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The Tenafly and Ridgewood school districts would fare best -- receiving $4,478 and $4,209 per pupil, respectively -- under Chistie's proposal.
Getting more than $3,500 per pupil under the plan are Upper Saddle River ($3,642), Cresskill ($3,614), Demarest ($3,541), Glen Rock, ($3,442) and Ho-Ho-Kus ($3,394).
At the opposite end: Teteboro ($25), Bogota ($710) and Carlstadt ($883).
Also: Hackensack ($1,011), Englewood ($1,017), East Rutherford ($1,018), Moonachie ($1,039) and Fairview ($1,055).
SEE COMPLETE LIST BELOW
"The biggest driver of New Jersey’s nation-high property taxes is the ineffective and unfair state school funding formula," Christie said. "The Fairness Formula will not only be equal for students it may also provide hundreds or even thousands of dollars in annual property tax savings for New Jerseyans in most communities.
"Under the Fairness Formula, all public school districts would receive $6,599 for every enrolled student, plus continued funding for special education," the governor said. "This will give every child an equal chance at success.
"Graduation rates prove that educational success cannot be bought with excessive spending by a select few chronically failing school districts, which have received billions more in state taxpayer dollars over the past three decades than hundreds of successful school districts.
"The statewide graduation rate is 90%, with 27 of the 31 Abbott districts falling below that average," the governor added. "Continuing the current school funding formula means allowing failing school districts to spend as much as $33,699 per pupil in tax dollars, while high-performing school districts spend less than half of that per student.
"With this new formula, 75% of all New Jersey districts would get more state aid than they do today."
BERGEN COUNTY
Average household savings
ALLENDALE $3,043
ALPINE $1,864
BERGENFIELD $1,488
BOGOTA $710
CARLSTADT $833
CLIFFSIDE PARK $1,636
CLOSTER $3,146
CRESSKILL $3,614
DEMAREST $3,541
DUMONT $1,424
E RUTHERFORD $1,018
EDGEWATER $1,284
ELMWOOD PARK $2,241
EMERSON $2,556
ENGLEWOOD $1,017
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS $1,311
FAIR LAWN $2,223
FAIRVIEW $1,055
FORT LEE $1,669
FRANKLIN LAKES $3,035
GLEN ROCK $3,442
HACKENSACK $1,011
HARRINGTON PARK $3,189
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS $2,545
HAWORTH $3,004
HILLSDALE$2,738
HOHOKUS $3,394
LEONIA $1,853
LITTLE FERRY $1,999
LODI $1,167
LYNDHURST $1,625
MAHWAH $1,415
MAYWOOD $1,907
MIDLAND PARK $2,222
MONTVALE $2,356
MOONACHIE $1,039
NEW MILFORD $2,306
NORTH ARLINGTON $2,208
NORTHVALE $2,022
NORWOOD $2,520
OAKLAND $2,275
OLD TAPPAN $3,153
ORADELL $3,164
PALISADES PARK $1,886
PARAMUS $1,460
PARK RIDGE $2,107
RAMSEY $2,411
RIDGEFIELD $1,693
RIDGEFIELD PARK $1,947
RIDGEWOOD $4,209
RIVER EDGE $3,108
RIVER VALE $2,956
ROCHELLE PARK $1,272
ROCKLEIGH $1,776
RUTHERFORD $2,282
SADDLE BROOK $1,605
SADDLE RIVER $1,653
SOUTH HACKENSACK $1,082
TEANECK $1,573
TENAFLY $4,478
TETERBORO $25
UPPER SADDLE RIVER $3,642
WALDWICK $2,505
WALLINGTON $1,984
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP $2,182
WESTWOOD $1,888
WOODCLIFF LAKE $2,884
WOOD-RIDGE $1,823
WYCKOFF TWP $2,993
"For towns that are not listed, the Fairness Formula may not result in a decrease of property taxes," Christie wrote. "[H]owever, there are other solutions to lowering municipal government costs."
Christie also launched a website encouraging citizens to sign an online petition to support the Fairness Formula, which he calld "the solution to lowering their nation-high property taxes"
The interactive site, http://www.nj.gov/governor/taxrelief/, is divided into:
- Inequity in NJ Schools;
- The Fairness Formula;
- NJ Property Tax By the Numbers;
- Your Property Taxes, a tool which provides residents with their maximum potential property tax savings;
- Join the Movement (the petition)
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