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Morrow County

4 districts · 4,363 pupils · 4 on the guarantee · 2 at the 20-mill floor · richest 1.3× 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 Morrow County

Northmor Local stands on 1.3× Cardington-Lincoln Local's tax base per pupil: $331,544 against $250,133. Every district in the county by the assessed valuation each of its pupils stands on — one dot each, poorest on the left.

$260K$320KOhio median $247,848Cardington-Lincoln LocalNorthmor Local
$260K$320KOhio median $247,848Cardington-Lincoln LocalNorthmor Local
$260K$320KOhio median $247,848Cardington-Lincoln LocalNorthmor Local
The values
  • Cardington-Lincoln Local: $250,133 per pupil, $7,217 state aid per pupil
  • Highland Local: $283,542 per pupil, $5,537 state aid per pupil
  • Mount Gilead Exempted Village: $293,563 per pupil, $6,685 state aid per pupil
  • Northmor Local: $331,544 per pupil, $4,609 state aid per pupil
DistrictValuation per pupil State aid per pupilPupils
Northmor Local
The most property wealth per pupil here
$331,544 $4,609 973
Cardington-Lincoln Local
The least
$250,133 $7,217 874

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 Morrow is this county. The median is 2.1× apart.

Richest over poorest district, tax base per pupil 1.3× 5th percentile
1.0×7.0×MorrowMedian 2.1×
1.0×7.0×MorrowMedian 2.1×
1.0×7.0×MorrowMedian 2.1×
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, 1.3 times apart on the tax base each pupil stands on — $81,411 per pupil of assessed valuation. Every mill Cardington-Lincoln Local levies raises 0.75 of what the same mill raises in Northmor 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: Cardington-Lincoln Local receives $2,609 more state aid per pupil than Northmor Local. Whether that closes the gap is a different question from whether it points the right way — $81,411 of valuation per pupil is not repaired by $2,609 of aid. Statewide, 294 districts are held above their formula amount.

4 districts

DistrictPupils Valuation per pupil, FY2024 State aid per pupil Spending per pupil, FY2024Status
Cardington-Lincoln Local 874 $250,133 $7,217 $15,963 on the guarantee
Highland Local 1,600 $283,542 $5,537 $14,597 on the guarantee · at the 20-mill floor
Mount Gilead Exempted Village 917 $293,563 $6,685 $17,201 on the guarantee
Northmor Local 973 $331,544 $4,609 $14,591 on the guarantee · at the 20-mill floor

4,363 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 $6,111 per pupil, against $5,910 statewide. 4 of 4 are on the guarantee, against 48% of the state. 2 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 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.

FY2025 paid, FY2026 and FY2027 models

On total state support:

  • FY2025 to FY2026: of 4, 3 rose, 1 fell. Only Cardington-Lincoln Local fell.
  • FY2026 to FY2027: of 4, 1 rose, 3 fell. Only Highland Local rose.
  • FY2025 to FY2027: of 4, 3 rose, 1 fell. Only Cardington-Lincoln Local fell.
Northmor LocalMount GileadExempted VillageHighland LocalCardington-LincolnLocal+1.7%−11.0%
Northmor LocalMount Gilead ExemptedVillageHighland LocalCardington-Lincoln Local+1.7%−11.0%
Northmor LocalMount Gilead Exempted VillageHighland LocalCardington-Lincoln Local+1.7%−11.0%
The values
  • Northmor Local: +1.7% (+$95,448) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Mount Gilead Exempted Village: +1.6% (+$106,464) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Highland Local: +0.8% (+$87,282) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Cardington-Lincoln Local: −11.0% (−$881,316) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
Northmor Local $5,526,917$5,625,033$5,622,364 +1.8%
+$98,116
0.0%
−$2,669
+1.7%
+$95,448
30.1% 21.7% Foundation aid
−$171,700
Mount Gilead Exempted Village $6,831,858$6,941,099$6,938,322 +1.6%
+$109,241
0.0%
−$2,777
+1.6%
+$106,464
37.5% 30.3% Performance supplement
+$58,265
Highland Local $10,692,521$10,762,282$10,779,803 +0.7%
+$69,761
+0.2%
+$17,521
+0.8%
+$87,282
35.9% 28.0% Formula transition supplement
−$174,066
Cardington-Lincoln Local $8,011,713$7,561,420$7,130,397 −5.6%
−$450,293
−5.7%
−$431,023
−11.0%
−$881,316
44.0% 36.8% Foundation aid
−$1,093,075

On foundation aid:

  • FY2025 to FY2026: of 4, 0 rose, 2 fell, 2 did not move.
  • FY2026 to FY2027: of 4, 0 rose, 1 fell, 3 did not move.
  • FY2025 to FY2027: of 4, 0 rose, 2 fell, 2 did not move.
Highland LocalMount GileadExempted VillageNorthmor LocalCardington-LincolnLocal0.0%−14.8%
Highland LocalMount Gilead ExemptedVillageNorthmor LocalCardington-Lincoln Local0.0%−14.8%
Highland LocalMount Gilead Exempted VillageNorthmor LocalCardington-Lincoln Local0.0%−14.8%
The values
  • Highland Local: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Mount Gilead Exempted Village: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Northmor Local: −3.7% (−$171,700) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
  • Cardington-Lincoln Local: −14.8% (−$1,093,075) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
Highland Local $8,857,918$8,857,918$8,857,918 0.0%
$0
0.0%
$0
0.0%
$0
35.9% 28.0%
Mount Gilead Exempted Village $6,128,573$6,128,573$6,128,573 0.0%
$0
0.0%
$0
0.0%
$0
37.5% 30.3%
Northmor Local $4,653,975$4,482,276$4,482,276 −3.7%
−$171,700
0.0%
$0
−3.7%
−$171,700
30.1% 21.7%
Cardington-Lincoln Local $7,403,732$6,939,020$6,310,657 −6.3%
−$464,712
−9.1%
−$628,363
−14.8%
−$1,093,075
44.0% 36.8%

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.

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.