The topic is known to make New Jerseyans cringe, curse, roll their eyes and sometimes pack their bags and move. We’re talking about property taxes — school taxes, to be exact. New Jersey property owners were billed a collective $17.5 billion last year in school taxes, a 2.8% increase over 2022, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of state data. The average school tax bill for a homeowner was $5,139 — up $135 from 2022 — accounting for more than half the average property tax bill of $9,803. But the local price tag for New Jersey’s highly rated school system varies greatly across the state…