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Lorain County
14 districts · 36,662 pupils · 9 on the guarantee · 1 at the 20-mill floor · richest 4.7× 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 Lorain County
Oberlin City Schools stands on 4.7× Clearview Local's tax base per pupil: $379,564 against $80,258. Every district in the county by the assessed valuation each of its pupils stands on — one dot each, poorest on the left. The shaded box is the middle half of them.
The values
- Clearview Local: $80,258 per pupil, $11,596 state aid per pupil
- Lorain City: $125,525 per pupil, $10,687 state aid per pupil
- Elyria City Schools: $183,448 per pupil, $7,326 state aid per pupil
- Amherst Exempted Village: $208,465 per pupil, $3,658 state aid per pupil
- Firelands Local: $248,703 per pupil, $4,418 state aid per pupil
- Keystone Local: $265,781 per pupil, $4,245 state aid per pupil
- Avon Local: $274,425 per pupil, $931 state aid per pupil
- Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City: $285,383 per pupil, $3,056 state aid per pupil
- North Ridgeville City: $294,873 per pupil, $2,348 state aid per pupil
- Midview Local: $296,096 per pupil, $4,646 state aid per pupil
- Wellington Exempted Village: $298,080 per pupil, $4,842 state aid per pupil
- Columbia Local: $358,214 per pupil, $2,144 state aid per pupil
- Avon Lake City: $359,299 per pupil, $896 state aid per pupil
- Oberlin City Schools: $379,564 per pupil, $4,471 state aid per pupil
| District | Valuation per pupil | State aid per pupil | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin City Schools The most property wealth per pupil here |
$379,564 | $4,471 | 728 |
| Clearview Local The least |
$80,258 | $11,596 | 1,205 |
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 Lorain 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, 4.7 times apart on the tax base each pupil stands on — $299,306 per pupil of assessed valuation. Every mill Clearview Local levies raises 0.21 of what the same mill raises in Oberlin City Schools, which is the disparity DeRolph was brought over and the reason the formula has an equalization term at all.
The formula answers it here: Clearview Local receives $7,126 more state aid per pupil than Oberlin City Schools. Whether that closes the gap is a different question from whether it points the right way — $299,306 of valuation per pupil is not repaired by $7,126 of aid. Statewide, 294 districts are held above their formula amount.
14 districts
| District | Pupils | Valuation per pupil, FY2024 | State aid per pupil | Spending per pupil, FY2024 | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Exempted Village | 3,471 | $208,465 | $3,658 | $12,584 | on the guarantee |
| Avon Lake City | 3,193 | $359,299 | $896 | $15,923 | at the minimum state share |
| Avon Local | 3,997 | $274,425 | $931 | $12,848 | at the minimum state share |
| Clearview Local | 1,205 | $80,258 | $11,596 | $16,832 | on formula |
| Columbia Local | 1,006 | $358,214 | $2,144 | $14,990 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Elyria City Schools | 5,376 | $183,448 | $7,326 | $15,862 | on formula |
| Firelands Local | 1,665 | $248,703 | $4,418 | $13,567 | on the guarantee |
| Keystone Local | 1,401 | $265,781 | $4,245 | $12,426 | on the guarantee · at the 20-mill floor |
| Lorain City | 5,713 | $125,525 | $10,687 | $24,854 | on formula |
| Midview Local | 2,471 | $296,096 | $4,646 | $14,905 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| North Ridgeville City | 4,150 | $294,873 | $2,348 | $13,255 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Oberlin City Schools | 728 | $379,564 | $4,471 | $22,844 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City | 1,408 | $285,383 | $3,056 | $16,892 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Wellington Exempted Village | 879 | $298,080 | $4,842 | $17,185 | on the guarantee |
36,662 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 $4,331 per pupil, against $5,910 statewide. 9 of 14 are on the guarantee, against 48% of the state. 1 is 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, 10 of the 14 districts here rose and 4 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 14, 11 rose, 3 fell. The 3 that fell: Amherst Exempted Village, Avon Local and Lorain City.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 14, 8 rose, 6 fell.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 14, 10 rose, 4 fell. The 4 that fell: Amherst Exempted Village, Avon Local, Clearview Local and Lorain City.
The values
- Avon Lake City: +20.4% (+$826,907) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Columbia Local: +19.0% (+$497,204) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Keystone Local: +6.5% (+$434,192) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- North Ridgeville City: +5.9% (+$684,336) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Midview Local: +3.9% (+$489,807) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Firelands Local: +3.9% (+$333,764) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Oberlin City Schools: +3.4% (+$115,233) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City: +3.3% (+$172,740) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Elyria City Schools: +1.5% (+$634,480) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Wellington Exempted Village: +0.5% (+$23,965) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Avon Local: −2.2% (−$150,884) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Clearview Local: −4.1% (−$626,788) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Amherst Exempted Village: −5.2% (−$805,989) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Lorain City: −5.4% (−$3,717,229) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
| Avon Lake City | $4,051,070 | $4,675,239 | $4,877,976 | +15.4% +$624,169 | +4.3% +$202,737 | +20.4% +$826,907 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Transportation +$303,808 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Local | $2,614,458 | $2,981,543 | $3,111,662 | +14.0% +$367,085 | +4.4% +$130,119 | +19.0% +$497,204 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Enrollment growth supplement +$251,482 |
| Keystone Local | $6,689,857 | $7,091,269 | $7,124,049 | +6.0% +$401,412 | +0.5% +$32,780 | +6.5% +$434,192 |
19.7% | 11.5% | Foundation aid +$160,837 |
| North Ridgeville City | $11,620,937 | $12,347,576 | $12,305,273 | +6.3% +$726,639 | −0.3% −$42,303 | +5.9% +$684,336 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Transportation +$285,165 |
| Midview Local | $12,685,592 | $13,178,095 | $13,175,399 | +3.9% +$492,503 | 0.0% −$2,696 | +3.9% +$489,807 |
16.5% | 10.0% the minimum |
Foundation aid +$393,220 |
| Firelands Local | $8,664,376 | $8,930,244 | $8,998,140 | +3.1% +$265,869 | +0.8% +$67,896 | +3.9% +$333,764 |
22.9% | 16.7% | Transportation +$193,476 |
| Oberlin City Schools | $3,432,245 | $3,519,480 | $3,547,477 | +2.5% +$87,235 | +0.8% +$27,997 | +3.4% +$115,233 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Performance supplement +$46,871 |
| Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City | $5,270,395 | $5,339,755 | $5,443,136 | +1.3% +$69,360 | +1.9% +$103,381 | +3.3% +$172,740 |
15.1% | 10.0% the minimum |
Transportation +$185,928 |
| Elyria City Schools | $42,466,191 | $43,104,100 | $43,100,671 | +1.5% +$637,909 | 0.0% −$3,429 | +1.5% +$634,480 |
55.5% | 51.5% | Foundation aid +$664,146 |
| Wellington Exempted Village | $4,799,587 | $4,836,330 | $4,823,552 | +0.8% +$36,743 | −0.3% −$12,778 | +0.5% +$23,965 |
20.4% | 12.1% | Base funding supplement +$35,023 |
| Avon Local | $6,798,304 | $6,450,573 | $6,647,420 | −5.1% −$347,732 | +3.1% +$196,848 | −2.2% −$150,884 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Foundation aid −$1,139,981 |
| Clearview Local | $15,228,531 | $15,500,280 | $14,601,742 | +1.8% +$271,750 | −5.8% −$898,538 | −4.1% −$626,788 |
83.6% | 81.0% | Foundation aid −$684,362 |
| Amherst Exempted Village | $15,472,801 | $14,612,219 | $14,666,812 | −5.6% −$860,582 | +0.4% +$54,594 | −5.2% −$805,989 |
31.5% | 25.2% | Foundation aid −$1,664,621 |
| Lorain City | $69,171,504 | $65,901,074 | $65,454,275 | −4.7% −$3,270,430 | −0.7% −$446,799 | −5.4% −$3,717,229 |
72.0% | 69.1% | Supplemental targeted assistance (repealed by H.B. 96) −$3,497,026 |
On foundation aid:
- FY2025 to FY2026: of 14, 5 rose, 3 fell, 6 did not move. The 3 that fell: Amherst Exempted Village, Avon Local and Lorain City.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 14, 2 rose, 6 fell, 6 did not move. The 2 that rose: Avon Lake City and Elyria City Schools.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 14, 4 rose, 5 fell, 5 did not move. The 4 that rose: Avon Lake City, Elyria City Schools, Keystone Local and Midview Local.
The values
- Avon Lake City: +4.4% (+$121,523) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Midview Local: +3.5% (+$393,220) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Keystone Local: +2.8% (+$160,837) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Elyria City Schools: +1.7% (+$664,146) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Columbia Local: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- North Ridgeville City: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Oberlin City Schools: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Wellington Exempted Village: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Firelands Local: −0.7% (−$50,191) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Lorain City: −1.2% (−$750,098) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Clearview Local: −4.7% (−$684,362) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Amherst Exempted Village: −11.6% (−$1,664,621) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Avon Local: −23.4% (−$1,139,981) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
| Avon Lake City | $2,738,255 | $2,852,422 | $2,859,778 | +4.2% +$114,167 | +0.3% +$7,357 | +4.4% +$121,523 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midview Local | $11,088,412 | $11,522,940 | $11,481,632 | +3.9% +$434,528 | −0.4% −$41,308 | +3.5% +$393,220 |
16.5% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Keystone Local | $5,787,224 | $5,948,062 | $5,948,062 | +2.8% +$160,837 | 0.0% $0 | +2.8% +$160,837 |
19.7% | 11.5% |
| Elyria City Schools | $38,721,420 | $39,116,272 | $39,385,566 | +1.0% +$394,852 | +0.7% +$269,294 | +1.7% +$664,146 |
55.5% | 51.5% |
| Columbia Local | $2,156,906 | $2,156,906 | $2,156,906 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
| North Ridgeville City | $9,741,509 | $9,741,509 | $9,741,509 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Oberlin City Schools | $3,253,950 | $3,253,950 | $3,253,950 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City | $4,301,536 | $4,301,536 | $4,301,536 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
15.1% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Wellington Exempted Village | $4,254,957 | $4,254,957 | $4,254,957 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
20.4% | 12.1% |
| Firelands Local | $7,406,232 | $7,406,232 | $7,356,041 | 0.0% $0 | −0.7% −$50,191 | −0.7% −$50,191 |
22.9% | 16.7% |
| Lorain City | $61,807,260 | $61,544,668 | $61,057,162 | −0.4% −$262,592 | −0.8% −$487,506 | −1.2% −$750,098 |
72.0% | 69.1% |
| Clearview Local | $14,657,958 | $14,868,016 | $13,973,596 | +1.4% +$210,058 | −6.0% −$894,421 | −4.7% −$684,362 |
83.6% | 81.0% |
| Amherst Exempted Village | $14,360,459 | $13,053,269 | $12,695,838 | −9.1% −$1,307,190 | −2.7% −$357,431 | −11.6% −$1,664,621 |
31.5% | 25.2% |
| Avon Local | $4,862,237 | $3,785,776 | $3,722,256 | −22.1% −$1,076,461 | −1.7% −$63,520 | −23.4% −$1,139,981 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
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.
Without supplemental targeted assistance, which H.B. 96 repealed after FY2025, total state support from FY2025 to FY2026 moved: Lorain City +0.3% ($3,497,026 of it in FY2025). That district's first step on total state support carries the whole supplement as a loss; this is what the rest of the payment did.
State share, from FY2026 to FY2027, falls in 10 of the 14 districts here. Avon Lake City, Avon Local, Columbia Local, Midview Local, North Ridgeville City, Oberlin City Schools and Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City 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.