Ohio Department of Education Finance

The Ohio Department of Education works with school districts and entities that serve school districts to develop and deploy analytical tools that allow districts and other stakeholders to analyze more thoroughly district spending patterns in order to promote more effective and efficient use of resources. The outputs of these efforts - reports and documents designed to better understand and subsequently improve the collection and use of financial data by school districts - will be posted to this Web site as they become available.

Draft District Fiscal Benchmark Report

Instructions:

• Download the FY12 District Fiscal Benchmark Report
• Download the FY11 District Fiscal Benchmark Report
• Download the FY10 District Fiscal Benchmark Report
       
• Select your district by clicking on the drop-down list in the blue box in cell D5. This will populate the report with data for your district, the average for your county and the averages for similar districts.
          
• For additional comparisons, three districts of your choice can be selected using the drop-downs in cells H5, I5 and J5. 

Documentation:

• FY2009 Fiscal Measures Guide Explanation
• Expenditure per Equivalent Pupil FY2004-2010

We are very interested in your feedback regarding this tool. Specifically:

• Is the tool useful to you?
                
• Do the data queries and resulting data elements make sense to you when reviewing your district's information?
          
• Are there other data elements that you would propose adding in future years?

If you have any questions or would like to make suggestions, please contact Jim Long at James.Long@ode.state.oh.us or (614) 466-0523.
         

Reports

Improving the Collection and Use of Financial Data by School Districts:  Where are we today?   -   Phase I Report of the Education Fiscal Data Project (03/31/08)  
PDF  -  MS-WORD

Project Proposal: Improving the Collection and Use of Financial Data by School Districts
PDF  -  MS-WORD

                      
Related Links

• Auditor of State Audit Search
  http://www.auditor.state.oh.us/AuditSearch/Search.aspx (Go to the search and type in Performance Audit in the “Entity Name or Report Title” box, you get all performance audits and then can sort by Entity Type to find those related to school districts.)
  
• School Employees Health Care Board
  http://sehcb.ohio.gov/

Send comments to James.Long@ode.state.oh.us.