Regular local school district · Union County
Summit Public School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Summit Public School District runs 9 public schools with 4,013 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.1 students per teacher is 0.6 lower than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 4,013
- Teachers (FTE)
- 363
- Students per teacher
- 11.1
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 14 Beekman Terrace, Summit, NJ 07901
- Phone
- (908)918-2100
- County
- Union County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3415900
- State district ID
- NJ-395090
- Total staff (FTE)
- 658
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 223 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.1
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,906), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $94.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.1 million
- State revenue
- $18.7 million
- Local revenue
- $72.6 million
- Total spending
- $90.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,125
- Salaries
- $49.0 million54.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.3%
- State: 19.8%
- Local: 76.9%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,125
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Summit Public School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brayton Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 335 | 9.9 |
| Franklin Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 369 | 12.7 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 221 | 9.6 |
| Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 871 | 9.8 |
| Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 351 | 11.3 |
| Primary Center at Jefferson | Elementary | PK to K | 116 | 12.9 |
| Primary Center at Wilson | Elementary | PK to K | 203 | 15.6 |
| Summit High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,198 | 11.4 |
| Washington Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 323 | 12.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Union County
- Elizabeth Public Schools 28,454 students
- Plainfield Public School District 10,195 students
- Township of Union School District 8,030 students
- Linden Public School District 6,664 students
- Westfield Public School District 5,931 students
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District 5,752 students
- Rahway Public School District 4,311 students
- Cranford Public School District 3,793 students
- Roselle Public School District 3,220 students
- Hillside Public School District 3,010 students
- Berkeley Heights School District 2,349 students
- New Providence School District 2,298 students
- Clark Township Public School District 2,297 students
- Springfield Public School District 2,229 students
- Roselle Park Public School District 2,071 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.