Sycamore Taxpayer

2009-2010 school year:

What does it cost to produce an “Excellent with Distinction” Ohio school district? How cost effective are these top academic districts?

The cost to produce an “Excellent with Distinction” school district ranged from a low of $7,167 to a high of $21,191 per pupil in the 2009-2010 school year ($10,976 - 75th percential; $10,222 average; $9,546 median).

Sycamore spends more dollars per student than 76 of these 81 top rated “Excellent with Distinction” districts.

Generally, smaller class size (less students per teacher) costs considerably more as measured by expenditure per pupil than does larger class size. This table shows this tendency; fewer students per class costs more, while more students per class cost less.

Sycamore is one of the least cost effective of all 81 Ohio districts rated Excellent with Distinction during the 2009-2010 school year.

Local taxpayers would save nearly $20 million annually if the Sycamore school district spent at the 75th percentile of all Ohio Excellent with Distinction districts. ($14,733 less $10,976 equals $3,757 times 5223 ADM enrollment equals a difference of $19,622,811).