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Mahoning County
14 districts · 24,389 pupils · 9 on the guarantee · 3 at the 20-mill floor · richest 4.4× 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 Mahoning County
Jackson-Milton Local stands on 4.4× Campbell City's tax base per pupil: $449,615 against $101,525. 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
- Campbell City: $101,525 per pupil, $13,322 state aid per pupil
- Struthers City: $134,168 per pupil, $9,935 state aid per pupil
- Lowellville Local: $146,010 per pupil, $10,662 state aid per pupil
- Youngstown City: $172,999 per pupil, $12,602 state aid per pupil
- Sebring Local: $196,963 per pupil, $12,621 state aid per pupil
- Austintown Local Schools: $226,245 per pupil, $6,028 state aid per pupil
- West Branch Local: $232,347 per pupil, $6,508 state aid per pupil
- South Range Local: $250,590 per pupil, $4,466 state aid per pupil
- Western Reserve Local: $298,690 per pupil, $6,065 state aid per pupil
- Springfield Local: $318,480 per pupil, $4,246 state aid per pupil
- Boardman Local: $338,540 per pupil, $1,550 state aid per pupil
- Poland Local: $355,234 per pupil, $2,590 state aid per pupil
- Canfield Local: $388,456 per pupil, $1,770 state aid per pupil
- Jackson-Milton Local: $449,615 per pupil, $2,944 state aid per pupil
| District | Valuation per pupil | State aid per pupil | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson-Milton Local The most property wealth per pupil here |
$449,615 | $2,944 | 764 |
| Campbell City The least |
$101,525 | $13,322 | 1,006 |
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 Mahoning 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, 4.4 times apart on the tax base each pupil stands on — $348,090 per pupil of assessed valuation. Every mill Campbell City levies raises 0.23 of what the same mill raises in Jackson-Milton 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: Campbell City receives $10,378 more state aid per pupil than Jackson-Milton Local. Whether that closes the gap is a different question from whether it points the right way — $348,090 of valuation per pupil is not repaired by $10,378 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austintown Local Schools | 4,069 | $226,245 | $6,028 | $12,896 | on formula |
| Boardman Local | 3,537 | $338,540 | $1,550 | $14,481 | on the guarantee |
| Campbell City | 1,006 | $101,525 | $13,322 | $18,606 | on formula |
| Canfield Local | 2,418 | $388,456 | $1,770 | $12,761 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Jackson-Milton Local | 764 | $449,615 | $2,944 | $14,089 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Lowellville Local | 447 | $146,010 | $10,662 | $15,474 | at the 20-mill floor |
| Poland Local | 1,666 | $355,234 | $2,590 | $12,330 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Sebring Local | 364 | $196,963 | $12,621 | $23,574 | on the guarantee |
| South Range Local | 1,219 | $250,590 | $4,466 | $12,534 | on the guarantee |
| Springfield Local | 876 | $318,480 | $4,246 | $15,026 | on the guarantee · at the 20-mill floor |
| Struthers City | 1,592 | $134,168 | $9,935 | $15,030 | on formula |
| West Branch Local | 1,643 | $232,347 | $6,508 | $13,845 | on the guarantee · at the 20-mill floor |
| Western Reserve Local | 556 | $298,690 | $6,065 | $15,999 | on formula |
| Youngstown City | 4,232 | $172,999 | $12,602 | $23,605 | on the guarantee |
24,389 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 $6,046 per pupil, against $5,910 statewide. 9 of 14 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, 9 of the 14 districts here rose and 5 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, 9 rose, 5 fell. The 5 that fell: Austintown Local Schools, Boardman Local, Campbell City, Western Reserve Local and Youngstown City.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 14, 10 rose, 4 fell. The 4 that fell: Austintown Local Schools, Boardman Local, Campbell City and West Branch Local.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 14, 9 rose, 5 fell. The 5 that fell: Austintown Local Schools, Boardman Local, Campbell City, Western Reserve Local and Youngstown City.
The values
- Lowellville Local: +9.9% (+$443,133) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Canfield Local: +9.0% (+$489,311) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Poland Local: +7.2% (+$355,415) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Struthers City: +3.5% (+$562,431) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- South Range Local: +2.7% (+$165,041) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Jackson-Milton Local: +2.2% (+$61,859) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Springfield Local: +2.0% (+$85,442) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- West Branch Local: +1.3% (+$154,905) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Sebring Local: +0.7% (+$35,509) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Western Reserve Local: −0.9% (−$33,217) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Youngstown City: −1.8% (−$1,127,725) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Campbell City: −2.5% (−$366,905) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Austintown Local Schools: −3.6% (−$1,006,193) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Boardman Local: −27.0% (−$2,834,407) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
| Lowellville Local | $4,487,079 | $4,821,543 | $4,930,212 | +7.5% +$334,464 | +2.3% +$108,669 | +9.9% +$443,133 |
72.3% | 70.3% | Foundation aid +$429,454 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canfield Local | $5,414,142 | $5,809,098 | $5,903,452 | +7.3% +$394,957 | +1.6% +$94,354 | +9.0% +$489,311 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Transportation +$207,877 |
| Poland Local | $4,968,294 | $5,204,463 | $5,323,708 | +4.8% +$236,169 | +2.3% +$119,245 | +7.2% +$355,415 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Transportation +$160,356 |
| Struthers City | $15,978,708 | $16,229,601 | $16,541,139 | +1.6% +$250,893 | +1.9% +$311,538 | +3.5% +$562,431 |
70.9% | 67.7% | Foundation aid +$399,892 |
| South Range Local | $6,027,088 | $6,157,529 | $6,192,129 | +2.2% +$130,441 | +0.6% +$34,601 | +2.7% +$165,041 |
36.4% | 31.7% | Transportation +$71,831 |
| Jackson-Milton Local | $2,839,810 | $2,870,044 | $2,901,669 | +1.1% +$30,234 | +1.1% +$31,624 | +2.2% +$61,859 |
11.6% | 10.0% the minimum |
Foundation aid −$97,822 |
| Springfield Local | $4,170,021 | $4,227,052 | $4,255,462 | +1.4% +$57,032 | +0.7% +$28,410 | +2.0% +$85,442 |
24.0% | 17.9% | Transportation +$64,503 |
| West Branch Local | $12,293,567 | $12,450,627 | $12,448,472 | +1.3% +$157,060 | 0.0% −$2,155 | +1.3% +$154,905 |
43.2% | 37.6% | Formula transition supplement −$114,986 |
| Sebring Local | $5,072,136 | $5,088,820 | $5,107,645 | +0.3% +$16,684 | +0.4% +$18,825 | +0.7% +$35,509 |
69.8% | 67.1% | Foundation aid −$64,663 |
| Western Reserve Local | $3,868,623 | $3,786,716 | $3,835,405 | −2.1% −$81,906 | +1.3% +$48,689 | −0.9% −$33,217 |
36.8% | 32.2% | Foundation aid −$132,882 |
| Youngstown City | $61,846,183 | $60,152,487 | $60,718,458 | −2.7% −$1,693,696 | +0.9% +$565,971 | −1.8% −$1,127,725 |
73.9% | 71.0% | Supplemental targeted assistance (repealed by H.B. 96) −$3,161,224 |
| Campbell City | $14,636,172 | $14,356,687 | $14,269,267 | −1.9% −$279,485 | −0.6% −$87,420 | −2.5% −$366,905 |
81.6% | 79.2% | Supplemental targeted assistance (repealed by H.B. 96) −$598,130 |
| Austintown Local Schools | $27,930,239 | $27,802,735 | $26,924,046 | −0.5% −$127,504 | −3.2% −$878,689 | −3.6% −$1,006,193 |
48.2% | 43.6% | Foundation aid −$1,417,545 |
| Boardman Local | $10,506,783 | $9,729,053 | $7,672,377 | −7.4% −$777,730 | −21.1% −$2,056,676 | −27.0% −$2,834,407 |
22.0% | 14.8% | Foundation aid −$3,282,098 |
On foundation aid:
- FY2025 to FY2026: of 14, 4 rose, 5 fell, 5 did not move. The 4 that rose: Campbell City, Lowellville Local, Struthers City and West Branch Local.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 14, 3 rose, 5 fell, 6 did not move. The 3 that rose: Lowellville Local, Struthers City and Western Reserve Local.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 14, 4 rose, 5 fell, 5 did not move. The 4 that rose: Campbell City, Lowellville Local, Struthers City and West Branch Local.
The values
- Lowellville Local: +9.9% (+$429,454) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Struthers City: +2.6% (+$399,892) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Campbell City: +0.7% (+$97,156) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- West Branch Local: +0.4% (+$43,792) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Canfield Local: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Poland Local: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- South Range Local: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Springfield Local: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Youngstown City: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Sebring Local: −1.4% (−$64,663) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Western Reserve Local: −3.8% (−$132,882) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Jackson-Milton Local: −4.2% (−$97,822) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Austintown Local Schools: −5.5% (−$1,417,545) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Boardman Local: −37.4% (−$3,282,098) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
| Lowellville Local | $4,337,396 | $4,652,774 | $4,766,849 | +7.3% +$315,378 | +2.5% +$114,075 | +9.9% +$429,454 |
72.3% | 70.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Struthers City | $15,420,561 | $15,534,142 | $15,820,453 | +0.7% +$113,581 | +1.8% +$286,311 | +2.6% +$399,892 |
70.9% | 67.7% |
| Campbell City | $13,299,758 | $13,515,202 | $13,396,914 | +1.6% +$215,444 | −0.9% −$118,288 | +0.7% +$97,156 |
81.6% | 79.2% |
| West Branch Local | $10,645,802 | $10,802,636 | $10,689,593 | +1.5% +$156,835 | −1.0% −$113,043 | +0.4% +$43,792 |
43.2% | 37.6% |
| Canfield Local | $4,278,899 | $4,278,899 | $4,278,899 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Poland Local | $4,313,356 | $4,313,356 | $4,313,356 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
| South Range Local | $5,446,308 | $5,446,308 | $5,446,308 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
36.4% | 31.7% |
| Springfield Local | $3,717,486 | $3,717,486 | $3,717,486 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
24.0% | 17.9% |
| Youngstown City | $53,335,190 | $53,335,190 | $53,335,190 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
73.9% | 71.0% |
| Sebring Local | $4,659,888 | $4,611,140 | $4,595,226 | −1.0% −$48,748 | −0.3% −$15,915 | −1.4% −$64,663 |
69.8% | 67.1% |
| Western Reserve Local | $3,505,166 | $3,347,491 | $3,372,285 | −4.5% −$157,676 | +0.7% +$24,794 | −3.8% −$132,882 |
36.8% | 32.2% |
| Jackson-Milton Local | $2,347,574 | $2,249,752 | $2,249,752 | −4.2% −$97,822 | 0.0% $0 | −4.2% −$97,822 |
11.6% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Austintown Local Schools | $25,944,296 | $25,503,028 | $24,526,752 | −1.7% −$441,268 | −3.8% −$976,276 | −5.5% −$1,417,545 |
48.2% | 43.6% |
| Boardman Local | $8,764,463 | $7,621,708 | $5,482,366 | −13.0% −$1,142,755 | −28.1% −$2,139,342 | −37.4% −$3,282,098 |
22.0% | 14.8% |
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: Campbell City +2.3% ($598,130 of it in FY2025); Youngstown City +2.5% ($3,161,224 of it in FY2025). Those districts' 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 12 of the 14 districts here. Canfield Local, Jackson-Milton Local and Poland 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.