The Mahwah school district spent slightly less per student during the 2010-11 school year than it did the year before, according to the 2012 Taxpayers’ Guide to Education Spending, released by the Governor’s Office Friday.

In 2010-11, a total of $17,521 was spent on each Mahwah student. According to the report, the total cost includes not only costs the district incurs, but also payments made by the state on behalf of the district. The cost was down over $400 per student from the 2009-2010 school year, during which each pupil cost $17,975.

According to a release from the Governor’s Office, the average total spending per-pupil state-wide in 2010-11 was $17,352, about $169 less than was spent on each Mahwah student.

Total spending in the district was also down year-to-year, from $62,660,962 in 2009-10 to $59,813,490 in 2010-11.

The report also ranked budgetary spending by the district over the two-year period. That was also down about $200 per student, from $13,547 in 2009-10 to $13,333 in 2010-11.

The taxpayer guide goes on to further break down the district’s spending on a per-student basis. Some of the highlights of Mahwah’s spending are below:

Total Classroom Instruction:

Per Pupil Amount (2009-10 actual costs): $7,725
Per Pupil Amount (2010-11 actual costs): $7,627
Per Pupil Amount (2011-12 budget): $8,221

Extracurricular Costs:

Per Pupil Amount (2009-10 actual costs): $393
Per Pupil Amount (2010-11 actual costs): $364
Per Pupil Amount (2011-12 budget): $406

Classroom Salaries and Benefits: (Salaries include the amounts paid to district personnel for the provision of the district's instructional programs.  It does not include the administrative and support staff related to those programs.)
Per Pupil Amount (2009-10 actual costs): $7,472
Per Pupil Amount (2010-11 actual costs): $7,366
Per Pupil Amount (2011-12 budget): $7,956

Administration Salaries and Benefits:

Per Pupil Amount (2009-10 actual costs): $1,315
Per Pupil Amount (2010-11 actual costs): $1,338
Per Pupil Amount (2011-12 budget): $1,390

See the rest of the 2012 Taxpayers’ Guide to Education Spending for Mahwah here.

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