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 (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.

$43,718
Top per-pupil spend
$24,327
Avg across top 50
50
Districts listed

The spending picture in one line

Warren County Vocational School spends $43,718 per student, the most of any Ohio district listed, against an average of $24,327 across the top 50.

$43,718
top spend (Warren County Vocational School)
$20,142
lowest on this list
2.2×
spread across the listed districts
510
students in the top district
#DistrictPer-Pupil $
1Warren County Vocational SchoolLebanon$43,718
2Butler Technology & Career Development SchoolsHamilton$33,653
3East Cleveland City School DistrictEast Cleveland$33,509
4Pickaway-Ross County JvsdChillicothe$30,996
5Greene County Vocational School DistrictXenia$28,758
6Gallia-Jackson-VintonRio Grande$28,378
7Westfall LocalWilliamsport$28,132
8Orange CityCleveland$27,400
9Ehove Career CenterMilan$26,957
10Tri-RiversMarion$26,428
11Switzerland of Ohio LocalWoodsfield$25,982
12Ashtabula County Technical and Career CenterJefferson$25,759
13Upper Valley Career CenterPiqua$25,444
14Lawrence CountyChesapeake$25,433
15Wayne County JvsdSmithville$25,294
16Penta Career Center - DistrictPerrysburg$25,030
17Youngstown CityYoungstown$24,791
18Great Oaks Career CampusesCincinnati$24,749
19Medina County Joint Vocational School DistrictMedina$24,709
20Shaker Heights CityShaker Heights$24,695
21Beachwood CityBeachwood$24,303
22Cleveland Heights-University Heights CityUniversity Heights$24,221
23Cleveland MunicipalCleveland$24,161
24Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical SchoolsGroveport$23,895
25Trumbull Career & Tech CtrWarren$23,338
26Miami Valley Career TechEnglewood$23,308
27Springfield-Clark CountySpringfield$23,025
28Career and Technology Educational CentersNewark$22,524
29Mahoning Co Career & Tech CtrCanfield$22,363
30Columbus City Schools DistrictColumbus$22,307
31Cuyahoga Heights LocalCuyahoga Heights$22,265
32Trimble LocalGlouster$21,995
33Bedford CityBedford$21,970
34Western LocalLatham$21,924
35Warrensville Heights CityWarrensville Heights$21,904
36Danbury LocalLakeside Marblehead$21,471
37Oberlin City SchoolsOberlin$21,468
38Four County Career CenterArchbold$21,296
39Scioto County Joint Vocational SchoolLucasville$21,289
40BuckeyeNew Philadelphia$21,192
41Conotton Valley Union LocalBowerston$21,002
42Mansfield CityMansfield$20,993
43Mid-East Career and Technology CentersZanesville$20,778
44Dayton CityDayton$20,743
45South Euclid-Lyndhurst CityLyndhurst$20,743
46Akron CityAkron$20,491
47Buckeye Central LocalNew Washington$20,491
48Trotwood-Madison CityTrotwood$20,480
49Toledo CityToledo$20,477
50Caldwell Exempted VillageCaldwell$20,142

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.

Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.