In Ohio, our property taxes pay a good portion of the funding for schools. That has been a hot topic politically for several years and the issue isn’t resolved yet. Of course, our property taxes pay for more than just the schools, such as police, fire, emergency services, libraries, etc.
For a number of years, I’ve provided readers with a graph of the residential tax rates for all the taxing areas within a school district. With every update each year, the tax rate increases. There are also significant differences from one school district to the other depending on the levies residents have voted on. How much a school has to spend can also rely on the number of homes, the type of property (upscale homes vs farm land) and the concentration of retail, office, and corporate businesses.
This year I added in the Ohio Dept of Education’s report card rating. As I was retrieving all the data, I thought that the higher ODE ratings would match the higher county assessed property values. As you’ll see on the chart, a district such as Buckeye Valley (mostly rural) seems to be “doing more with less” in that their ODE rating is the same as much higher assessed (taxed) districts.
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| School District | Graduation Rate | 2010 Avg Home Price |
| New Albany | 99.6% | $429,398 |
| Dublin | 98.5% | $331,705 |
| Upper Arlington | 98.3% | $353,377 |
| Hilliard | 95.4% | $197,642 |
| Buckeye Valley | 94.2% | $205,342 |
| Westerville | 93.4% | $193,447 |
| Olentangy | 98.1% | $335,190 |
| Big Walnut | 97.9% | $283,001 |
| Worthington | 95.5% | $231,887 |
| Delaware | 91.5% | $142,116 |
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