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Delaware County
4 districts · 34,265 pupils · 3 on the guarantee · richest 1.9× 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 Delaware County
Buckeye Valley Local stands on 1.9× Delaware City's tax base per pupil: $532,895 against $287,721. Every district in the county by the assessed valuation each of its pupils stands on — one dot each, poorest on the left.
| District | Valuation per pupil | State aid per pupil | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Valley Local The most property wealth per pupil here |
$532,895 | $1,273 | 2,181 |
| Delaware City The least |
$287,721 | $2,714 | 5,246 |
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 Delaware is this county. The median is 2.1× apart.
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, 1.9 times apart on the tax base each pupil stands on — $245,174 per pupil of assessed valuation. Every mill Delaware City levies raises 0.54 of what the same mill raises in Buckeye Valley Local, which is the disparity DeRolph was brought over and the reason the formula has an equalization term at all.
The formula answers it here: Delaware City receives $1,441 more state aid per pupil than Buckeye Valley Local. Whether that closes the gap is a different question from whether it points the right way — $245,174 of valuation per pupil is not repaired by $1,441 of aid. Statewide, 294 districts are held above their formula amount.
4 districts
| District | Pupils | Valuation per pupil, FY2024 | State aid per pupil | Spending per pupil, FY2024 | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Walnut Local | 3,956 | $434,112 | $1,221 | $13,913 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Buckeye Valley Local | 2,181 | $532,895 | $1,273 | $17,616 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Delaware City | 5,246 | $287,721 | $2,714 | $14,728 | on the guarantee |
| Olentangy Local | 22,883 | $303,953 | $1,125 | $16,019 | at the minimum state share |
34,265 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 $1,247 per pupil, against $5,910 statewide. 3 of 4 are on the guarantee, against 48% of the state.
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.
On total state support:
- FY2025 to FY2026: of 4, 2 rose, 2 fell. The 2 that fell: Delaware City and Olentangy Local.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 4, 3 rose, 1 fell. Only Delaware City fell.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 4, 3 rose, 1 fell. Only Delaware City fell.
The values
- Big Walnut Local: +29.1% (+$1,957,929) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Buckeye Valley Local: +26.4% (+$1,367,246) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Olentangy Local: +18.1% (+$6,930,266) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Delaware City: −13.8% (−$2,913,367) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
| Big Walnut Local | $6,718,147 | $7,483,826 | $8,676,076 | +11.4% +$765,680 | +15.9% +$1,192,250 | +29.1% +$1,957,929 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Enrollment growth supplement +$988,901 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Valley Local | $5,181,864 | $6,199,197 | $6,549,110 | +19.6% +$1,017,333 | +5.6% +$349,913 | +26.4% +$1,367,246 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Enrollment growth supplement +$545,231 |
| Olentangy Local | $38,202,449 | $37,782,212 | $45,132,715 | −1.1% −$420,237 | +19.5% +$7,350,503 | +18.1% +$6,930,266 |
10.4% | 10.0% the minimum |
Enrollment growth supplement +$5,720,702 |
| Delaware City | $21,147,607 | $19,646,091 | $18,234,240 | −7.1% −$1,501,516 | −7.2% −$1,411,851 | −13.8% −$2,913,367 |
26.7% | 19.0% | Foundation aid −$4,437,043 |
On foundation aid:
- FY2025 to FY2026: of 4, 1 rose, 2 fell, 1 did not move. Only Big Walnut Local rose.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 4, 1 rose, 1 fell, 2 did not move. Only Delaware City fell.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 4, 1 rose, 2 fell, 1 did not move. Only Big Walnut Local rose.
| Big Walnut Local | $4,682,490 | $4,829,879 | $4,829,879 | +3.1% +$147,389 | 0.0% $0 | +3.1% +$147,389 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Valley Local | $2,777,221 | $2,777,221 | $2,777,221 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Olentangy Local | $29,450,899 | $20,608,995 | $25,751,250 | −30.0% −$8,841,904 | +25.0% +$5,142,255 | −12.6% −$3,699,649 |
10.4% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Delaware City | $18,676,497 | $16,289,607 | $14,239,454 | −12.8% −$2,386,890 | −12.6% −$2,050,153 | −23.8% −$4,437,043 |
26.7% | 19.0% |
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. Big Walnut Local, Buckeye Valley Local and Olentangy Local are 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.