276 · 99% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$169.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 21%Local 76%

Measure	South Orange-Maplewood	New Jersey median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,150	$21,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,435	$12,858	FY2020-21
Total spending	$159.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$169.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	588	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	991	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.1	11.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	549	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.

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Jason Bing

Superintendent, South Orange-Maplewood 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
South Orange-Maplewood School DistrictMaplewood · this district	7,142	10	$20,150	12.1	#38
West Orange Public SchoolsWest Orange	7,119	13	$25,969	11.0	#39
North Bergen School DistrictNorth Bergen	7,082	8	$19,294	13.0	#40
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School DistrictParsippany	7,082	14	$22,323	11.0	#41
Camden City School DistrictCamden	7,074	16	$27,950	11.1	#42

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
St. Mary ParishCenterville, LA	7,153	$13,260	14.0
Snoqualmie Valley School DistrictSnoqualmie, WA	7,145	$14,901	18.4
Redmond School District 2JRedmond, OR	7,141	$11,207	19.7
Reynoldsburg CityReynoldsburg, OH	7,130	$11,098	16.9

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.

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