This eight-page KidsOhio.org report, ”Key Facts About South-Western City Schools,” provides information about the district from state and county sources. To download the report, click the link below.

Several community leaders have asked KidsOhio.org to provide key facts about the South-Western City Schools.  The district is proposing a 7.4-mill operating levy on the November 3^rd ballot.  Voters have rejected the past two levy requests. 

KidsOhio.org is not endorsing or opposing this levy, but we are providing the same kind of comparative data we regularly provide about the Columbus City Schools.  Many of us know little about the South-Western City Schools district, which is larger than Canton, Youngstown or Dayton schools.

 Key facts:

• South-Western has the second largest student body in Franklin County with nearly 21,000 students.
• Its rate of economically disadvantaged students has risen from 35 percent to nearly 50 percent in the last five years. More than 12 percent of students need help mastering English, tied for the highest rate in Franklin County.
• Sixty-one percent of its schools are rated A or B on the state report card.
• The district has the third lowest expenditures per pupil among the 16 districts in Franklin County.

We hope you will share this information with others. Feel free to download and copy the report. To request color bound copies, please call 614.228.6400.

Click here to download “Key Facts About South-Western City Schools.”

Click here to download a supplemental chart that includes state report card results for the 16 school districts in Franklin County.