New Jersey residents paid more than $18 billion in school taxes last year. 😳 That's a $500 million increase from the year before as overall property taxes continued to rise, according to our analysis of state data. There were 47 towns where the average school tax amount was over $10,000 a year. Swipe to see the 10 highest average school tax bills in the state. #newjersey #njdotcom #nj #education #school #njschools #taxes #students #schools