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School district · New Jersey · LEAID 3418210

Woodcliff Lake School District

Woodcliff Lake School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (740 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Woodcliff Lake School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$76,731
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$28,134
Per-pupil spending
740
Students enrolled
44th
Pct. in NJ
$76,731

Woodcliff Lake School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (740 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $76,731, above the national average of $70,245, serving 740 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Woodcliff Lake School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (740 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 44th percentile for New Jersey
  • 70th percentile nationally
  • 32% 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.
  • Woodcliff Lake School District ranks #290 of 510 New Jersey districts by estimated teacher salary and #325 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

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Instructional payroll mix vs New Jersey median

Among 577 New Jersey districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Woodcliff Lake School District's instructional payroll puts 0.4% into other programs , 3.6 points below 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 Woodcliff Lake NJ median Gap
Regular program 77.4% 74.7% +2.7 pp
Special education 22.2% 19.7% +2.5 pp
Other programs 0.4% 4.0% -3.6 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 3418210 · FY2023.

LEAID 3418210 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Woodcliff Lake F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P44 in state RANK-NAT-MID P70 national PPE-HIGH $28K/pupil ENR-SMALL 740 students INSTR-LOW 32% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Riverton FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $76,731 estimated average teacher salary · P44 in New Jersey · P70 nationally · 32% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Washington ($710est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Woodcliff Lake

Salary neighbourhood · Woodcliff Lake

Woodcliff Lake sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Woodcliff Lake

Woodcliff Lake School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$76,731 Top 30% higher than 70% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $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

Woodcliff Lake in New Jersey's lower-third pay band

Same 510 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Woodcliff Lake School District ranks #290 of 510 New Jersey districts by estimated teacher salary and #325 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

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Woodcliff Lake School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Asbury Park School District leads spending at $62,321 per pupil; Perth Amboy Public School District leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Woodcliff Lake School District

  • Its per-pupil spending of $28,134 is among the highest in the nation.

New Jersey prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$76,730.769

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
$70,433

-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 Woodcliff Lake School District

What the Numbers Say About Woodcliff Lake School District

Woodcliff Lake School District is a small school district in New Jersey, serving 740 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $28,134. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $76,731, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3418210 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 Woodcliff Lake School District runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 2.4% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (9.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in New Jersey, it pays more than 44% 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, Woodcliff Lake School District reports $20.8M in total expenditure against $23.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 32% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $4.6M, special-education teacher pay is $1.3M.

How does Woodcliff Lake 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.

Woodcliff Lake School District $76,731
Newark Public School District $92,614
New Jersey avg $78,597
National avg $70,245

Woodcliff Lake School District pays -17.1% less than Newark Public School District · per-pupil $28,134 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, Woodcliff Lake School District sits closest to Riverton School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Kingwood Township 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. Riverton School District
  2. Secaucus School District
  3. Bogota Public School District
  4. Lafayette Township School District
  5. Berlin Township School District
  6. Hazlet Township Public School District
  7. Bloomingdale School District
  8. Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District
  9. Long Hill Township School District
  10. Ventnor City School District
  11. Englewood Cliffs School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Kingwood Township School District
  2. Eastern Camden County Regional School District
  3. Washington Township School District
  4. Pine Hill School District
  5. Burlington County Institute of Technology School District
  6. Upper Deerfield Township School District
  7. Glen Rock Public School District
  8. Somerville Public School District
  9. Netcong School District
  10. Mansfield Township Elementary School District
  11. Woodbury City Public School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Woodcliff Lake School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Woodcliff Lake School District: closest on enrollment (740 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($76,731 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

$23.7M
Total Revenue
$20.8M
Total Expenditure
$6.6M
Instruction Salaries
32% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$4.6M
Regular Program
$1.3M
Special Education
$0.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Woodcliff Lake School District: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 91% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 9% 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. Woodcliff Lake School District places 263 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

Smaller-district sample from 522 New Jersey peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Little Silver Boro School District
$77,675
730 students
Green Brook Township Public School District
$71,421
727 students
Mendham Township School District
$79,009
757 students
Delaware Valley Regional High School District
$79,993
722 students
Prospect Park Public School District
$86,073
761 students
Demarest School District
$74,500
763 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 Woodcliff Lake School District
What is the average teacher salary in Woodcliff Lake School District?

The average teacher salary in Woodcliff Lake School District is $76,731 (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 Woodcliff Lake School District teacher pay compare to the New Jersey average?

Woodcliff Lake School District pays 2.4% less than the New Jersey state average of $78,597. The district's average is $76,731.

How does Woodcliff Lake School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Woodcliff Lake School District pays 9.2% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $76,731.

What is the per-pupil spending in Woodcliff Lake School District?

Woodcliff Lake School District spends approximately $28,134 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Woodcliff Lake School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 32% of Woodcliff Lake School District's total expenditure of $20.8M (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. Woodcliff Lake 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.