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Marion County
5 districts · 8,392 pupils · 1 at the 20-mill floor · richest 2.6× 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 Marion County
Ridgedale Local stands on 2.6× Marion City's tax base per pupil: $315,586 against $119,871. Every district in the county by the assessed valuation each of its pupils stands on — one dot each, poorest on the left.
The values
- Marion City: $119,871 per pupil, $10,933 state aid per pupil
- River Valley Local: $219,596 per pupil, $5,090 state aid per pupil
- Pleasant Local: $231,056 per pupil, $3,943 state aid per pupil
- Elgin Local: $243,446 per pupil, $6,254 state aid per pupil
- Ridgedale Local: $315,586 per pupil, $6,862 state aid per pupil
| District | Valuation per pupil | State aid per pupil | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgedale Local The most property wealth per pupil here |
$315,586 | $6,862 | 604 |
| Marion City The least |
$119,871 | $10,933 | 3,767 |
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 Marion 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, 2.6 times apart on the tax base each pupil stands on — $195,715 per pupil of assessed valuation. Every mill Marion City levies raises 0.38 of what the same mill raises in Ridgedale 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: Marion City receives $4,071 more state aid per pupil than Ridgedale Local. Whether that closes the gap is a different question from whether it points the right way — $195,715 of valuation per pupil is not repaired by $4,071 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Local | 993 | $243,446 | $6,254 | $15,477 | on formula |
| Marion City | 3,767 | $119,871 | $10,933 | $18,870 | on formula |
| Pleasant Local | 1,247 | $231,056 | $3,943 | $13,600 | on formula |
| Ridgedale Local | 604 | $315,586 | $6,862 | $16,212 | on formula |
| River Valley Local | 1,782 | $219,596 | $5,090 | $13,586 | at the 20-mill floor |
8,392 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 $6,254 per pupil, against $5,910 statewide. None is on the guarantee, which is unusual: 48% of Ohio districts are. 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, 1 of the 5 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 5, 2 rose, 3 fell. The 2 that rose: Elgin Local and Ridgedale Local.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 5, 2 rose, 3 fell. The 2 that rose: Marion City and Ridgedale Local.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 5, 1 rose, 4 fell. Only Ridgedale Local rose.
The values
- Ridgedale Local: +13.4% (+$564,938) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Elgin Local: −0.5% (−$37,328) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Marion City: −1.2% (−$548,737) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- River Valley Local: −2.3% (−$257,244) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Pleasant Local: −3.4% (−$201,269) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
| Ridgedale Local | $4,210,618 | $4,531,859 | $4,775,556 | +7.6% +$321,241 | +5.4% +$243,697 | +13.4% +$564,938 |
34.9% | 31.2% | Foundation aid +$436,514 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Local | $7,502,008 | $7,718,445 | $7,464,680 | +2.9% +$216,437 | −3.3% −$253,765 | −0.5% −$37,328 |
45.1% | 40.4% | Foundation aid −$170,999 |
| Marion City | $44,764,523 | $43,747,229 | $44,215,786 | −2.3% −$1,017,294 | +1.1% +$468,557 | −1.2% −$548,737 |
74.6% | 72.4% | Supplemental targeted assistance (repealed by H.B. 96) −$1,688,405 |
| River Valley Local | $10,952,405 | $10,734,513 | $10,695,161 | −2.0% −$217,892 | −0.4% −$39,352 | −2.3% −$257,244 |
42.8% | 38.2% | Foundation aid −$490,978 |
| Pleasant Local | $5,929,829 | $5,901,359 | $5,728,560 | −0.5% −$28,470 | −2.9% −$172,799 | −3.4% −$201,269 |
35.3% | 30.6% | Foundation aid −$430,983 |
On foundation aid:
- FY2025 to FY2026: of 5, 3 rose, 2 fell. The 2 that fell: Pleasant Local and River Valley Local.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 5, 2 rose, 3 fell. The 2 that rose: Marion City and Ridgedale Local.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 5, 2 rose, 3 fell. The 2 that rose: Marion City and Ridgedale Local.
The values
- Ridgedale Local: +11.8% (+$436,514) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Marion City: +1.6% (+$659,732) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Elgin Local: −2.7% (−$170,999) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- River Valley Local: −5.1% (−$490,978) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Pleasant Local: −8.1% (−$430,983) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
| Ridgedale Local | $3,708,182 | $3,925,460 | $4,144,696 | +5.9% +$217,278 | +5.6% +$219,237 | +11.8% +$436,514 |
34.9% | 31.2% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion City | $40,521,896 | $40,813,457 | $41,181,628 | +0.7% +$291,560 | +0.9% +$368,171 | +1.6% +$659,732 |
74.6% | 72.4% |
| Elgin Local | $6,378,464 | $6,488,028 | $6,207,466 | +1.7% +$109,563 | −4.3% −$280,562 | −2.7% −$170,999 |
45.1% | 40.4% |
| River Valley Local | $9,562,322 | $9,246,278 | $9,071,344 | −3.3% −$316,044 | −1.9% −$174,934 | −5.1% −$490,978 |
42.8% | 38.2% |
| Pleasant Local | $5,346,909 | $5,132,526 | $4,915,927 | −4.0% −$214,383 | −4.2% −$216,600 | −8.1% −$430,983 |
35.3% | 30.6% |
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: Marion City +1.6% ($1,688,405 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 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.