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Clinton County

4 districts · 5,632 pupils · 3 on the guarantee · 3 at the 20-mill floor · richest 1.7× the poorest

All 88 counties, ordered by that ratio. The median Ohio district receives $5,910 per pupil in state aid in FY2027.

The spread inside Clinton County

Wilmington City stands on 1.7× East Clinton Local's tax base per pupil: $373,819 against $223,742. Every district in the county by the assessed valuation each of its pupils stands on — one dot each, poorest on the left.

$220K$360KOhio median $247,848East Clinton LocalWilmington City
$220K$360KOhio median $247,848East Clinton LocalWilmington City
$220K$360KOhio median $247,848East Clinton LocalWilmington City
The values
  • East Clinton Local: $223,742 per pupil, $7,860 state aid per pupil
  • Blanchester Local: $253,785 per pupil, $9,753 state aid per pupil
  • Clinton-Massie Local: $265,651 per pupil, $5,319 state aid per pupil
  • Wilmington City: $373,819 per pupil, $4,390 state aid per pupil
DistrictValuation per pupil State aid per pupilPupils
Wilmington City
The most property wealth per pupil here
$373,819 $4,390 2,010
East Clinton Local
The least
$223,742 $7,860 1,069

These four figures are the headline; the full comparison puts the two side by side on every measure the panel carries.

Where that sits among the 84 counties with more than one district reporting a tax base — one dot each, narrowest on the left, and the rule marked Clinton is this county. The median is 2.1× apart.

Richest over poorest district, tax base per pupil 1.7× 26th percentile
1.0×7.0×ClintonMedian 2.1×
1.0×7.0×ClintonMedian 2.1×
1.0×7.0×ClintonMedian 2.1×
The values
  • Adams: 1.1× between its richest and poorest district
  • Carroll: 1.2× between its richest and poorest district
  • Auglaize: 1.2× between its richest and poorest district
  • Harrison: 1.2× between its richest and poorest district
  • Morrow: 1.3× between its richest and poorest district
  • Jackson: 1.3× between its richest and poorest district
  • Meigs: 1.4× between its richest and poorest district
  • Van Wert: 1.4× between its richest and poorest district
  • Preble: 1.4× between its richest and poorest district
  • Paulding: 1.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Greene: 1.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Champaign: 1.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Huron: 1.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Highland: 1.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Mercer: 1.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Pike: 1.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Geauga: 1.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Madison: 1.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Putnam: 1.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Medina: 1.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Gallia: 1.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Holmes: 1.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Clinton: 1.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Pickaway: 1.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Union: 1.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Henry: 1.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Sandusky: 1.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Darke: 1.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Williams: 1.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Shelby: 1.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Guernsey: 1.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Perry: 1.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Ashtabula: 1.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Warren: 1.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Delaware: 1.9× between its richest and poorest district
  • Fayette: 1.9× between its richest and poorest district
  • Fulton: 2.0× between its richest and poorest district
  • Scioto: 2.0× between its richest and poorest district
  • Washington: 2.0× between its richest and poorest district
  • Clermont: 2.0× between its richest and poorest district
  • Hardin: 2.1× between its richest and poorest district
  • Wood: 2.1× between its richest and poorest district
  • Muskingum: 2.1× between its richest and poorest district
  • Brown: 2.1× between its richest and poorest district
  • Erie: 2.1× between its richest and poorest district
  • Tuscarawas: 2.2× between its richest and poorest district
  • Hancock: 2.3× between its richest and poorest district
  • Coshocton: 2.3× between its richest and poorest district
  • Clark: 2.3× between its richest and poorest district
  • Wyandot: 2.3× between its richest and poorest district
  • Richland: 2.4× between its richest and poorest district
  • Ashland: 2.4× between its richest and poorest district
  • Miami: 2.4× between its richest and poorest district
  • Lawrence: 2.4× between its richest and poorest district
  • Logan: 2.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Belmont: 2.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Knox: 2.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Lucas: 2.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Portage: 2.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Ross: 2.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Licking: 2.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Marion: 2.6× between its richest and poorest district
  • Seneca: 2.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Wayne: 2.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Noble: 2.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Fairfield: 2.9× between its richest and poorest district
  • Allen: 3.0× between its richest and poorest district
  • Butler: 3.0× between its richest and poorest district
  • Stark: 3.2× between its richest and poorest district
  • Defiance: 3.2× between its richest and poorest district
  • Summit: 3.3× between its richest and poorest district
  • Columbiana: 3.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Athens: 3.8× between its richest and poorest district
  • Franklin: 3.9× between its richest and poorest district
  • Mahoning: 4.4× between its richest and poorest district
  • Lorain: 4.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Lake: 4.7× between its richest and poorest district
  • Crawford: 4.9× between its richest and poorest district
  • Trumbull: 5.1× between its richest and poorest district
  • Montgomery: 5.3× between its richest and poorest district
  • Hamilton: 5.3× between its richest and poorest district
  • Cuyahoga: 5.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Jefferson: 6.5× between its richest and poorest district
  • Ottawa: 7.4× between its richest and poorest district

Two districts in the same county, 1.7 times apart on the tax base each pupil stands on — $150,076 per pupil of assessed valuation. Every mill East Clinton Local levies raises 0.60 of what the same mill raises in Wilmington City, which is the disparity DeRolph was brought over and the reason the formula has an equalization term at all.

The formula answers it here: East Clinton Local receives $3,470 more state aid per pupil than Wilmington City. Whether that closes the gap is a different question from whether it points the right way — $150,076 of valuation per pupil is not repaired by $3,470 of aid. Statewide, 294 districts are held above their formula amount.

4 districts

DistrictPupils Valuation per pupil, FY2024 State aid per pupil Spending per pupil, FY2024Status
Blanchester Local 1,058 $253,785 $9,753 $16,426 on the guarantee · at the 20-mill floor
Clinton-Massie Local 1,494 $265,651 $5,319 $13,810 on the guarantee · at the 20-mill floor
East Clinton Local 1,069 $223,742 $7,860 $16,688 at the 20-mill floor
Wilmington City 2,010 $373,819 $4,390 $17,000 on the guarantee · at the minimum state share

5,632 pupils across the districts listed, and that is a sum of these districts rather than a count of the county's children — Ohio school district boundaries cross county lines, so some of these pupils live elsewhere and some of the county's live in districts on another page. The department attributes each district to one county and this page inherits that attribution; it is a peer group, not a boundary.

Median state aid here is $6,589 per pupil, against $5,910 statewide. 3 of 4 are on the guarantee, against 48% of the state. 3 are at or below the 20-mill floor, where H.B. 920's reduction factors stop operating and a reappraisal raises revenue again.

Who gained, who lost

On total state support from FY2025 to FY2027, 3 of the 4 districts here rose and 1 fell. Every district here in the three years, on the measure selected. FY2025 is the department's final payment report; FY2026 and FY2027 are its models of those years, not payments. Changes are percentages of each district's own earlier year, so a city and a village read on one scale. Every figure is in nominal dollars.

FY2025 paid, FY2026 and FY2027 models

On total state support:

  • FY2025 to FY2026: of 4, 3 rose, 1 fell. Only East Clinton Local fell.
  • FY2026 to FY2027: of 4, 2 rose, 2 fell. The 2 that fell: Blanchester Local and East Clinton Local.
  • FY2025 to FY2027: of 4, 3 rose, 1 fell. Only East Clinton Local fell.
Clinton-MassieLocalWilmington CityBlanchester LocalEast Clinton Local+4.4%−7.4%
Clinton-Massie LocalWilmington CityBlanchester LocalEast Clinton Local+4.4%−7.4%
Clinton-Massie LocalWilmington CityBlanchester LocalEast Clinton Local+4.4%−7.4%
The values
  • Clinton-Massie Local: +4.4% (+$412,545) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Wilmington City: +1.9% (+$210,257) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Blanchester Local: +0.8% (+$91,597) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
  • East Clinton Local: −7.4% (−$775,759) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
Clinton-Massie Local $9,415,096$9,816,727$9,827,640 +4.3%
+$401,631
+0.1%
+$10,913
+4.4%
+$412,545
26.5% 15.4% Foundation aid
+$372,589
Wilmington City $11,158,484$11,361,127$11,368,741 +1.8%
+$202,643
+0.1%
+$7,614
+1.9%
+$210,257
19.0% 10.0%
the minimum
Formula transition supplement
−$232,151
Blanchester Local $11,429,050$11,535,189$11,520,647 +0.9%
+$106,139
−0.1%
−$14,542
+0.8%
+$91,597
46.6% 39.9% Performance supplement
+$60,479
East Clinton Local $10,487,488$10,240,732$9,711,729 −2.4%
−$246,756
−5.2%
−$529,003
−7.4%
−$775,759
53.5% 48.0% Foundation aid
−$668,390

On foundation aid:

  • FY2025 to FY2026: of 4, 1 rose, 1 fell, 2 did not move. Only East Clinton Local fell.
  • FY2026 to FY2027: of 4, 0 rose, 2 fell, 2 did not move.
  • FY2025 to FY2027: of 4, 1 rose, 1 fell, 2 did not move. Only East Clinton Local fell.
Clinton-MassieLocalBlanchester LocalWilmington CityEast Clinton Local+4.9%−7.4%
Clinton-Massie LocalBlanchester LocalWilmington CityEast Clinton Local+4.9%−7.4%
Clinton-Massie LocalBlanchester LocalWilmington CityEast Clinton Local+4.9%−7.4%
The values
  • Clinton-Massie Local: +4.9% (+$372,589) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Blanchester Local: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Wilmington City: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
  • East Clinton Local: −7.4% (−$668,390) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
Clinton-Massie Local $7,576,279$8,005,429$7,948,868 +5.7%
+$429,151
−0.7%
−$56,561
+4.9%
+$372,589
26.5% 15.4%
Blanchester Local $10,317,096$10,317,096$10,317,096 0.0%
$0
0.0%
$0
0.0%
$0
46.6% 39.9%
Wilmington City $8,825,322$8,825,322$8,825,322 0.0%
$0
0.0%
$0
0.0%
$0
19.0% 10.0%
the minimum
East Clinton Local $9,072,728$8,807,991$8,404,338 −2.9%
−$264,737
−4.6%
−$403,653
−7.4%
−$668,390
53.5% 48.0%

The two measures can disagree in sign. Total state support is every line the department pays a district through; foundation aid is core foundation funding and the guarantee alone, and a district held at its base does not move on it whatever its other lines do. Each district's name opens its change tab, which splits its own figures by line.

State share, from FY2026 to FY2027, falls in every district here. Wilmington City is at the formula's minimum state share in FY2027. It is the part of base cost the state pays after a district's local capacity is charged, so it reaches the dollars through foundation aid; the FY2025 payment report does not publish it.

The same steps for every district in Ohio, one provision at a time — the supplement H.B. 96 repealed, the new count in DPIA, reappraisal through local capacity and the phase-in — are on What changed.

A district whose territory crosses a county line is filed under the one county the department assigns it, so it appears on that county's page and on no other.