or 1.2 percent. In South Jersey, the largest increases, in dollars, went to larger urban districts. At the top in South Jersey was Camden, with $3.6 million. Roughly 50 percent of the state’s 580 school districts either received flat funding or negligible increases. There was no increase for 202 districts. In 101 others, the additional aid amounted to less than the roughly $17,350 average cost per pupil in the 2011-12 school year. New Jersey ranks in the top three in the country with its spending on public education. School Aid Sumary.