Millville School District
School District · Cumberland County
856 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Millville School District, reporting a median pensionable salary of $63,647.
Millville School District is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a school district in Cumberland County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Cumberland County has 12 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About school districts in New Jersey
A school district's civil service coverage here applies to its non-instructional staff, meaning the classified positions like clerical, maintenance, and support roles that fall under Title 11A. Teaching staff are governed separately, under New Jersey's tenure and certification laws rather than the civil service system.
See all 12 civil service jurisdictions in Cumberland County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Millville School District
856 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Millville School District. That is a count of active memberships reported by the employer, not a payroll headcount: anyone not enrolled in one of these funds does not appear in this data at all, and no separate headcount for a New Jersey local employer is published anywhere we can check against.
| Fund | Name | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| TPAF | Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund | 533 | 62% |
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System | 323 | 38% |
27 of these members hold a second public job in New Jersey: their reported salary across all public employers exceeds what they are paid here. Shared and part-time appointments are common in local government, and the salary figures below count only the portion earned at Millville School District.
Pensionable salary at Millville School District
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Millville School District reports a pensionable salary above $63,647 and half below, across 856 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $27,760 |
| 25th percentile | $36,724 |
| Median | $63,647 |
| 75th percentile | $87,735 |
| 90th percentile | $89,237 |
The range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile because the extremes are not informative: the lowest reported figures belong to part-time and partial-year members, whose credited salary is a fraction of a full-time equivalent.
Among the 8 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 75th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $57,805. Against the 9 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 11th percentile.
These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. Snapshot of March 31, 2026. How we compile this.
How long people stay at Millville School District
The median enrolled member at Millville School District has 11.8 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.7 and 22.3 years. 32% have passed twenty years, which matters locally because retirement eligibility and the pension formula both turn on service credit.
| Credited service | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | 245 | 29% |
| 5 to 10 years | 144 | 17% |
| 10 to 15 years | 98 | 11% |
| 15 to 20 years | 92 | 11% |
| 20 to 25 years | 171 | 20% |
| 25 years or more | 106 | 12% |
Membership tier records which pension rules a member was hired under, so the mix is a rough picture of how recently a workforce turned over. At Millville School District, 57% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 303 | 35% |
| Tier 2 | 31 | 4% |
| Tier 3 | 21 | 2% |
| Tier 4 | 14 | 2% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 487 | 57% |
Other public employers in Millville
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Millville. Each is its own employer for pension purposes, and only some are civil service jurisdictions — school boards, charter schools and parking authorities are ordinary public employers that were never part of Title 11A. Names link only where the body appears in this directory.
| Employer | Enrolled members |
|---|---|
| MILLVILLE BD OF ED (this page) | 856 |
| MILLVILLE CITY | 205 |
| MILLVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY | 16 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Millville School District
A school district appears in this directory for its non-instructional workforce only. Teachers, principals and other certificated staff are governed by New Jersey's tenure and certification law rather than Title 11A, so none of this applies to them.
What civil service does cover is the support side: custodial and maintenance staff, bus drivers, security and traffic guards, clerical and account clerk titles, school nurses aides, and the mechanics who keep the fleet running. The split catches people out, because a district can be a civil service employer for its custodians while the teachers in the same building are hired under an entirely different set of rules.
Admission to an examination is decided on paper before anyone sits down to take it. The requirements printed in the specification are checked against what you wrote on the application, so experience you did not describe is experience that does not count. Vague employment history is the most common reason a qualified applicant never reaches the list.
Passing an examination puts you on an eligible list, not into a job. Lists are promulgated for a fixed life, commonly three years, and the Commission certifies names from the live list whenever an employer reports a vacancy. If no list exists for a title when a vacancy opens, the employer has to ask for an examination to be held.
Civil service employers in Millville
Millville School District serves Millville City, a city in Cumberland County, but it is in the listing as a school district on its own account rather than as part of the city government.
The Millville government is listed too: Millville City. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
Civil service titles used by New Jersey school districts
Real classifications that New Jersey school districts draw on, each linked to its official specification: the definition of the work, the requirements, and any licence the title depends on. A sample of the system rather than a roster or a list of openings.
Civil service coverage across Cumberland County
Cumberland County holds 12 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 4 municipalities, 3 public libraries, 3 school districts, 1 county government, and 1 housing authority.
4 of the county's 14 municipalities are among them.
Cumberland County is a jurisdiction too, though a county's decision does not bind the towns, authorities, libraries or districts inside it.
Also in the directory: Maurice River School District, Maurice River Township, Millville City, Vineland City, Vineland Library, Vineland School District, Bridgeton, Bridgeton Housing Authority. See all 12 in Cumberland County.
Common questions about Millville School District
Is Millville School District a civil service employer?
Yes. Millville School District appears in the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's listing of local civil service system jurisdictions as of July 2024, which makes it an appointing authority under Title 11A. Permanent appointments to competitive titles there come from eligible lists the Commission certifies, rather than from purely local hiring.
Does civil service status at Millville School District cover the rest of Millville?
No. Millville has more than one employer in the listing, and each holds its own status, runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists. Seniority and permanent status earned at one do not transfer automatically to another, even inside the same town.
How do you find out when an examination is announced?
Announcements are published by the Civil Service Commission on their own schedule, each with a filing window that closes on a fixed date. Local employers do not always advertise separately, so watching the announcements directly is more reliable than watching a municipal website. Filing late is not curable, which makes the calendar the single most important part of the process.
Is there always a written test?
No. New Jersey runs both assembled examinations, where candidates are scheduled to sit a test, and unassembled ones, where a reviewer scores your education and experience against the requirements in the specification and there is no test day at all. The announcement says which kind it is. For an unassembled examination the application itself is the examination, so how fully you describe your experience is the score.
How many Millville School District employees are in a State pension system?
856 active memberships are reported through Millville School District, split across 533 in TPAF and 323 in PERS. This counts pension enrolment rather than payroll, so employees who are not in one of these funds are not included.
What is the median pensionable salary at Millville School District?
$63,647, with the middle half of members between $36,724 and $87,735. These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. It excludes overtime and most supplemental pay, and it is before tax, before the member's own pension contribution and before health premiums.
How does pay at Millville School District compare with the rest of Cumberland County?
Its median pensionable salary of $63,647 sits at the 75th percentile among the 8 civil service jurisdictions in Cumberland County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $57,805. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Millville School District?
The median enrolled member has 11.8 years of credited service, and 32% have passed twenty years. Credited service drives both retirement eligibility and the pension formula, so a long-tenured workforce usually means fewer open competitive appointments in the near term.