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What Ohio School Districts Spend Per Student

The median Ohio school district spends $13,678 per student per year, $865 below the national median of $14,543, across all 939 districts the state reports. The 608 of them a ZIP code can reach are listed below, and their 1,533,477 students account for $22.4 billion of current spending in fiscal year 2022.

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Ohio at a Glance

Median district, per student$13,678
National median district$14,543
Districts listed608 of 939
Students listed1,533,477
Median district, math≈62%
Median district, reading≈65%

Every Ohio District, by Enrollment

Spending is current spending divided by fall membership for fiscal year 2022. Proficiency and graduation rates are school year 2018-19, the last year before the pandemic interrupted state testing, so the money and the results are not from the same year. A figure marked ≈ is one the federal file published as a range rather than a value, so small groups of children stay unidentifiable; it is the middle of that range and within ten points of the real one. A dash means the federal files publish no value under that district's ID. 331 further Ohio districts are missing because the federal boundary file places them in no ZIP code, which is normal for charter and virtual districts with no attendance area.

Ohio school districts by enrollment, with spending per student for fiscal year 2022
DistrictStudentsPer studentMathReadingGraduation
Columbus City School District45,547$20,32432%38%72%
Cincinnati City School District35,820$18,18144%50%77%
Cleveland Municipal School District35,319$21,66128%32%76%
Olentangy Local School District22,557$13,87989%89%95%
Toledo City School District22,049$18,51531%37%65%
South-Western City School District21,699$13,56958%58%87%
Akron City School District20,938$18,23839%42%79%
Lakota Local School District17,096$12,07078%77%95%
Dublin City School District16,448$15,77781%80%93%
Hilliard City School District16,068$14,09671%68%91%
Westerville City School District14,610$13,68270%69%85%
Dayton City School District11,645$20,04224%32%67%
Pickerington Local School District10,998$13,04276%77%95%
Worthington City School District10,621$14,90575%75%87%
Mason City School District10,192$13,34889%86%95%
Fairfield City School District9,639$11,31461%64%89%
Hamilton City School District9,506$12,73355%55%75%
Parma City School District9,354$16,14161%62%86%
Northwest Local School District8,642$12,78756%56%81%
Centerville City School District8,161$14,72774%79%90%
West Clermont Local School District8,110$12,13265%68%85%
Beavercreek City School District7,974$13,15879%79%94%
Canton City School District7,926$18,27234%38%75%
Gahanna-Jefferson City School District7,913$13,24974%78%90%
Kettering City School District7,727$15,72575%77%83%
Sylvania City School District7,665$12,97875%77%91%
Oak Hills Local School District7,569$11,86779%78%87%
Mentor Exempted Village School District7,429$15,16875%79%94%
Reynoldsburg City School District7,350$12,04655%60%90%
Willoughby-Eastlake City School District7,301$14,29463%69%89%
Springfield City School District7,267$15,35436%39%67%
Forest Hills Local School District7,240$12,87783%83%97%
Washington Local School District6,866$13,35057%58%88%
Milford Exempted Village School District6,544$12,38474%79%95%
Brunswick City School District6,416$12,24373%76%96%
Medina City School District6,285$13,86478%78%97%
Upper Arlington City School District6,232$17,71886%86%94%
Plain Local School District6,186$10,88974%74%86%
Springboro Community City School District6,178$9,78783%82%98%
Newark City School District6,131$13,78960%59%79%
Lancaster City School District6,115$13,39959%62%90%
Middletown City School District6,100$13,29838%43%79%
Groveport Madison Local School District5,996$14,27348%54%79%
Lorain City School District5,934$17,96637%36%68%
Jackson Local School District5,933$10,97184%83%90%
Elyria City School District5,842$15,06446%52%81%
Princeton City School District5,776$16,24052%51%84%
Huber Heights City School District5,716$13,68551%58%83%
Berea City School District5,715$15,01164%63%84%
Strongsville City School District5,670$14,05083%81%89%
Findlay City School District5,663$12,39367%65%91%
Sycamore Community City School District5,640$15,80987%86%95%
Delaware City School District5,484$12,79471%70%93%
Marysville Exempted Village School District5,387$12,16578%78%89%
Lebanon City School District5,376$11,64369%72%88%
Perrysburg Exempted Village School District5,372$12,91787%87%96%
Little Miami Local School District5,161$11,39478%76%93%
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District5,144$12,69069%70%86%
New Albany-Plain Local School District5,132$13,93688%86%96%
Miamisburg City School District5,011$13,08465%68%89%
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District4,967$22,21745%53%89%
Euclid City School District4,897$16,64933%42%71%
Kings Local School District4,867$12,85682%82%95%
Licking Heights Local School District4,865$10,51264%64%94%
Northmont City School District4,763$14,80967%70%95%
Youngstown City School District4,757$27,18723%27%86%
Warren City School District4,691$16,41538%41%83%
Southwest Licking Local School District4,682$10,60972%71%90%
Hudson City School District4,607$16,17191%89%92%
Shaker Heights City School District4,594$22,24466%69%89%
Solon City School District4,589$17,35696%94%96%
Wadsworth City School District4,529$12,03382%83%91%
Avon Local School District4,464$10,91087%89%94%
North Ridgeville City School District4,464$11,51770%72%89%
Perry Local School District4,387$12,47173%77%92%
Lakewood City School District4,350$19,10671%74%87%
Southwest Local School District4,336$11,09076%75%89%
Mayfield City School District4,332$17,67172%77%93%
Riverside Local School District4,326$11,84073%74%86%
North Canton City School District4,287$13,11483%83%95%
Marion City School District4,284$15,16539%39%85%
Loveland City School District4,282$12,97684%83%93%
Anthony Wayne Local School District4,253$12,14486%87%97%
Teays Valley Local School District4,240$12,01278%78%89%
Fairborn City School District4,192$13,08753%59%86%
Cuyahoga Falls City School District4,149$13,81765%65%81%
Big Walnut Local School District4,140$11,81077%81%94%
Austintown Local School District4,116$12,35268%72%94%
Twinsburg City School District4,082$14,47284%83%96%
Troy City School District4,043$13,11971%68%96%
Green Local School District4,033$11,85384%81%90%
North Royalton City School District3,979$13,89885%85%95%
Xenia Community City School District3,910$13,93858%58%75%
Massillon City School District3,904$13,70357%63%87%
Winton Woods City School District3,848$15,22633%40%78%
Boardman Local School District3,834$12,53476%79%93%
Canal Winchester Local School District3,793$13,15366%68%91%
Mad River Local School District3,752$13,95657%58%75%
North Olmsted City School District3,716$16,94068%64%84%
Barberton City School District3,694$15,00856%60%82%
Avon Lake City School District3,684$13,39588%86%94%
Edgewood City School District3,673$12,01764%69%83%
Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District3,612$15,81892%89%93%
Mount Vernon City School District3,610$12,88970%68%88%
Amherst Exempted Village School District3,591$11,16981%80%94%
Adams County/Ohio Valley Local School District3,579$14,35957%58%75%
Olmsted Falls City School District3,558$13,61484%80%94%
Logan-Hocking Local School District3,491$14,68671%69%87%
Fremont City School District3,458$13,28262%57%89%
Nordonia Hills City School District3,454$16,34381%82%92%
Springfield Local School District3,427$13,05064%68%92%
West Carrollton City School District3,393$15,69946%55%80%
Lake Local School District3,382$11,71785%84%96%
Lima City School District3,375$18,07842%42%67%
Wooster City School District3,375$13,95771%68%88%
Maple Heights City School District3,373$15,12036%36%92%
Oregon City School District3,344$14,79568%66%91%
Garfield Heights City School District3,328$14,70327%40%76%
Westlake City School District3,307$16,92883%86%93%
Mansfield City School District3,292$18,63643%45%79%
Highland Local School District3,280$11,45388%90%97%
Kent City School District3,273$15,57769%73%86%
South Euclid-Lyndhurst City School District3,248$19,88045%56%85%
Piqua City School District3,236$13,96756%57%82%
Sidney City School District3,234$12,01460%58%80%
Whitehall City School District3,174$13,56135%44%76%
Ashtabula Area City School District3,103$15,23251%48%74%
Ashland City School District3,087$11,51472%73%94%
Sandusky City School District3,085$16,89841%46%91%
Wapakoneta City School District3,048$11,38974%67%84%
Aurora City School District3,006$14,18686%89%95%
Alliance City School District3,003$13,98448%50%78%
Northeastern Local School District3,000$12,03065%67%89%
Zanesville City School District2,980$15,80048%49%≈87%
Goshen Local School District2,978$12,32073%72%95%
Talawanda City School District2,949$13,41675%74%90%
Hamilton Local School District2,940$11,26169%64%85%
Tri-Valley Local School District2,940$12,00171%71%87%
Madison Local School District2,908$10,76265%65%88%
Celina City School District2,894$13,41173%64%≈87%
Mount Healthy City School District2,878$17,72733%33%77%
Monroe Local School District2,864$10,15478%78%≈92%
Bedford City School District2,857$18,73742%48%80%
Ross Local School District2,854$11,54580%79%94%
Vandalia-Butler City School District2,846$14,39868%70%93%
New Philadelphia City School District2,843$12,42066%69%81%
Revere Local School District2,827$14,39789%88%93%
Madison Local School District2,805$14,25161%62%≈87%
Midview Local School District2,804$12,83772%72%95%
Louisville City School District2,770$11,53378%74%89%
Chillicothe City School District2,742$13,06548%58%76%
Steubenville City School District2,734$11,86289%82%≈98%
Western Brown Local School District2,732$13,57164%62%88%
Painesville City Local School District2,718$15,08136%41%≈77%
Tecumseh Local School District2,706$13,20853%56%79%
Copley-Fairlawn City School District2,697$15,17083%84%88%
Rocky River City School District2,678$15,99092%91%95%
Chardon Local School District2,676$14,40284%84%95%
Tiffin City School District2,673$11,42466%67%≈98%
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local School District2,659$12,00285%82%96%
Dover City School District2,636$10,70170%75%88%
Bowling Green City School District2,627$13,35967%68%90%
Franklin City School District2,617$16,98363%65%91%
Norwalk City School District2,593$12,56666%64%≈87%
Kenston Local School District2,585$16,05689%90%96%
Trotwood-Madison City School District2,580$17,94324%32%72%
Miami Trace Local School District2,554$13,17776%72%≈82%
Granville Exempted Village School District2,550$13,36791%88%≈100%
Canfield Local School District2,531$11,80290%85%94%
Tallmadge City School District2,490$13,17473%67%≈92%
Bexley City School District2,474$17,94682%85%94%
Howland Local School District2,471$13,87376%78%81%
Bay Village City School District2,436$15,73592%91%97%
Tipp City Exempted Village School District2,382$12,93379%81%≈92%
Jackson City School District2,380$13,52976%72%≈92%
Lexington Local School District2,368$11,18381%79%91%
Greenville City School District2,367$13,97664%57%86%
Batavia Local School District2,356$11,93568%67%≈98%
Defiance City School District2,345$13,65558%60%≈87%
Athens City School District2,328$15,52660%66%93%
Cloverleaf Local School District2,298$14,47977%74%≈92%
Norton City School District2,286$11,38575%74%83%
Shawnee Local School District2,277$11,96780%81%≈92%
Wilmington City School District2,263$13,63058%57%89%
Buckeye Local School District2,259$11,04673%75%≈92%
Marietta City School District2,255$12,53155%61%85%
Jonathan Alder Local School District2,253$11,52180%80%≈87%
Bloom-Carroll Local School District2,231$11,21273%76%≈98%
Gallia County Local School District2,216$14,13455%56%≈77%
Bellefontaine City School District2,199$13,84865%65%≈92%
Northern Local School District2,199$11,80869%74%≈92%
Maumee City School District2,187$15,86375%74%≈98%
Hillsboro City School District2,184$14,62366%72%93%
Circleville City School District2,174$13,90356%58%≈92%
Elida Local School District2,173$12,55570%66%≈82%
Buckeye Valley Local School District2,139$14,79072%74%≈92%
Indian Hill Exempted Village School District2,131$18,82691%89%≈92%
Geneva Area City School District2,118$12,25768%62%88%
London City School District2,112$10,90358%63%≈77%
Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School District2,109$13,50468%65%≈98%
West Geauga Local School District2,102$14,42786%85%≈92%
Union-Scioto Local School District2,099$12,37863%64%≈87%
Three Rivers Local School District2,096$12,49167%71%≈98%
Ravenna City School District2,094$15,72653%54%74%
East Muskingum Local School District2,079$11,79772%73%≈87%
Oakwood City School District2,069$14,56990%90%≈92%
Washington Court House City School District2,057$12,68266%58%≈87%
Licking Valley Local School District2,039$11,24661%59%≈87%
Van Wert City School District2,026$12,35862%63%≈87%
Streetsboro City School District2,011$14,01164%69%≈92%
East Liverpool City School District2,008$15,11344%47%≈82%
Niles City School District2,006$12,92759%63%83%
Orange City School District2,005$26,05287%89%≈92%
New Richmond Exempted Village School District1,998$14,68964%66%≈92%
Gallipolis City School District1,992$11,20661%62%≈82%
Canton Local School District1,988$14,52466%63%≈92%
Woodridge Local School District1,984$14,85763%66%≈92%
Warren Local School District1,980$12,38660%73%≈92%
St. Marys City School District1,963$13,01974%69%≈82%
Salem City School District1,951$12,14767%68%≈87%
Ontario Local School District1,948$10,12573%74%≈98%
Wyoming City School District1,942$14,92190%89%≈98%
Indian Creek Local School District1,941$11,82266%66%≈77%
Switzerland of Ohio Local School District1,938$24,40252%54%≈77%
Marlington Local School District1,937$13,64968%75%≈92%
River Valley Local School District1,901$11,40673%71%≈98%
Perkins Local School District1,899$14,13965%68%≈98%
Fairfield Union Local School District1,889$12,79065%71%≈92%
Springfield Local School District1,888$13,57956%58%≈87%
Franklin Local School District1,885$14,01263%64%≈82%
Greenfield Exempted Village School District1,885$15,22760%66%≈87%
Field Local School District1,876$12,22774%74%≈87%
Bryan City School District1,870$13,32768%67%≈87%
Shelby City School District1,868$12,86574%70%≈82%
West Holmes Local School District1,865$14,72172%69%88%
Maysville Local School District1,864$12,80965%67%74%
Fostoria City School District1,853$13,24351%49%≈87%
Urbana City School District1,850$14,22251%56%≈72%
Vinton County Local School District1,848$15,69660%62%≈77%
Cambridge City School District1,845$13,72756%59%≈72%
Kenton City School District1,838$13,33763%59%≈82%
Carrollton Exempted Village School District1,834$15,22567%68%91%
Eaton Community City School District1,834$14,83377%73%≈92%
Bellevue City School District1,829$12,95674%75%≈98%
Hubbard Exempted Village School District1,810$12,37773%72%≈92%
Napoleon Area City School District1,799$14,18776%73%≈92%
Wauseon Exempted Village School District1,782$12,14575%73%≈92%
Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District1,776$17,73292%93%≈98%
Clinton-Massie Local School District1,754$11,35972%73%≈98%
West Branch Local School District1,748$12,04780%68%≈92%
Northwest Local School District1,742$12,81784%83%≈98%
Logan Elm Local School District1,741$13,22768%70%≈87%
Poland Local School District1,740$11,54784%82%≈98%
Valley View Local School District1,738$12,71671%76%≈87%
Warrensville Heights City School District1,736$23,05638%44%≈82%
Vermilion Local School District1,729$13,82169%65%≈87%
Waverly City School District1,728$14,17847%56%≈87%
Bath Local School District1,726$11,12878%77%≈92%
Madeira City School District1,722$13,51692%94%≈92%
Heath City School District1,717$12,24470%69%≈92%
Norwood City School District1,715$18,49859%64%≈72%
Minerva Local School District1,711$13,73569%65%≈92%
Claymont City School District1,709$13,46158%66%≈82%
Indian Valley Local School District1,708$12,69171%72%≈98%
Clark-Shawnee Local School District1,706$13,34967%66%≈87%
Firelands Local School District1,702$12,05277%76%≈87%
Struthers City School District1,700$12,66357%60%≈87%
River View Local School District1,695$12,74669%66%≈98%
Bethel Local School District1,693$9,69374%74%≈98%
Buckeye Local School District1,693$12,01860%67%≈87%
New Lexington City School District1,692$16,07655%63%≈87%
Highland Local School District1,684$11,86568%64%≈92%
Beaver Local School District1,679$11,91575%70%≈92%
Graham Local School District1,666$12,90950%59%≈82%
Lakewood Local School District1,664$15,03559%59%≈82%
Morgan Local School District1,664$16,74566%69%≈77%
Johnstown-Monroe Local School District1,657$12,02774%78%≈87%
Galion City School District1,656$14,17948%56%≈87%
Benjamin Logan Local School District1,647$12,68373%69%≈87%
Otsego Local School District1,643$11,14969%70%≈92%
Northwestern Local School District1,641$12,31067%68%≈92%
St. Clairsville-Richland City School District1,632$12,52069%75%≈92%
Reading Community City School District1,629$11,80163%63%≈82%
Jefferson Area Local School District1,623$11,18560%72%≈92%
Rossford Exempted Village School District1,618$15,67757%63%≈92%
Portsmouth City School District1,611$18,42544%52%≈87%
Fairview Park City School District1,608$14,93069%68%≈82%
Beachwood City School District1,604$22,31287%88%≈98%
Northridge Local School District1,604$17,82232%38%≈82%
Lake Local School District1,602$12,79262%67%≈98%
Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District1,597$13,44167%71%≈92%
Clear Fork Valley Local School District1,595$11,78067%69%≈92%
Conneaut Area City School District1,594$13,46853%62%≈82%
Girard City School District1,594$13,71281%79%≈92%
Wayne Local School District1,588$10,89989%85%≈92%
Wheelersburg Local School District1,588$10,25176%83%≈98%
Liberty-Benton Local School District1,582$10,34684%81%≈98%
Greenon Local School District1,572$11,75862%60%≈82%
Mariemont City School District1,566$17,16291%92%≈98%
Ottawa-Glandorf Local School District1,565$11,28479%79%≈98%
Carlisle Local School District1,564$14,02070%73%≈92%
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District1,564$15,64171%71%≈92%
Coshocton City School District1,562$14,40561%59%≈98%
Meigs Local School District1,562$16,54843%49%≈87%
Port Clinton City School District1,557$15,53969%70%≈92%
Coventry Local School District1,554$13,36065%66%≈87%
Lakeview Local School District1,534$12,19681%81%≈98%
East Cleveland City School District1,529$27,77720%30%75%
Rolling Hills Local School District1,527$13,52860%58%≈87%
North Fork Local School District1,526$12,99958%58%≈87%
Orrville City School District1,503$13,70572%65%≈87%
Madison Local School District1,499$12,82172%69%≈92%
East Holmes Local School District1,494$13,69387%83%≈92%
Fairland Local School District1,488$10,72271%78%≈98%
West Muskingum Local School District1,483$10,05460%68%≈87%
Amanda-Clearcreek Local School District1,479$12,54064%67%≈92%
Perry Local School District1,471$18,54175%73%≈98%
Bethel-Tate Local School District1,452$11,70772%70%≈92%
Brookville Local School District1,451$11,72978%83%≈92%
Triway Local School District1,450$15,11779%77%≈87%
Indian Lake Local School District1,445$14,12273%70%≈87%
Eastwood Local School District1,443$13,94982%84%≈98%
Alexander Local School District1,433$14,33070%71%≈87%
Keystone Local School District1,433$11,97371%78%≈92%
Union Local School District1,433$13,61352%65%≈82%
Harrison Hills City School District1,421$14,79559%63%≈92%
Edison Local School District1,420$14,28165%73%≈72%
Benton-Carroll-Salem Local School District1,416$13,68385%78%≈98%
Westfall Local School District1,415$15,73464%66%≈82%
South Point Local School District1,413$14,78660%66%≈87%
Coldwater Exempted Village School District1,410$11,84387%77%≈92%
Milton-Union Exempted Village School District1,409$12,73368%69%≈87%
Miami East Local School District1,405$11,76684%82%≈98%
North Union Local School District1,399$14,66575%71%≈92%
Buckeye Local School District1,397$14,24962%63%≈92%
Edison Local (formerly Berlin-Milan) School District1,391$13,12880%75%≈98%
Clermont Northeastern Local School District1,390$13,94954%60%≈92%
Martins Ferry City School District1,389$14,18665%63%≈77%
Barnesville Exempted Village School District1,377$11,98662%65%≈92%
Clearview Local School District1,366$14,63550%57%≈87%
Crestwood Local School District1,358$15,27567%69%≈82%
Norwayne Local School District1,356$12,19584%82%≈92%
Ironton City School District1,355$12,86464%65%≈92%
Berkshire Local School District1,354$13,81069%66%≈87%
Southeast Local School District1,353$14,89665%68%≈87%
Rock Hill Local School District1,346$19,53763%63%≈92%
Paulding Exempted Village School District1,339$15,00064%61%≈92%
Genoa Area Local School District1,326$10,90169%74%≈98%
North College Hill City School District1,326$15,79627%33%≈62%
Wickliffe City School District1,319$14,46862%68%≈92%
Zane Trace Local School District1,312$12,27460%68%≈87%
Preble Shawnee Local School District1,310$12,80560%55%≈92%
Chippewa Local School District1,305$11,15280%80%≈92%
Fairless Local School District1,304$14,66062%62%≈92%
Sandy Valley Local School District1,300$16,11766%66%≈98%
Blanchester Local School District1,289$13,98462%64%≈92%
Northwestern Local School District1,282$12,36768%70%≈82%
Wellston City School District1,282$15,66956%57%≈87%
Ridgewood Local School District1,279$11,69468%68%≈87%
Tuslaw Local School District1,279$12,00980%77%≈98%
East Clinton Local School District1,276$12,90262%66%≈92%
Willard City School District1,276$14,52652%56%≈92%
Versailles Exempted Village School District1,275$13,11390%84%≈98%
Washington-Nile Local School District1,275$15,64062%64%≈98%
Manchester Local School District1,269$13,79682%79%≈92%
Liberty Local School District1,267$12,75553%57%≈82%
Northwest Local School District1,267$16,48561%60%≈72%
Minford Local School District1,266$13,28466%65%≈82%
Greeneview Local School District1,260$12,30365%72%≈98%
Southeast Local School District1,260$15,96078%73%≈87%
Huron City School District1,255$13,65978%83%≈98%
Tuscarawas Valley Local School District1,254$12,68682%77%≈92%
Pleasant Local School District1,246$10,75569%68%≈92%
James A. Garfield Local School District1,235$12,85372%69%≈82%
Champion Local School District1,232$13,78982%81%≈92%
Liberty Union-Thurston Local School District1,220$14,32566%70%≈98%
Chesapeake Union Exempted Village School District1,208$13,13762%69%≈92%
Wynford Local School District1,196$11,44256%69%≈98%
South Range Local School District1,195$12,51289%86%≈98%
Elmwood Local School District1,187$14,71574%72%≈98%
Scioto Valley Local School District1,187$15,44045%58%≈82%
Bluffton Exempted Village School District1,183$10,50387%83%≈98%
Finneytown Local School District1,183$15,19350%56%≈82%
Oak Hill Union Local School District1,179$13,13465%62%≈98%
Dawson-Bryant Local School District1,176$13,46875%69%≈92%
Crestview Local School District1,175$12,96376%80%≈92%
Archbold Area Local School District1,172$13,28885%80%≈92%
Northridge Local School District1,167$14,80464%69%≈87%
Swanton Local School District1,167$13,57567%69%≈92%
Arcanum-Butler Local School District1,161$11,96074%77%≈98%
West Liberty-Salem Local School District1,161$12,65179%77%≈92%
Deer Park Community City School District1,157$16,77469%70%≈87%
Fredericktown Local School District1,156$11,53179%75%≈98%
Brooklyn City School District1,153$16,85951%57%≈92%
Adena Local School District1,152$11,91959%60%≈82%
Eastern Local School District1,147$12,71360%69%≈87%
Kirtland Local School District1,142$13,82583%82%≈98%
Pike-Delta-York Local School District1,141$14,68379%80%≈87%
Evergreen Local School District1,136$14,64679%78%≈98%
Green Local School District1,129$11,27072%74%≈92%
Bellaire Local School District1,121$14,71473%56%≈87%
United Local School District1,120$13,42175%67%≈98%
Madison-Plains Local School District1,119$14,77567%67%≈82%
Grandview Heights City School District1,107$19,80289%89%≈87%
Pymatuning Valley Local School District1,105$14,60567%61%≈87%
New Lebanon Local School District1,095$13,60262%63%≈92%
Fairbanks Local School District1,093$12,65673%82%≈92%
Independence Local School District1,092$18,98186%86%≈98%
Bucyrus City School District1,089$16,91252%51%≈77%
Columbiana Exempted Village School District1,085$12,34678%83%≈98%
Garaway Local School District1,083$12,71973%74%≈98%
East Guernsey Local School District1,082$15,71967%68%≈82%
Anna Local School District1,076$13,64086%85%≈92%
Lynchburg-Clay Local School District1,075$14,44474%80%≈92%
Campbell City School District1,072$17,30439%45%≈92%
Crooksville Exempted Village School District1,066$14,96254%58%≈82%
Huntington Local School District1,065$17,24245%48%≈87%
Nelsonville-York City School District1,057$15,68342%50%≈87%
Allen East Local School District1,055$10,71573%75%≈87%
Centerburg Local School District1,053$13,11272%75%≈92%
Margaretta Local School District1,049$16,14862%68%≈98%
Ottawa Hills Local School District1,044$18,01491%92%≈98%
Lakota Local School District1,043$13,52566%63%≈98%
Black River Local School District1,042$15,78669%73%≈87%
Elgin Local School District1,042$12,85464%58%≈98%
Fort Recovery Local School District1,033$11,46184%82%≈92%
Riverdale Local School District1,026$13,53367%71%≈87%
Jefferson Local School District1,023$15,77175%62%≈82%
Van Buren Local School District1,021$14,02786%83%≈92%
Mount Gilead Exempted Village School District1,018$13,87254%53%≈92%
Northeastern Local School District1,017$13,70178%73%≈92%
Northmor Local School District1,016$13,83761%63%≈98%
Georgetown Exempted Village School District1,013$11,99361%69%≈87%
Valley Local School District1,013$13,24265%60%≈92%
Cardington-Lincoln Local School District1,010$13,88760%59%≈92%
LaBrae Local School District1,001$14,83666%70%≈98%
St. Henry Consolidated Local School District997$10,62192%86%≈98%
Colonel Crawford Local School District993$12,06969%71%≈92%
Liberty Center Local School District993$15,45279%77%≈92%
East Palestine City School District985$13,53865%71%≈77%
Parkway Local School District983$12,72783%78%≈92%
Rootstown Local School District983$13,47371%69%≈92%
Brookfield Local School District972$12,02356%63%≈82%
Noble Local School District969$17,29668%64%≈77%
Western Reserve Local School District961$14,66763%65%≈98%
National Trail Local School District953$15,28466%66%≈92%
Belpre City School District952$13,03866%66%≈82%
Williamsburg Local School District948$11,53870%70%≈92%
Crestview Local School District946$14,50567%69%≈92%
Grand Valley Local School District944$14,56162%69%≈87%
Southeastern Local School District935$15,22566%67%≈92%
Delphos City School District929$11,01485%83%≈87%
Weathersfield Local School District927$13,40877%75%≈98%
Marion Local School District926$10,88893%88%≈98%
Woodmore Local School District924$13,50175%77%≈92%
Dalton Local School District923$12,59977%83%≈85%
Central Local School District919$15,73878%75%≈87%
Fort Frye Local School District915$15,65072%66%≈87%
Crestview Local School District914$13,32785%81%≈98%
Fairfield Local School District914$13,39369%74%≈98%
Osnaburg Local School District913$12,25368%65%≈98%
Newton Falls Exempted Village School District911$13,79365%65%≈82%
Spencerville Local School District909$12,80380%82%≈87%
Wellington Exempted Village School District909$17,23760%59%≈92%
Federal Hocking Local School District905$16,95557%59%≈95%
Springfield Local School District905$14,18281%83%≈92%
Northwood Local School District895$14,91257%55%≈3%
East Knox Local School District894$12,79059%70%≈77%
Loudonville-Perrysville Exempted Village School District892$16,30562%66%≈87%
Mohawk Local School District883$14,03476%70%≈92%
Columbia Local School District880$14,65577%76%≈87%
Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District880$15,81557%59%≈87%
Ada Exempted Village School District876$13,56575%75%≈87%
Wayne Trace Local School District875$16,77874%74%≈92%
New London Local School District874$14,42265%63%≈92%
Waterloo Local School District873$11,68668%71%≈82%
Seneca East Local School District865$13,88877%72%≈98%
Gibsonburg Exempted Village School District863$12,04966%68%≈98%
Rittman Exempted Village School District863$14,36271%70%≈87%
Hicksville Exempted Village School District861$15,28085%86%≈82%
Patrick Henry Local School District860$15,84176%77%≈92%
Mapleton Local School District848$13,76855%64%≈92%
Oberlin City School District843$18,78962%63%≈92%
Bloom-Vernon Local School District841$14,62378%76%≈82%
Cuyahoga Heights Local School District841$19,63388%85%≈92%
Minster Local School District841$12,91692%87%≈95%
Tri-Village Local School District840$11,56878%78%≈98%
Carey Exempted Village School District839$13,48462%65%≈95%
Mechanicsburg Exempted Village School District837$14,22775%74%≈82%
Lincolnview Local School District836$13,68373%78%≈98%
Southern Local School District836$17,38254%56%≈95%
Cardinal Local School District824$16,01259%61%≈92%
Triad Local School District820$14,33470%66%≈87%
Toronto City School District813$11,34461%66%≈85%
New Bremen Local School District808$12,55490%90%≈98%
Berne Union Local School District806$16,03763%73%≈87%
Montpelier Exempted Village School District801$16,10068%66%≈77%
Ansonia Local School District797$12,48284%77%≈95%
St. Bernard-Elmwood Place City School District787$16,45447%57%≈87%
Hardin-Houston Local School District786$13,78968%65%≈92%
Columbus Grove Local School District785$14,52276%78%≈98%
Hopewell-Loudon Local School District784$12,28383%68%≈95%
Bridgeport Exempted Village School District783$14,16965%65%≈87%
Lisbon Exempted Village School District778$14,84167%64%≈98%
Mogadore Local School District778$16,18474%70%≈92%
Paint Valley Local School District773$15,21239%57%≈87%
Eastern Local School District760$19,56158%60%≈87%
Twin Valley Community Local School District758$14,64156%65%≈98%
Jackson-Milton Local School District756$13,94077%81%≈85%
Symmes Valley Local School District752$15,75165%59%≈95%
Fayetteville-Perry Local School District751$13,81660%63%≈82%
Richmond Heights Local School District750$18,66433%47%≈87%
Hillsdale Local School District746$16,14668%78%≈92%
Eastern Local School District744$14,14463%73%≈92%
South Central Local School District744$14,17164%59%≈95%
Trimble Local School District741$19,54339%45%≈77%
Covington Exempted Village School District739$14,97675%73%≈87%
Shadyside Local School District739$11,63561%68%≈77%
Fort Loramie Local School District737$14,21391%86%≈95%
Caldwell Exempted Village School District736$17,92041%54%≈95%
McDonald Local School District736$12,74777%78%≈98%
Old Fort Local School District735$12,17775%69%≈95%
Ayersville Local School District731$12,87674%84%≈92%
Manchester Local School District727$14,97558%65%≈72%
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Local School District724$16,21348%59%≈77%
Tri-County North Local School District724$15,73170%62%≈82%
Southern Local School District718$13,35756%63%≈85%
Bright Local School District717$14,55872%69%≈92%
Felicity-Franklin Local School District713$15,81169%65%≈87%
Mississinawa Valley Local School District713$13,10867%64%≈95%
Leipsic Local School District699$11,82161%67%≈95%
Perry Local School District692$13,62457%62%≈87%
Western Local School District688$20,44642%46%≈77%
Yellow Springs Exempted Village School District687$15,28162%78%≈82%
Wellsville Local School District685$19,23160%58%≈85%
Plymouth-Shiloh Local School District681$16,62168%66%≈92%
Southeastern Local School District681$15,72871%72%≈87%
Antwerp Local School District678$14,31175%75%≈95%
Buckeye Central Local School District658$18,72980%80%≈95%
Joseph Badger Local School District651$14,15569%69%≈98%
Maplewood Local School District632$15,06590%84%≈92%
New Miami Local School District632$16,70345%55%≈85%
Botkins Local School District631$13,36585%86%≈95%
McComb Local School District627$14,30973%65%≈85%
Brown Local School District624$14,95851%64%≈95%
Ridgedale Local School District621$14,45651%52%≈95%
Riverside Local School District620$14,99566%67%≈77%
Clay Local School District614$12,69753%56%≈85%
North Baltimore Local School District614$18,33266%70%≈85%
Fairport Harbor Exempted Village School District612$11,17042%58%≈92%
Mathews Local School District611$15,66674%69%≈92%
Danville Local School District599$13,59454%75%≈95%
Fairlawn Local School District599$12,35962%65%≈75%
Crestline Exempted Village School District597$14,48246%62%≈95%
Southern Local School District596$18,25851%55%≈85%
Kalida Local School District595$12,73389%89%≈95%
Newton Local School District590$13,46483%77%≈95%
Western Reserve Local School District587$14,24584%81%≈98%
Cedar Cliff Local School District586$12,84577%80%≈95%
Wolf Creek Local School District584$16,59170%69%≈95%
North Central Local School District580$15,34769%69%≈85%
Miller City-New Cleveland Local School District573$11,67592%87%≈95%
Edgerton Local School District567$14,14868%82%≈95%
Arcadia Local School District566$14,71481%82%≈95%
Franklin Monroe Local School District566$14,35277%77%≈95%
Arlington Local School District562$13,89181%72%≈95%
Strasburg-Franklin Local School District555$13,26565%68%≈95%
Monroeville Local School District554$15,07654%58%≈92%
Green Local School District548$15,77747%63%≈75%
Jackson Center Local School District546$12,76077%80%≈95%
Danbury Local School District545$21,37175%80%≈85%
Frontier Local School District543$15,64157%59%≈85%
Pandora-Gilboa Local School District526$15,04878%78%≈95%
Lockland Local School District519$21,89420%30%≈75%
Leetonia Exempted Village School District512$18,01857%57%≈85%
Cory-Rawson Local School District504$17,89766%58%≈95%
Bradford Exempted Village School District501$15,43358%62%≈85%
Waynesfield-Goshen Local School District497$16,49579%65%≈85%
Conotton Valley Union Local School District494$20,34055%47%≈95%
Millcreek-West Unity Local School District488$16,72569%65%≈95%
Ridgemont Local School District488$14,79354%61%≈85%
Walnut Township Local School District483$19,06466%71%≈70%
Edon Northwest Local School District482$16,54477%80%≈85%
Ottoville Local School District482$13,43690%92%≈90%
Pettisville Local School District478$14,96282%82%≈85%
Bristol Local School District476$13,85982%76%≈85%
Lowellville Local School District469$13,75772%74%≈95%
Windham Exempted Village School District469$18,26454%52%≈75%
Lucas Local School District464$14,82161%68%≈95%
Continental Local School District456$16,24881%83%≈85%
Upper Scioto Valley Local School District436$16,92749%50%≈95%
New Riegel Local School District434$13,18776%67%≈90%
Russia Local School District429$12,35295%90%≈95%
Lordstown Local School District424$20,75978%78%≈95%
Holgate Local School District420$17,17178%74%≈95%
Southington Local School District414$14,89174%74%≈95%
Hardin Northern Local School District404$15,55064%63%≈90%
Stryker Local School District397$17,31273%73%≈85%
New Boston Local School District385$17,91451%47%≈70%
New Knoxville Local School District375$15,30485%83%≈95%
Fayette Local School District374$18,345≈62%≈67%≈95%
Jennings Local School District358$13,57084%77%≈95%
Sebring Local School District354$23,48652%56%≈75%
Jefferson Township Local School District261$24,479≈27%≈37%≈90%
Bloomfield-Mespo Local School District220$18,414≈72%≈57%≈70%
Vanlue Local School District154$20,760≈72%≈72%—
College Corner Local School District100$12,040———
Put-in-Bay Local School District65$43,138≈65%≈65%—

Sources

Spending and enrollment come from the NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33) for fiscal year 2022. Proficiency and graduation rates come from EDFacts for school year 2018-19. Districts are matched to ZIP codes through the NCES EDGE geographic relationship file. Nothing on this page is estimated or modelled: a figure is read from a federal source file or it is left blank.

Questions About Ohio School Spending

How much does the average Ohio school district spend per student?
The middle, or median, Ohio district spent $13,678 per student in fiscal year 2022, $865 below the national median of $14,543. The median is the better summary here: a few very small districts spend several times what a large one does, and an average would follow them. That median covers all 939 districts the state reports. Across the 608 a ZIP code can reach, which are the ones listed on this page, 1,533,477 students account for $22.4 billion of current spending.
Which Ohio districts spend the most and least per student?
Put-in-Bay Local School District reports the highest figure in the table at $43,138 per student for 65 students, and Bethel Local School District the lowest at $9,693 for 1,693 students. Enrollment is the denominator, so a small district with one building and one bus route honestly produces a high figure; read the two columns together.
Why are some Ohio districts missing from this table?
Ohio has 939 districts with federal finance data and 608 of them appear here. The rest are placed in no ZIP code by the federal boundary file, which is normal for charter and virtual school districts that have no attendance area, so there is no ZIP code a reader could use to find them.
Does this money follow a child who is homeschooled?
No. The figure is what the district spends on a seat in its own schools, funded from local property tax, state formula aid and federal programs. Withdrawing a child removes the child from the count rather than sending the money home. TheHomeschoolingCompany is $1,788 for one student for a school year by comparison, less for each child after the first.

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