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School district · New Jersey · LEAID 3416290

Trenton Public School District

Trenton Public School District spends $37,367 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable New Jersey districts with a reliable figure. Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Trenton Public School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$83,153
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$37,367
Per-pupil spending
12,483
Students enrolled
71st
Pct. in NJ
$83,153

Trenton Public School District spends $37,367 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable New Jersey districts with a reliable figure. Estimated average teacher salary is $83,153, above the national average of $70,245, serving 12,483 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • High per-pupil spending: Trenton Public School District spends $37,367 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable New Jersey districts with a reliable figure.
  • 71st percentile for New Jersey
  • 78th percentile nationally
  • 19% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • New Jersey ranks #15 of 49 on the salary estimate and #9 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Trenton Public School District ranks #148 of 510 New Jersey districts by estimated teacher salary and #80 of 510 by per-pupil spending. Perth Amboy Public School District pay #1 at $159,259 is not Asbury Park School District spending #1 at $62,321 per pupil
  • +12.5% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs New Jersey median

Among 577 New Jersey districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Trenton Public School District's instructional payroll puts 18.3% into other programs , 14.3 points above the state median of 4.0%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Trenton Public NJ median Gap
Regular program 64.7% 74.7% -10.0 pp
Special education 17.0% 19.7% -2.7 pp
Other programs 18.3% 4.0% +14.3 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 577 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3416290 · FY2023.

LEAID 3416290 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Trenton Public F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-ABOVE +6% vs state RANK-ST-MID P71 in state RANK-NAT-MID P78 national PPE-HIGH $37K/pupil ENR-LARGE 12.5K students INSTR-LOW 19% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Piscataway FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $83,153 estimated average teacher salary · P71 in New Jersey · P78 nationally · 19% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Piscataway (+$106est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Trenton Public

Salary neighbourhood · Trenton Public

Trenton Public already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Trenton Public

Trenton Public School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$83,153 Top 22% higher than 78% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). This entry sits in this band. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. This district $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

What stands out about Trenton Public School District

  • Its per-pupil spending of $37,367 is among the highest in the nation.

New Jersey prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$83,152.939

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

New Jersey price level
108.9 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$76,328

-8% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in New Jersey run above the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. Comparing it with a district in a cheaper state without this adjustment overstates its relative value.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how New Jersey compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Trenton Public School District

What the Numbers Say About Trenton Public School District

Trenton Public School District is a mid-sized school district in New Jersey, serving 12,483 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $37,367. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $83,153, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3416290 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the New Jersey statewide average of $78,597, teacher pay in Trenton Public School District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 5.8% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (18.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in New Jersey, it pays more than 71% of them. New Jersey itself ranks #15 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Trenton Public School District reports $466.5M in total expenditure against $479.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 19% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $52.0M, special-education teacher pay is $13.7M.

How does Trenton Public School District compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the New Jersey average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Trenton Public School District $83,153
Newark Public School District $92,614
New Jersey avg $78,597
National avg $70,245

Trenton Public School District pays -10.2% less than Newark Public School District · per-pupil $37,367 vs $44,682

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable New Jersey districts

On pay, Trenton Public School District sits closest to Piscataway Township School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Paterson Public School District. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Piscataway Township School District
  2. Fort Lee School District
  3. Marlboro Township School District
  4. East Brunswick Township School District
  5. Monroe Township School District
  6. Linden Public School District
  7. Evesham Township School District
  8. Camden City School District
  9. Howell Township Public School District
  10. Bernards Township School District
  11. Morris School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Paterson Public School District
  2. Atlantic City School District
  3. Passaic City School District
  4. Hackensack School District
  5. Montclair Public School District
  6. Jersey City Public Schools
  7. West Orange Public Schools
  8. Irvington Public School District
  9. Paramus Public School District
  10. South Orange-Maplewood School District
  11. Princeton Public School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Trenton Public School District's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Trenton Public School District: closest on enrollment (12,483 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($83,153 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$479.7M
Total Revenue
$466.5M
Total Expenditure
$87.1M
Instruction Salaries
19% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$52.0M
Regular Program
$13.7M
Special Education
$14.7M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Trenton Public School District: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 92% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 8% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

New Jersey Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized New Jersey districts belongs to Perth Amboy Public School District at $159,259. Trenton Public School District places 140 of 422 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Because New Jersey prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; Washington and Hawaii are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.

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Other New Jersey Districts

Large-district sample from 522 New Jersey peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Irvington Public School District
$86,061
6,980 students
Monroe Township School District
$83,574
6,900 students
West Orange Public Schools
$99,766
6,660 students
South Orange-Maplewood School District
$84,792
6,562 students
Lenape Regional High School District
$93,955
6,554 students
Gloucester Township Public Schools
$85,444
6,548 students

This is a sample of 6 from 522 New Jersey districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Trenton Public School District
What is the average teacher salary in Trenton Public School District?

The average teacher salary in Trenton Public School District is $83,153 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Trenton Public School District teacher pay compare to the New Jersey average?

Trenton Public School District pays 5.8% more than the New Jersey state average of $78,597. The district's average is $83,153.

How does Trenton Public School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Trenton Public School District pays 18.4% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $83,153.

What is the per-pupil spending in Trenton Public School District?

Trenton Public School District spends approximately $37,367 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Trenton Public School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 19% of Trenton Public School District's total expenditure of $466.5M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Trenton Public School District's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.