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Hardin County
5 districts · 3,760 pupils · 4 at the 20-mill floor · richest 2.1× 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 Hardin County
Upper Scioto Valley Local stands on 2.1× Ada Exempted Village's tax base per pupil: $353,579 against $172,358. Every district in the county by the assessed valuation each of its pupils stands on — one dot each, poorest on the left.
The values
- Ada Exempted Village: $172,358 per pupil, $9,429 state aid per pupil
- Kenton City: $186,943 per pupil, $8,473 state aid per pupil
- Ridgemont Local: $274,800 per pupil, $9,069 state aid per pupil
- Hardin Northern Local: $313,221 per pupil, $7,467 state aid per pupil
- Upper Scioto Valley Local: $353,579 per pupil, $8,311 state aid per pupil
| District | Valuation per pupil | State aid per pupil | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Scioto Valley Local The most property wealth per pupil here |
$353,579 | $8,311 | 437 |
| Ada Exempted Village The least |
$172,358 | $9,429 | 820 |
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 Hardin 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, 2.1 times apart on the tax base each pupil stands on — $181,220 per pupil of assessed valuation. Every mill Ada Exempted Village levies raises 0.49 of what the same mill raises in Upper Scioto 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: Ada Exempted Village receives $1,118 more state aid per pupil than Upper Scioto Valley Local. Whether that closes the gap is a different question from whether it points the right way — $181,220 of valuation per pupil is not repaired by $1,118 of aid. Statewide, 294 districts are held above their formula amount.
5 districts
| District | Pupils | Valuation per pupil, FY2024 | State aid per pupil | Spending per pupil, FY2024 | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Exempted Village | 820 | $172,358 | $9,429 | $15,209 | at the 20-mill floor |
| Hardin Northern Local | 386 | $313,221 | $7,467 | $24,086 | on formula |
| Kenton City | 1,660 | $186,943 | $8,473 | $15,182 | at the 20-mill floor |
| Ridgemont Local | 457 | $274,800 | $9,069 | $17,310 | at the 20-mill floor |
| Upper Scioto Valley Local | 437 | $353,579 | $8,311 | $17,329 | at the 20-mill floor |
3,760 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 $8,473 per pupil, against $5,910 statewide. None is on the guarantee, which is unusual: 48% of Ohio districts are. 4 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 5 districts here rose and 2 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 5, 3 rose, 2 fell. The 2 that fell: Hardin Northern Local and Upper Scioto Valley Local.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 5, 2 rose, 3 fell. The 2 that rose: Ada Exempted Village and Upper Scioto Valley Local.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 5, 3 rose, 2 fell. The 2 that fell: Hardin Northern Local and Ridgemont Local.
The values
- Ada Exempted Village: +10.7% (+$797,538) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Upper Scioto Valley Local: +6.2% (+$246,788) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Kenton City: +4.9% (+$716,004) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Ridgemont Local: −0.8% (−$38,608) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Hardin Northern Local: −1.9% (−$61,571) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
| Ada Exempted Village | $7,487,546 | $7,907,757 | $8,285,084 | +5.6% +$420,210 | +4.8% +$377,327 | +10.7% +$797,538 |
61.0% | 57.9% | Foundation aid +$750,506 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Scioto Valley Local | $4,012,037 | $3,885,073 | $4,258,825 | −3.2% −$126,964 | +9.6% +$373,752 | +6.2% +$246,788 |
47.1% | 44.0% | Enrollment growth supplement +$109,201 |
| Kenton City | $14,599,873 | $15,355,879 | $15,315,877 | +5.2% +$756,006 | −0.3% −$40,002 | +4.9% +$716,004 |
62.4% | 59.2% | Foundation aid +$640,805 |
| Ridgemont Local | $4,696,486 | $4,774,241 | $4,657,878 | +1.7% +$77,755 | −2.4% −$116,363 | −0.8% −$38,608 |
54.7% | 49.6% | Transportation −$53,108 |
| Hardin Northern Local | $3,284,127 | $3,253,067 | $3,222,555 | −0.9% −$31,060 | −0.9% −$30,511 | −1.9% −$61,571 |
52.2% | 48.3% | Foundation aid −$59,607 |
On foundation aid:
- FY2025 to FY2026: of 5, 3 rose, 2 fell. The 2 that fell: Hardin Northern Local and Upper Scioto Valley Local.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 5, 2 rose, 3 fell. The 2 that rose: Ada Exempted Village and Upper Scioto Valley Local.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 5, 3 rose, 2 fell. The 2 that fell: Hardin Northern Local and Ridgemont Local.
The values
- Ada Exempted Village: +10.8% (+$750,506) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Kenton City: +4.8% (+$640,805) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Upper Scioto Valley Local: +2.7% (+$95,034) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Ridgemont Local: −0.2% (−$9,923) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Hardin Northern Local: −2.0% (−$59,607) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
| Ada Exempted Village | $6,980,444 | $7,335,410 | $7,730,950 | +5.1% +$354,966 | +5.4% +$395,540 | +10.8% +$750,506 |
61.0% | 57.9% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenton City | $13,426,763 | $14,082,446 | $14,067,568 | +4.9% +$655,683 | −0.1% −$14,879 | +4.8% +$640,805 |
62.4% | 59.2% |
| Upper Scioto Valley Local | $3,535,232 | $3,381,864 | $3,630,266 | −4.3% −$153,368 | +7.3% +$248,401 | +2.7% +$95,034 |
47.1% | 44.0% |
| Ridgemont Local | $4,156,055 | $4,222,327 | $4,146,132 | +1.6% +$66,272 | −1.8% −$76,195 | −0.2% −$9,923 |
54.7% | 49.6% |
| Hardin Northern Local | $2,942,220 | $2,896,884 | $2,882,613 | −1.5% −$45,336 | −0.5% −$14,271 | −2.0% −$59,607 |
52.2% | 48.3% |
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. 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.