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Maple Heights City forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Maple Heights City – 044305 (Cuyahoga) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/26/2026

Maple Heights City’s own notes and assumptions for this forecast (PDF) →

Every Ohio school district files a budget forecast with the state: three years of actual figures, this year’s budget and the years ahead. On its own forecast, Maple Heights City stays above zero through FY2029 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

Cash, June 30, 2025
$22.3M

5.5 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
Not by FY2029

on its own forecast, if its levies are renewed and no new one passes

New levy in the forecast
None

it counts no levy voters have not approved

Maple Heights City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Maple Heights City Schools has no tax issue on this ballot, on the Ohio Secretary of State’s list of local questions and issues as of September 18, 2026.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Cuyahoga County →

Maple Heights City: cash, unencumbered, unreserved — four different balances

The forecast has four balance lines, and each is the one before it with something taken away or added. They are easy to mix up, and they are not the same number.

Line ActualFY2025 BudgetFY2026 ForecastFY2029
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 22,276,731 23,383,826 1,658,228
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 22,276,731 23,383,826 1,658,228
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 3,442,018
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 22,276,731 23,383,826 5,100,246
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 22,276,731 23,383,826 5,100,246

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For past years the state asks for no renewal or new-levy money, so the unencumbered and unreserved balances are the same; cash is larger by what is already committed and set aside. In a forecast year the unreserved balance counts any new levy as if it had passed.

Maple Heights City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Maple Heights City filed it with the state, in the state’s own format. Tap or hover over a line to see what it means.

Forecast line and description ActualFY2023 ActualFY2024 ActualFY2025 Current year budgetFY2026 Forecast year 1FY2027 Forecast year 2FY2028 Forecast year 3FY2029
01.010 General Property Tax (Real Estate)

Property tax on land and buildings — homes, farms and businesses — from levies voters have already approved.

14,640,381 13,733,324 15,770,908 15,649,471 13,871,406 13,972,259 11,726,605
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

Property tax on the equipment of utilities, such as power lines, pipelines and power plants.

1,222,562 1,698,311 1,325,331 1,349,074 1,372,610 1,396,269 1,275,657
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

State aid the district may spend on anything — mostly Ohio's school funding formula.

22,813,873 25,617,419 26,615,639 25,183,497 24,862,729 22,855,177 21,453,440
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

State aid that must be spent on set purposes, such as help for pupils from low-income families.

3,723,518 4,336,121 3,957,986 4,175,512 4,346,528 4,477,723 4,309,599
01.050 State Reimbursement for Property Tax Credits

The part of homeowners' property tax the state pays for them: the 10% and 2.5% rollbacks and the homestead exemption.

1,969,735 1,848,533 2,101,980 2,173,834 1,985,451 2,001,725 1,594,742
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

Everything else that comes in: fees, tuition from other districts, interest, rentals and gifts.

2,139,004 1,979,533 2,694,503 2,190,028 2,151,071 2,062,454 1,984,674
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

46,509,073 49,213,242 52,466,348 50,721,417 48,589,795 46,765,607 42,344,717
02.050 Advances-In

Money the general fund lent to the district's other funds, coming back.

2,433,500 5,957,246 4,720,078 1,170,500 750,500 750,500 750,500
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

One-off money, such as refunds of past spending or the sale of property.

105,633 78,695 2,452 37,519 33,767 33,767 33,767
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

All of the other money coming in, lines 2.010 to 2.060, added together.

2,539,133 6,035,940 4,722,530 1,208,019 784,267 784,267 784,267
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

Everything coming in for the year: revenue plus other money coming in.

49,048,206 55,249,182 57,188,878 51,929,436 49,374,062 47,549,874 43,128,984
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

22,829,811 24,006,711 25,877,075 26,302,414 27,222,217 28,050,444 28,909,312
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

The district's share of staff pensions (STRS and SERS), health insurance, Medicare and workers' compensation.

8,385,761 8,415,566 9,180,110 9,965,113 9,879,942 10,384,620 10,919,883
03.030 Purchased Services

Services bought from outside: utilities, repairs, contracted services and tuition paid for pupils taught elsewhere.

8,070,589 9,521,221 10,173,967 10,352,550 10,860,757 11,211,737 11,574,667
03.040 Supplies and Materials

Textbooks, classroom supplies, fuel, food and other things the district buys.

1,238,840 2,116,017 1,144,244 2,047,350 1,578,557 1,629,402 2,131,622
03.050 Capital Outlay

Equipment, buses and building improvements paid for from the general fund.

574,790 503,897 1,882,216 718,225 724,853 731,614 738,509
04.060 Interest and Fiscal Charges

Interest and fees on the district's borrowing.

131,138 106,901 104,324 103,849 103,849 103,849 103,849
04.300 Other Objects

Other costs, such as the county's fees for collecting its taxes, audits, elections, insurance and memberships.

653,951 530,790 505,258 292,238 578,025 589,535 601,274
04.500 Total Expenditures

Everything the district spends in the year, lines 3.010 to 4.300, added together.

41,884,880 45,201,104 48,867,194 49,781,740 50,948,201 52,701,202 54,979,115
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

Money moved out of the general fund to the district's other funds, such as food service or athletics.

247,378 284,672 314,659 290,602 300,000 300,000 300,000
05.020 Advances-Out

Money the general fund lends to the district's other funds for a while.

5,957,246 4,720,078 1,170,500 750,000 750,000 750,000 750,000
05.030 All Other Financing Uses

Other one-off money going out.

118,947 0 0 0 0 0 0
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

All of the other money going out, lines 5.010 to 5.030, added together.

6,323,571 5,004,750 1,485,159 1,040,601 1,050,000 1,050,000 1,050,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

Everything going out for the year: spending plus other money going out.

48,208,451 50,205,853 50,352,353 50,822,341 51,998,201 53,751,201 56,029,115
06.010 Excess Of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

The year's result: money in minus money out. A number in brackets means the district spent more than it took in.

839,755 5,043,329 6,836,526 1,107,095 (2,624,139) (6,201,328) (12,900,131)
07.010 Beginning Cash Balance July 1 - Excluding Proposed Renewal/Replacement and New Levies

Cash in the general fund on July 1, the start of the school year — last year's ending cash.

9,557,122 10,396,877 15,440,206 22,276,731 23,383,826 20,759,687 14,558,359
07.020 Ending Cash Balance June 30 - Excluding Proposed Renewal/Replacement and New Levies

Cash on June 30, the end of the year: the starting cash plus the year's result, before any renewal or new levy.

10,396,877 15,440,206 22,276,731 23,383,826 20,759,687 14,558,359 1,658,228
09.045 Fiscal Stabilization

Money set aside to steady the budget over future years.

0 0 0 1 2 3 4
10.010 Fund Balance June 30 For Certification of Appropriations

What is free to spend: the ending cash less money already committed and money set aside — often called the unencumbered balance.

10,396,877 15,440,206 22,276,731 23,383,826 20,759,687 14,558,359 1,658,228
11.010 Income Tax - Renewal

An existing income tax the district expects voters to renew. Not yet voted on.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11.020 Property Tax - Renewal or Replacement

Existing property tax levies the district expects voters to renew or replace. Not yet voted on.

0 0 0 0 0 0 3,442,018
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

0 0 0 0 0 0 3,442,018
12.010 Fund Balance June 30 For Certificates of Contracts Salary Schedules, and Other Obligations

The balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does.

10,396,877 15,440,206 22,276,731 23,383,826 20,759,687 14,558,359 5,100,246
13.010 Income Tax - New

A new income tax the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13.020 Property Tax - New

A new property tax levy the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13.030 Cumulative Balance of New Levies

The new levies above, added up year after year.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15.010 Unreserved Fund Balance June 30

The state's bottom line: the balance with renewals and new levies counted as if voters approve them.

10,396,877 15,440,206 22,276,731 23,383,826 20,759,687 14,558,359 5,100,246
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

303 300 281 177 199 174 203
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

2,721 2,610 2,531 2,635 2,395 2,325 2,211

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Dollars, except the two enrolment lines (20.010 and 20.015), which are pupils. A line that is zero in every year is left out, as the state’s report leaves it out — except the renewal and new-levy lines (11 and 13), which are always shown, because a zero there is the answer.

Maple Heights City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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