The Bergen County Real Estate Tax vs School Performance Mashup
Posted by jcoffey on May 25, 2010 · 4 Comments
If you’re moving to Bergen County for the first time and wondering which town is right for you, there is more to consider besides home values especially if you have a family. After you explore the local resources, culture and transportation options available in the different areas of Bergen County, knowing each city’s property tax rate versus local school performance can be the deciding factor in your decision. It may come as a surprise to know that the city with the highest property tax does not have the high school with the highest SAT score.
Above Average (*Please see the formula used below to calculate the tax amount.)
- Englewood Cliffs – Tax: $1876 SAT: 1581
- Franklin Lakes – Tax: $3148 SAT: 1696
- Paramus – Tax: $3353 SAT: 1600
- Old Tappan – Tax: $3654 SAT: 1735
- Montvale – Tax: $4195 SAT: 1699
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What Our Research Shows
For Bergen County, Englewood Cliffs is the leading choice for lower estimated property taxes and a relatively high SAT score at Fair Lawn High School (1581). The leading high school for SAT scores is in Ridgewood Village at Ridgewood High with a score of 1797 closely followed by Tenafly High in Tenafly with a score of 1792. Ridgefield Park Village scored the lowest on our graph with an estimated property tax of $6422 and a SAT score of 1386 from Ridgefield Park Jr/Sr High.
2010 Bergen County Education Budget Cuts
How is your town going to be affected by the cuts to Education? Take a look below at each town in alphabetical order:
District Change in Aid
- Allendale Boro -100%
- Alpine Boro -100%
- Bergen County Vocational -42%
- Bergenfield Boro -25.3%
- Bogota Boro -16.2%
- Carlstadt Boro -100%
- Carlstadt-East Rutherford -100%
- Cliffside Park Boro -39.7%
- Closter Boro -100%
- Cresskill Boro -94.8%
- Demarest Boro -100%
- Dumont Boro -21.1%
- East Rutherford Boro -71.5%
- Edgewater Boro -61.5%
- Elmwood Park -48.4%
- Emerson Boro -100%
- Englewood City -24.4%
- Englewood Cliffs Boro -98.8%
- Fair Lawn Boro -78.4%
- Fairview Boro -13.1%
- Fort Lee Boro -88%
- Franklin Lakes Boro -96.6%
- Garfield City -5.5%
- Glen Rock Boro -100%
- Hackensack City -28.5%
- Harrington Park Boro -99.3%
- Hasbrouck Heights Boro -73.8%
- Haworth Boro -98.5%
- Hillsdale Boro -75.8%
- Ho Ho Kus Boro -85.7%
- Leonia Boro -32.2%
- Little Ferry Boro -46.8%
- Lodi Borough -16.4%
- Lyndhurst Twp -60.7%
- Mahwah Twp -79%
- Maywood Boro -57.4%
- Midland Park Boro -92.9%
- Montvale Boro -89.5%
- Moonachie Boro -63.7%
- New Milford Boro -61.9%
- North Arlington Boro -52.2%
- Northern Highlands Reg -100%
- Northern Valley Regional -100%
- Northvale Boro -100%
- Norwood Boro -72.4%
- Oakland Boro -100%
- Old Tappan Boro -100%
- Oradell Boro -93.2%
- Palisades Park -46.3%
- Paramus Boro -99.8%
- Park Ridge Boro -100%
- Pascack Valley Regional -100%
- Ramapo-Indian Hill Reg -100%
- Ramsey Boro -100%
- Ridgefield Boro -52.4%
- Ridgefield Park Twp -28.5%
- Ridgewood Village -100%
- River Dell Regional -100%
- River Edge Boro -96.2%
- River Vale Twp -100%
- Rochelle Park Twp -72.5%
- Rockleigh -100%
- Rutherford Boro -57.4%
- Saddle Brook Twp -77.5%
- Saddle River Boro -100%
- South Hackensack Twp -82.4%
- Teaneck Twp -59.3%
- Tenafly Boro -100%
- Teterboro -100%
- Upper Saddle River Boro -100%
- Waldwick Boro -90.7%
- Wallington Boro -24.2%
- Westwood Regional -83.4%
- Woodcliff Lake Boro -100%
- Wood-Ridge Boro -71.1%
- Wyckoff Twp -100%
(more news on the NJ Education Budget Cuts)
What do you take away from this information?
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Footnotes
1. SAT scores are not the only student performance indicator. For more information, including state test scores (High School Proficiency Assessment results) for each high school, please visit NJ Department of Education.
2. *Calculation used to determine an average tax amount: average assessed home value of $250,000 x general tax rate x ratio.
3. SAT scores are based on a total score of 600-2400. The SAT test consists of three categories: math, verbal and essay with a possible score of 600 points for each category to give a possible total score of 2400.
4. The high school with the highest total SAT score for each town was used in the graph. In some cases, the highest score is a vocational school.
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Dear Jcoffey:
Where is the city of Dumont located in your graph? In other words, which town I should considerate Dumont as included?
Thanks
Regards.
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