'25-'26 State Aid Released For Little Silver, Oceanport Schools

LITTLE SILVER, NJ — Last week, as part of Gov. Phil Murphy's budget, state aid figures were released for New Jersey school districts.

The amount of aid districts receive from Trenton is very important, as it helps districts prepare their budgets, determine which classes and extracurricular to keep, and transportation.

The money will be used for the upcoming 2025-'26 school year.

Here are the 2025-'26 figures for state aid for local school districts:

• Little Silver boro $870,170 in state aid, which is $26,912 or 3 percent less than the district was given in 2024.
• Middletown schools will receive $14.8 million in state aid for fiscal year 2026, a six percent or $839,000 increase from 2024. For the current '24-'25 school year, Middletown received $13.9 million from the state.
• Oceanport Boro $1,023,798 in state aid, which is $57,951 more or six percent than it got this year.
• Shore Regional: $987,195 this year, which is $55,879 or or six percent than it got this year.

Here are all the amounts in state aid New Jersey school districts will receive this year: https://www.nj.gov/education/s... You can search by town to find your town.

This will be the final budget Murphy will prepare in his time as New Jersey governor.

To make it more equitable as to how state aid is determined, the state put a three percent cap on how much a district could lose, and a six percent cap on how much more aid it could get, compared to 2024.