$50M a year, billed to homes and farms
$39.86 per $1,000 of taxable value — 1.40% of appraised value · 29th highest rate of 88
49% to schools · taxable value $1.48B, +25% in three years
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Scioto County
Where Scioto County’s $50M goes
- Schools $24M
- Fire, police, roads & local services $12M
- County services $10M
- Career-technical schools $3M
- Libraries $639K
How it was approved
$39M passed by voters · 78%
levies approved at the ballot, in any year
$11M never on a ballot · 22%
inside millage, levied without a vote
Of the $24M to schools, $19M was voted and $5M is unvoted inside millage.
Where these school districts’ money comes from: 17% local taxes, mostly this property tax · 67% the state, from income, sales and cigarette taxes and the lottery · 16% 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 Scioto County
36% of the homes their owners live in, in Scioto County, belong to someone 65 or older — about 7,100 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 Scioto County is under Unpaid & foreclosures →
The school districts in Scioto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth City 17% of the homes here | $705 | 572nd of 607 | $18,566 |
| Wheelersburg Local 15% of the homes here | $709 | 132nd of 607 | $11,380 |
| Minford Local 14% of the homes here | $551 | 469th of 607 | $14,873 |
| Northwest Local 13% of the homes here | $569 | 369th of 607 | $19,922 |
| Washington-Nile Local 10% of the homes here | $595 | 536th of 607 | $19,864 |
| Valley Local 9% of the homes here | $535 | 360th of 607 | $16,270 |
| Green Local 7% of the homes here | $732 | 450th of 607 | $19,662 |
| Bloom-Vernon Local 7% of the homes here | $625 | 99th of 607 | $18,231 |
| Clay Local 5% of the homes here | $695 | 425th of 607 | $16,454 |
| Eastern Local 1% of the homes here · based in Pike County | $539 | 465th of 607 | $20,817 |
| New Boston Local 1% of the homes here | $703 | 543rd of 607 | $22,402 |
| Scioto Valley Local <1% of the homes here · based in Pike County | $560 | 532nd of 607 | $15,363 |
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 Scioto County
Each has its own page: what a home there pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Cities and villages
New Boston · Otway · Portsmouth · Rarden · South Webster
Townships
Bloom · Brush Creek · Clay · Green · Harrison · Jefferson · Madison · Morgan · Nile · Porter · Rarden · Rush · Union · Valley · Vernon · Washington
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: Jackson · Lawrence · Adams · Pike
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.