$36M a year, billed to homes and farms
$31.80 per $1,000 of taxable value — 1.11% of appraised value · 80th highest rate of 88
60% to schools · taxable value $1.25B, +41% in three years
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Highland County
Where Highland County’s $36M goes
- Schools $21M
- Fire, police, roads & local services $6M
- County services $5M
- Career-technical schools $2M
- Other services $541K
How it was approved
$27M passed by voters · 76%
levies approved at the ballot, in any year
$9M never on a ballot · 24%
inside millage, levied without a vote
Of the $21M to schools, $17M was voted and $4M is unvoted inside millage.
Where these school districts’ money comes from: 25% local taxes, mostly this property tax · 57% the state, from income, sales and cigarette taxes and the lottery · 18% federal money and fees. The state’s share is never on a property tax bill. The Schools section has it district by district. Where the money comes from is the state’s split, by the accounting code each district files it under. A district’s bookkeeping can put local money, such as payments from development (TIF) districts, in another column.
Homes and farmland (Class I) at the certified net rates, before the homestead exemption. Commercial property is rated separately.
Homeowners 65 and over in Highland County
35% of the homes their owners live in, in Highland County, belong to someone 65 or older — about 4,400 homes, give or take 2 points.
Ohio: 33%
Owners who are 65 or older, or disabled, can claim Ohio’s homestead exemption, which takes part of a home’s value off the bill; most must have an income under the state’s limit. From the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates (table B25007, owner-occupied homes by the age of the householder). A survey, so every figure has a margin of error.
What goes unpaid in Highland County is under Unpaid & foreclosures →
The school districts in Highland County
Each has its own page, with the same chapters as this one. The district with the most of the county’s homes comes first; a heading sorts by its column.
| District activate to sort by District | School levies per $100,000 activate to sort by School levies per $100,000 | Test scores activate to sort by Test scores | Spent per student activate to sort by Spent per student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro City 36% of the homes here | $616 | 276th of 607 | $17,410 |
| Greenfield Exempted Village 17% of the homes here | $497 | 394th of 607 | $16,787 |
| Lynchburg-Clay Local 16% of the homes here | $508 | 278th of 607 | $17,296 |
| Bright Local 13% of the homes here | $510 | 303rd of 607 | $17,719 |
| Fairfield Local 12% of the homes here | $618 | 243rd of 607 | $15,622 |
| East Clinton Local 3% of the homes here · based in Clinton County | $687 | 405th of 607 | $16,883 |
| Adams County Ohio Valley Local 2% of the homes here · based in Adams County | $616 | 463rd of 607 | $17,794 |
| Eastern Local <1% of the homes here · based in Brown County | $679 | 255th of 607 | $15,579 |
| Miami Trace Local <1% of the homes here · based in Fayette County | $790 | 254th of 607 | $15,569 |
| Fayetteville-Perry Local <1% of the homes here · based in Brown County | $587 | 351st of 607 | $15,837 |
Swipe sideways for more columns.
School levies: what each district’s own levies charge a home its owner lives in, for every $100,000 the county values it at, tax year 2025. Test scores: the Performance Index rank among Ohio’s traditional districts, 2025-26. Spent per student: operating spending over enrolled pupils, 2024-25. Each district’s page says where every figure comes from.
The towns in Highland County
Each has its own page: what a home there pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Cities and villages
Greenfield · Highland · Hillsboro · Leesburg · Lynchburg · Mowrystown · Sinking Spring
Townships
Brushcreek · Clay · Concord · Dodson · Fairfield · Hamer · Jackson · Liberty · Madison · Marshall · New Market · Paint · Penn · Salem · Union · Washington · Whiteoak
Then your own bill
A county figure is a county figure. Your bill is your own taxing district’s rate on your own value.
Next door, clockwise from the north: Fayette · Ross · Pike · Adams · Brown · Clinton
This is an estimate built from public records — not tax, legal or financial advice, and not an appraisal. Only your county’s own statement is authoritative about your bill. If you’re thinking of challenging your value, confirm the details with your county’s Board of Revision or a property-tax professional. The full terms.