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Ottawa County
5 districts · 4,279 pupils · 2 on the guarantee · 2 at the 20-mill floor · richest 7.4× 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 Ottawa County
Danbury Local stands on 7.4× Genoa Area Local's tax base per pupil: $1,350,078 against $183,561. Every district in the county by the assessed valuation each of its pupils stands on — one dot each, poorest on the left.
| District | Valuation per pupil | State aid per pupil | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danbury Local The most property wealth per pupil here |
$1,350,078 | $1,214 | 464 |
| Genoa Area Local The least |
$183,561 | $4,768 | 1,192 |
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 Ottawa 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, 7.4 times apart on the tax base each pupil stands on — $1,166,517 per pupil of assessed valuation. Every mill Genoa Area Local levies raises 0.14 of what the same mill raises in Danbury 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: Genoa Area Local receives $3,554 more state aid per pupil than Danbury Local. Whether that closes the gap is a different question from whether it points the right way — $1,166,517 of valuation per pupil is not repaired by $3,554 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Carroll Salem Local | 1,262 | $304,686 | $2,557 | $16,678 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Danbury Local | 464 | $1,350,078 | $1,214 | $24,174 | at the 20-mill floor · at the minimum state share |
| Genoa Area Local | 1,192 | $183,561 | $4,768 | $12,456 | on formula |
| Port Clinton City | 1,297 | $640,112 | $1,813 | $20,217 | on the guarantee · at the minimum state share |
| Put-In-Bay Local | 63 | — | $3,927 | — | at the 20-mill floor · at the minimum state share |
4,279 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 $2,557 per pupil, against $5,910 statewide. 2 of 5 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, 4 of the 5 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.
On total state support:
- FY2025 to FY2026: of 5, 4 rose, 1 fell. Only Genoa Area Local fell.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 5, 4 rose, 1 fell. Only Genoa Area Local fell.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 5, 4 rose, 1 fell. Only Genoa Area Local fell.
The values
- Put-In-Bay Local: +39.4% (+$71,859) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Danbury Local: +4.8% (+$45,267) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Benton Carroll Salem Local: +3.8% (+$162,071) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Port Clinton City: +3.7% (+$116,101) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
- Genoa Area Local: −3.6% (−$251,002) in total state support, FY2025 to FY2027
| Put-In-Bay Local | $182,318 | $233,584 | $254,177 | +28.1% +$51,266 | +8.8% +$20,593 | +39.4% +$71,859 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Foundation aid +$67,182 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danbury Local | $947,054 | $991,535 | $992,321 | +4.7% +$44,481 | +0.1% +$786 | +4.8% +$45,267 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Formula transition supplement −$56,216 |
| Benton Carroll Salem Local | $4,269,040 | $4,402,462 | $4,431,111 | +3.1% +$133,422 | +0.7% +$28,649 | +3.8% +$162,071 |
12.8% | 10.0% the minimum |
Formula transition supplement −$120,254 |
| Port Clinton City | $3,117,327 | $3,181,369 | $3,233,428 | +2.1% +$64,042 | +1.6% +$52,059 | +3.7% +$116,101 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
Foundation aid −$177,203 |
| Genoa Area Local | $6,947,221 | $6,830,642 | $6,696,219 | −1.7% −$116,580 | −2.0% −$134,422 | −3.6% −$251,002 |
39.9% | 34.5% | Foundation aid −$544,141 |
On foundation aid:
- FY2025 to FY2026: of 5, 2 rose, 2 fell, 1 did not move. The 2 that fell: Genoa Area Local and Port Clinton City.
- FY2026 to FY2027: of 5, 1 rose, 2 fell, 2 did not move. Only Put-In-Bay Local rose.
- FY2025 to FY2027: of 5, 2 rose, 2 fell, 1 did not move. The 2 that fell: Genoa Area Local and Port Clinton City.
The values
- Put-In-Bay Local: +37.0% (+$67,182) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Danbury Local: +2.8% (+$15,278) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Benton Carroll Salem Local: 0.0% ($0) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Port Clinton City: −7.0% (−$177,203) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
- Genoa Area Local: −8.7% (−$544,141) in foundation aid, FY2025 to FY2027
| Put-In-Bay Local | $181,468 | $214,771 | $248,650 | +18.4% +$33,303 | +15.8% +$33,879 | +37.0% +$67,182 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danbury Local | $547,885 | $569,702 | $563,163 | +4.0% +$21,817 | −1.1% −$6,539 | +2.8% +$15,278 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Benton Carroll Salem Local | $3,227,288 | $3,227,288 | $3,227,288 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 | 0.0% $0 |
12.8% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Port Clinton City | $2,529,386 | $2,352,184 | $2,352,184 | −7.0% −$177,203 | 0.0% $0 | −7.0% −$177,203 |
10.0% | 10.0% the minimum |
| Genoa Area Local | $6,229,537 | $5,968,214 | $5,685,397 | −4.2% −$261,323 | −4.7% −$282,817 | −8.7% −$544,141 |
39.9% | 34.5% |
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 3 of the 5 districts here. Benton Carroll Salem Local, Danbury Local, Port Clinton City and Put-In-Bay 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.