Data from the New Jersey School Boards Association show that in the recent years, fewer districts are putting proposals before voters, and when school bond requests appear on ballots, voters have been less likely to approve them.
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | |
| # of elections | 24 | 34 | 66 | 50 | 49 | 52 | 89 | 71 | 93 | 102 | 67 |
| # of bond proposals approved | 12 | 17 | 48 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 53 | 48 | 73 | 72 | 50 |
| % of approvals | 50% | 50% | 72.7% | 62% | 63.3% | 61.5% | 59.6% | 67.6% | 78.5 | 70.5% | 74.6% |
