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Muskingum County
6 districts · 12,641 pupils · 2 on the guarantee · 3 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 Muskingum County
Franklin Local stands on 2.1× Maysville Local's tax base per pupil: $283,873 against $137,436. Every district in the county by the assessed valuation each of its pupils stands on — one dot each, poorest on the left.
The values
- Maysville Local: $137,436 per pupil, $8,860 state aid per pupil
- Zanesville City: $163,656 per pupil, $9,773 state aid per pupil
- East Muskingum Local: $198,764 per pupil, $5,042 state aid per pupil
- Tri-Valley Local: $234,738 per pupil, $5,820 state aid per pupil
- West Muskingum Local: $267,124 per pupil, $2,342 state aid per pupil
- Franklin Local: $283,873 per pupil, $6,189 state aid per pupil
| District | Valuation per pupil | State aid per pupil | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Local The most property wealth per pupil here |
$283,873 | $6,189 | 1,703 |
| Maysville Local The least |
$137,436 | $8,860 | 1,781 |
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 Muskingum 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 — $146,437 per pupil of assessed valuation. Every mill Maysville Local levies raises 0.48 of what the same mill raises in Franklin 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: Maysville Local receives $2,671 more state aid per pupil than Franklin Local. Whether that closes the gap is a different question from whether it points the right way — $146,437 of valuation per pupil is not repaired by $2,671 of aid. Statewide, 294 districts are held above their formula amount.
6 districts
| District | Pupils | Valuation per pupil, FY2024 | State aid per pupil | Spending per pupil, FY2024 | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Muskingum Local | 1,994 | $198,764 | $5,042 | $12,334 | on formula |
| Franklin Local | 1,703 | $283,873 | $6,189 | $15,747 | on the guarantee · at the 20-mill floor |
| Maysville Local | 1,781 | $137,436 | $8,860 | $15,686 | at the 20-mill floor |
| Tri-Valley Local | 2,728 | $234,738 | $5,820 | $12,871 | on the guarantee · at the 20-mill floor |
| West Muskingum Local | 1,622 | $267,124 | $2,342 | $10,798 | on formula |
| Zanesville City | 2,814 | $163,656 | $9,773 | $21,284 | on formula |
12,641 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 $6,005 per pupil, against $5,910 statewide. 2 of 6 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, 3 of the 6 districts here rose and 3 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 6, 4 rose, 2 fell. The 2 that fell: East Muskingum Local and Maysville Local.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 6, 3 rose, 3 fell. The 3 that fell: East Muskingum Local, West Muskingum Local and Zanesville City.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 6, 3 rose, 3 fell. The 3 that fell: East Muskingum Local, West Muskingum Local and Zanesville City.
The values
- Tri-Valley Local: +2.7% (+$504,644) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Maysville Local: +2.7% (+$453,400) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Franklin Local: +0.8% (+$104,509) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Zanesville City: −0.5% (−$139,364) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- West Muskingum Local: −4.6% (−$282,913) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- East Muskingum Local: −9.6% (−$1,276,006) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
| Tri-Valley Local | $18,491,471 | $18,870,147 | $18,996,115 | +2.0% +$378,676 | +0.7% +$125,968 | +2.7% +$504,644 |
38.1% | 32.4% | Transportation +$266,408 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maysville Local | $16,903,281 | $16,729,212 | $17,356,681 | −1.0% −$174,069 | +3.8% +$627,469 | +2.7% +$453,400 |
64.5% | 62.5% | Foundation aid +$356,646 |
| Franklin Local | $12,812,256 | $12,893,091 | $12,916,764 | +0.6% +$80,836 | +0.2% +$23,673 | +0.8% +$104,509 |
33.9% | 27.9% | Transportation +$263,384 |
| Zanesville City | $29,989,007 | $30,330,304 | $29,849,642 | +1.1% +$341,298 | −1.6% −$480,662 | −0.5% −$139,364 |
66.4% | 62.4% | Supplemental targeted assistance (repealed by H.B. 96) −$378,581 |
| West Muskingum Local | $6,094,249 | $6,238,575 | $5,811,336 | +2.4% +$144,326 | −6.8% −$427,239 | −4.6% −$282,913 |
26.0% | 20.1% | Foundation aid −$1,012,405 |
| East Muskingum Local | $13,322,200 | $13,056,872 | $12,046,194 | −2.0% −$265,328 | −7.7% −$1,010,678 | −9.6% −$1,276,006 |
43.8% | 38.3% | Foundation aid −$1,530,196 |
On foundation aid:
- FY2025 to FY2026: of 6, 1 rose, 3 fell, 2 did not move. Only Zanesville City rose.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 6, 1 rose, 4 fell, 1 did not move. Only Maysville Local rose.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 6, 2 rose, 3 fell, 1 did not move. The 2 that rose: Maysville Local and Zanesville City.
The values
- Maysville Local: +2.3% (+$356,646) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Zanesville City: +0.2% (+$47,433) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Tri-Valley Local: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Franklin Local: −0.2% (−$19,888) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- East Muskingum Local: −13.2% (−$1,530,196) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- West Muskingum Local: −21.0% (−$1,012,405) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
| Maysville Local | $15,426,692 | $15,184,364 | $15,783,337 | −1.6% −$242,328 | +3.9% +$598,973 | +2.3% +$356,646 |
64.5% | 62.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zanesville City | $27,450,144 | $27,981,764 | $27,497,577 | +1.9% +$531,620 | −1.7% −$484,187 | +0.2% +$47,433 |
66.4% | 62.4% |
| Tri-Valley Local | $15,874,085 | $15,874,085 | $15,874,085 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
38.1% | 32.4% |
| Franklin Local | $10,557,783 | $10,557,783 | $10,537,896 | 0.0% $0 | −0.2% −$19,888 | −0.2% −$19,888 |
33.9% | 27.9% |
| East Muskingum Local | $11,582,699 | $11,134,665 | $10,052,503 | −3.9% −$448,035 | −9.7% −$1,082,162 | −13.2% −$1,530,196 |
43.8% | 38.3% |
| West Muskingum Local | $4,810,705 | $4,329,328 | $3,798,300 | −10.0% −$481,377 | −12.3% −$531,028 | −21.0% −$1,012,405 |
26.0% | 20.1% |
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: Zanesville City +2.4% ($378,581 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.