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Sussex-Wantage Regional School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Sussex-Wantage Regional School District runs 3 public schools with 1,159 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 10.3 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,159
- Teachers (FTE)
- 112
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 27 Bank Street, Sussex, NJ 07461
- Phone
- (973)875-3175
- County
- Sussex County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3415960
- State district ID
- NJ-375100
- Total staff (FTE)
- 292
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 290 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.3
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 (1,004), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $29.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $11.5 million
- Local revenue
- $17.0 million
- Total spending
- $27.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $27,463
- Salaries
- $13.4 million48.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.8%
- State: 38.9%
- Local: 57.3%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$27,463
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Sussex-Wantage Regional School District
By level: 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clifton E. Lawrence | Elementary | PK to 2 | 426 | 11.2 |
| Sussex Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 291 | 8.6 |
| Wantage Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 396 | 10.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sussex County
- Sparta Township Public School District 3,341 students
- Vernon Township School District 2,905 students
- Hopatcong Borough School District 1,553 students
- Newton Public School District 1,527 students
- High Point Regional High School District 815 students
- Byram Township School District 795 students
- Kittatinny Regional School District 736 students
- Lenape Valley Regional High School District 668 students
- Sussex County Technical School District 663 students
- Hardyston Township School District 619 students
- Wallkill Valley Regional High School 591 students
- Franklin Borough School District 534 students
- Frankford Township Consolidated School District 506 students
- Andover Regional School District 480 students
- Green Township School District 417 students
More in New Jersey
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.