Ohio · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Ohio
The 50 Ohio districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
- $38,047
- Top per-pupil spend
- $21,686
- Avg across top 50
- 50
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Warren County Vocational School spends $38,047 per student, the most of any Ohio district listed, against an average of $21,686 across the top 50.
- $38,047
- top spend (Warren County Vocational School)
- $18,272
- lowest on this list
- 2.1×
- spread across the listed districts
- 510
- students in the top district
| # | District | Per-Pupil $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren County Vocational School Lebanon | $38,047 |
| 2 | Gallia-Jackson-Vinton Rio Grande | $31,215 |
| 3 | Butler Technology & Career Development Schools Hamilton | $30,379 |
| 4 | East Cleveland City School District East Cleveland | $27,777 |
| 5 | Ehove Career Center Milan | $27,433 |
| 6 | Youngstown City Youngstown | $27,187 |
| 7 | Orange City Cleveland | $26,052 |
| 8 | Switzerland of Ohio Local Woodsfield | $24,402 |
| 9 | Ashtabula County Technical and Career Center Jefferson | $23,981 |
| 10 | Wayne County Jvsd Smithville | $23,938 |
| 11 | Great Oaks Career Campuses Cincinnati | $23,477 |
| 12 | Penta Career Center - District Perrysburg | $23,202 |
| 13 | Warrensville Heights City Warrensville Heights | $23,056 |
| 14 | Lawrence County Chesapeake | $22,330 |
| 15 | Beachwood City Beachwood | $22,312 |
| 16 | Shaker Heights City Shaker Heights | $22,244 |
| 17 | Cleveland Heights-University Heights City University Heights | $22,217 |
| 18 | Cleveland Municipal Cleveland | $21,661 |
| 19 | Danbury Local Lakeside Marblehead | $21,371 |
| 20 | Mahoning Co Career & Tech Ctr Canfield | $21,117 |
| 21 | Apollo Lima | $20,988 |
| 22 | Four County Career Center Archbold | $20,704 |
| 23 | Springfield-Clark County Springfield | $20,574 |
| 24 | Buckeye New Philadelphia | $20,530 |
| 25 | Western Local Latham | $20,446 |
| 26 | Conotton Valley Union Local Bowerston | $20,340 |
| 27 | Columbus City Schools District Columbus | $20,324 |
| 28 | Dayton City Dayton | $20,042 |
| 29 | South Euclid-Lyndhurst City Lyndhurst | $19,880 |
| 30 | Grandview Heights Schools Columbus | $19,802 |
| 31 | Cuyahoga Heights Local Cuyahoga Heights | $19,633 |
| 32 | Eastern Local School District Beaver | $19,561 |
| 33 | Trimble Local Glouster | $19,543 |
| 34 | Rock Hill Local Ironton | $19,537 |
| 35 | Wellsville Local Wellsville | $19,231 |
| 36 | Lakewood City Lakewood | $19,106 |
| 37 | Independence Local Independence | $18,981 |
| 38 | Indian Hill Exempted Village Cincinnati | $18,826 |
| 39 | Oberlin City Schools Oberlin | $18,789 |
| 40 | Bedford City Bedford | $18,737 |
| 41 | Buckeye Central Local New Washington | $18,729 |
| 42 | Lorain County Jvs Oberlin | $18,703 |
| 43 | Richmond Heights Local Richmond Heights | $18,664 |
| 44 | Mansfield City Mansfield | $18,636 |
| 45 | Perry Local Perry | $18,541 |
| 46 | Toledo City Toledo | $18,515 |
| 47 | Norwood City Norwood | $18,498 |
| 48 | Portsmouth City Portsmouth | $18,425 |
| 49 | North Baltimore Local North Baltimore | $18,332 |
| 50 | Canton City Canton | $18,272 |
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Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.