What you can ask

Name a county, a town or a school district, and what you want to know about it. Tap a question to put it in the box, then change the place to yours.

A county

Your tax bill

Levies and the ballot

Schools

Home values, unpaid tax and foreclosures

Home prices, here or anywhere

If the site can’t tell which page you mean, your question goes to our AI model to try and give you a better answer — we don’t use any personal or identifying information to achieve this.

Find my place

School budgets

Newark City Schools forecasts running short in FY2029

Newark City Schools – 044453 (Licking) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/24/2026

Newark City Schools’ 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, Newark City Schools goes below zero in FY2029 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2025
$37.7M

4.9 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
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

Newark City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Newark 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.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 1 Newark City Schools tax issue — 1 passed and 0 failed. Renewals passed 1 of 1.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Licking County →

Newark City Schools: 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. 37,715,499 35,275,238 (18,632,439)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 3,516,384 − 3,516,384 − 3,516,384
09.080 Set asideReserves the law or the board require, such as a budget reserve. − 934,406 − 934,406 − 934,406
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 33,264,709 30,824,448 (23,083,229)
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 33,264,709 30,824,448 (23,083,229)
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 33,264,709 30,824,448 (23,083,229)

Swipe sideways for more columns.

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.

Newark City Schools’ forecast, line by line

Each line as Newark City Schools 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.

 21,457,132 25,023,803 27,838,014 28,035,255 22,728,057 24,484,255 24,485,235
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 1,694,982 1,891,657 2,008,532 1,987,482 2,120,961 2,120,158 2,126,351
01.030 Income Tax

The school district income tax its residents pay on their earnings, where voters have approved one.

 12,817,037 12,572,683 13,985,609 14,363,383 14,650,651 14,943,664 15,242,537
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 34,514,713 38,069,131 37,523,235 35,035,882 34,060,816 34,060,816 34,060,816
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 3,666,943 4,175,410 6,213,962 5,792,909 5,706,610 5,706,947 5,707,287
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.

 2,946,162 3,271,242 3,607,316 3,672,840 6,894,998 3,746,086 3,746,057
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 4,102,570 5,320,774 4,186,377 3,944,739 3,660,390 2,527,820 2,372,544
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 81,199,539 90,324,700 95,363,045 92,832,490 89,822,483 87,589,746 87,740,827
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

Money moved into the general fund from the district's other funds.

 188,513 98,437 1,310,218 190,000 190,000 190,000 190,000
02.050 Advances-In

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

 150,001 750,340 281,500 1,607,221 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 214,488 390,881 69 20,000 0 0 0
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 553,002 1,239,658 1,591,787 1,817,221 190,000 190,000 190,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 81,752,541 91,564,358 96,954,832 94,649,711 90,012,483 87,779,746 87,930,827
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 47,452,412 49,502,044 53,707,446 55,925,111 58,025,403 60,204,795 62,468,905
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 17,301,607 18,300,358 19,838,554 21,163,297 22,659,749 24,261,315 26,000,127
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 9,926,883 12,220,742 15,196,757 15,945,158 16,756,856 17,581,992 18,448,257
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 2,491,474 2,811,610 2,954,047 3,101,750 3,256,837 3,419,679 3,590,663
04.300 Other Objects

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

 666,957 738,062 777,346 758,060 773,221 788,686 804,460
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 77,839,333 83,572,816 92,474,150 96,893,376 101,472,066 106,256,467 111,312,412
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 188,513 4,695,121 21,276,550 190,000 190,000 190,000 190,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 526,340 326,500 1,607,221 0 0 0 0
05.030 All Other Financing Uses

Other one-off money going out.

 6,755 6,755 6,596 6,596 6,596 6,596 6,596
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 721,608 5,028,376 22,890,367 196,596 196,596 196,596 196,596
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 78,560,941 88,601,192 115,364,517 97,089,972 101,668,662 106,453,063 111,509,008
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.

 3,191,600 2,963,166 (18,409,685) (2,440,261) (11,656,179) (18,673,317) (23,578,181)
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.

 49,970,418 53,162,018 56,125,184 37,715,499 35,275,238 23,619,060 4,945,742
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.

 53,162,018 56,125,184 37,715,499 35,275,238 23,619,060 4,945,742 (18,632,439)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

Money already committed: purchase orders and contracts signed but not yet paid.

 2,731,078 2,921,871 3,516,384 3,516,384 3,516,384 3,516,384 3,516,384
09.030 Budget Reserve

A rainy-day reserve.

 934,406 934,406 934,406 934,406 934,406 934,406 934,406
09.080 Subtotal

All of the money set aside, lines 9.010 to 9.070, added together.

 934,406 934,406 934,406 934,406 934,406 934,406 934,406
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.

 49,496,534 52,268,907 33,264,709 30,824,448 19,168,270 494,952 (23,083,229)
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 0
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.

 49,496,534 52,268,907 33,264,709 30,824,448 19,168,270 494,952 (23,083,229)
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.

 49,496,534 52,268,907 33,264,709 30,824,448 19,168,270 494,952 (23,083,229)

Swipe sideways for more columns.

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.

Newark City Schools’ levies, spending and test scores →

Another county or district

From the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s bulk forecast files — the filings its Forecast Submissions report shows one district at a time, to the dollar. A county’s figures are the traditional districts the state files under it, added together; Ohio’s are all of them. Each district writes its own forecast, and nothing here is estimated. The 49 career centers file their own forecasts and are listed under their home county, but are in no total: each serves several counties.