Norton City School Funding Facts

• Norton City Schools will run out of money during the 2018-2019 (FY 2019) school year without passing this levy.
• Norton City Schools is currently operating in deficit spending.
• Below is a table of the district's financial condition from the current year projected to 2022.

Norton City Schools is implementing cost reductions.

• Norton City Schools has the lowest effective tax rate of the 17 Summit County school districts.
• Norton City Schools has the 2nd-lowest expenditure per pupil in Summit County.
• While it isn't a direct 1 to 1 relationship, local participation (financial and time) plays a role in the performance of a school district. Below is a chart of the local tax revenue collected per equivalent pupil versus Ohio's school district performance index for all Summit County school districts.

• For those families that no longer have children in Norton City Schools, we ask that you consider the relationship between the quality of a school system and your home's value.
• The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that "A $1.00 increase in per pupil state aid increases aggregate per pupil housing values by about $20.00, indicating that potential residents value education expenditure."
• The chart below shows the median home value for each school district in Summit County versus the state's school district performance index.

• The data for the charts shown above is compiled in the table below comparing all Summit County school districts.
• PEP = Per Equivalent Pupil
• Performance Index Score = The Performance Index provides an overall indication of how well students perform on the Ohio Achievement Tests in grades 3 through 8 and the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) in grade 10 (for the years in which the data is provided). The tests have five performance levels - limited, basic, proficient, accelerated and advanced. The Performance Index score is calculated by multiplying the percentage of students at each performance level by weights ranging from 0 for untested to 1.2 for advanced students. The totals are then summed to obtain the school or district's Performance Index score. Performance Index scores range from 0 to 120, with 100 being the goal. (Downloaded from http://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/Pages/District-Search.aspx)

• Norton City Schools is below the state average per 1,000 students in the number of:
  • School counselors
  • School nurses
  • School psychologists
  • Library or media specialists
  • General Education Teachers
  • Fine Arts Teachers
  • Music Teachers
• Our district's teachers have a 96% attendance rate which reduces costs for substitutes.
• Norton City Schools has the 3rd lowest administrative salary in Summit County.

• Most of the information presented here can be found at
  • http://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/Pages/District-Search.aspx
  • https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/guided_search.xhtml
  • https://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/what-is-the-connection-between-home-values-and-school-performance