Budget Committee
Ohio · IRN 044396 · Montgomery County

Miamisburg City School District

District briefing, fall 2026: enrollment, achievement, finances, property taxes and the levy record.

On the ballot · November 3, 2026

Miamisburg City School District: one referendum question

School district income tax

A 0.5% school district income tax, continuing (no end date) for current expenses.

Summary of the issue’s terms; the official ballot wording had not been published when this briefing was built. Source: OSBA levy database (pre-election list)

Enrollment
4,627
2025-26
Performance index
84.5
2025-26
Graduation
94.4%
class of 2025
Spending / pupil
$16,202
2024-25
State share
30%
2024-25
Unreserved balance
32.1%
FY2026
Residential mills
33.5
tax year 2025
Home value
+13%
5-yr avg vs. 12 nearby districts
Enrollment

4,627 students in 2025-26, down from a peak of 5,562 in 2007-08; −2.8% over five years against −4.1% for the regional peer median.

Achievement

Performance index 84.5 of 120 in 2025-26 (Ohio median 88.3); 3.5 stars overall; four-year graduation 94.4%.

Spending

$16,202 per pupil in operating spending (2024-25), above the peer median of $15,868; the state supplies 30% of revenue and local taxes 51%.

Reserves

$24.48 million in general-fund cash at the end of FY2026; the unreserved balance was 32.1% of spending (Ohio median 36.2%).

Property taxes

33.55 effective residential mills for current expenses in 2026 (Ohio median 24.39).

Students

51% economically disadvantaged, 5% English learners, 18.5% with disabilities (2024-25).

Miamisburg enrolled 4,627 students in 2025-26. Enrollment peaked at 5,562 in 2007-08. Since 2006-07 it has changed −15.2%, against −13.6% for the regional peer median and −19.5% for the median Ohio district.

MiamisburgRegional peers (median)Ohio districts (median)
105989185782006-072010-112014-152018-192025-26

Students

MeasureMiamisburgPeers (median)Ohio (median)PercentileYear
Economically disadvantaged51%49%47%59th2024-25
English learners4.8%2.3%2.4%76th2024-25
Students with disabilities18.5%17.0%16.1%74th2024-25
Black10.1%6.9%3.4%74th2024-25
Hispanic6.8%5.3%4.2%73rd2024-25
White72.5%75.0%88.7%20th2024-25
Multiracial7.2%8.4%4.4%75th2024-25

Districts that serve free meals to every student report every student as economically disadvantaged. For the 123 Ohio districts where that raised the share by 25 points or more to 95% or above in one year, this briefing uses the district’s last share before the rise.

Where resident students go

Since 2021-22 the state pays community schools, EdChoice private schools and open-enrollment districts directly, so these students no longer appear as deductions in Miamisburg’s budget, but the district still receives no state aid for them and, for most private and charter students in grades K–8, must provide or pay for transportation.

MeasureMiamisburgRegional peers (median)Ohio (median)PercentileYear
Resident students in district schools4,2172,6921,18090th2025-26
Resident students on EdChoice4492566187th2025-26
Resident students in community (charter) schools1631303987th2025-26
Resident students open-enrolled elsewhere851169744th2025-26

Community

MeasureMiamisburgRegional peers (median)Ohio (median)PercentileYear
Median household income$82,885$80,134$73,77869th2020–24 ACS
Poverty rate9.2%9.4%9.9%44th2020–24 ACS
Adults with a bachelor's degree34.4%25.2%21.9%80th2020–24 ACS
Median home value$234,900$206,400$196,40072nd2020–24 ACS

Home values against nearby districts

Across the five most recent Census releases (2016–20 to 2020–24), the median owner-occupied home in Miamisburg averaged $194,080, 13% above the median of the 12 districts within 25 miles ($171,740). That ranks 3rd of 13 in the area and at the 68th percentile of Ohio districts (state median $167,900).

ACS 5-year releaseMiamisburgNearby medianDifferenceOhio median
2016–20$158,600$142,950+11%$142,600
2017–21$167,600$148,350+13%$149,100
2018–22$195,400$172,250+13%$167,700
2019–23$213,900$188,750+13%$182,500
2020–24$234,900$206,400+14%$196,400
Five-release average$194,080$171,740+13%$167,900

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, median value of owner-occupied homes (table B25077), in nominal dollars. Consecutive releases share four of their five survey years, so the average is a smoothed level rather than five independent years. Nearby districts are those whose NCES office address lies within 25 miles of Miamisburg's: Madison Local (Butler) (11 mi, $211,740); Vandalia-Butler (18 mi, $195,080); Princeton (25 mi, $192,820); Edgewood (16 mi, $186,220); Valley View (5 mi, $183,220); Carlisle (4 mi, $172,360); Kettering (8 mi, $171,120); Northmont (16 mi, $159,960); Huber Heights (17 mi, $145,900); Hamilton City (22 mi, $137,180); Tecumseh (24 mi, $125,720); Mad River (13 mi, $123,280).

Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Report Card and District Profile (Cupp) Report; U.S. Census ACS 5-year. Student characteristics compare with the peers; enrollment, school choice and community figures with the regional peers: Northmont, Kettering, Vandalia-Butler, Mad River, Huber Heights, Edgewood, Princeton, Valley View, Tecumseh, Carlisle, Madison Local (Butler) and Hamilton City.

Miamisburg’s performance index — a weighted average of state test results on a 0–120 scale — was 84.5 in 2025-26, against 90.2 for the peer median and 88.3 for the median Ohio district (34th percentile).

MiamisburgPeers (median)Ohio districts (median)
96918681762014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26
MeasureMiamisburgPeer medianregional beneathOhio (median)PercentileYear
Performance index (of 120)84.590.2regional 83.988.334th2025-26
Performance index, % of maximum76.7%81.8%regional 76.1%80.1%34th2025-26
Math proficient55.1%67.7%regional 54.8%63.5%31st2025-26
Four-year graduation rate94.4%96.8%regional 96.6%97.2%23rdClass of 2025
Chronically absent21.4%18.9%regional 20.6%16.4%71st2025-26
Overall rating (stars)3.53.8regional 3.54.037th2025-26
MiamisburgPeers (median)Ohio districts (median)
98%96%94%92%90%2013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222024-25

Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Report Card. No state tests in 2019-20; star ratings began in 2022-23.

Miamisburg spent $16,202 per pupil on operations in 2024-25, against $15,868 for the peer median and $16,580 for the median Ohio district. Ohio’s formula assumes each district can raise a local share based on its property values and residents’ incomes; the state supplied 30% of Miamisburg’s revenue. At the end of FY2026 the district held $24.48 million in general-fund cash, an unreserved balance of 32.1% of a year’s spending.

MiamisburgPeers (median)Ohio districts (median)
$17,435$15,225$13,015$10,805$8,5962010-112014-152018-192024-25
MiamisburgPeers (median)Ohio districts (median)
51%42%33%25%16%FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026
MeasureMiamisburgPeer medianregional beneathOhio (median)PercentileYear
Operating spending per pupil$16,202$15,868regional $15,906$16,58043rd2024-25
Revenue per pupil$15,672$16,666regional $16,334$18,15016th2024-25
State share of revenue30%36%regional 46%43%25th2024-25
Local share of revenue51%48%regional 39%42%70th2024-25
Federal share of revenue8%8%regional 8%6%64th2024-25
General-fund cash, end of year$24.48 million$16.18 millionregional $15.67 million$8.3 million87thFY2026
Unreserved balance, % of spending32.1%29.6%regional 37.9%36.2%39thFY2026
Average teacher salary$77,696$79,074regional $74,022$69,16379th2024-25
Property value per pupil$289,232$267,195regional $211,146$267,19757th2023-24

ODEW District Profile (Cupp) Report; five-year forecast actuals (general operating funds, cash basis) as filed with ODEW.

Ohio’s H.B. 920 reduction factors cut the effective rate of voted levies as property values rise, so most levies raise a fixed number of dollars and districts must return to voters to keep pace; no district’s effective current-expense rate can fall below 20 mills. Miamisburg’s effective residential rate was 33.55 mills (Ohio median 24.39). Since January 2026, districts can no longer place new emergency, substitute or replacement levies on the ballot.

MeasureMiamisburgRegional peers (median)Ohio (median)PercentileYear
Effective residential millage, current expenses33.5528.2924.3988thTax year 2025
Effective business millage, current expenses32.0737.7026.5869th2024-25
Total voted operating millage46.6649.9441.8761st2024-25
Median property tax on owner-occupied homes$4,168$2,944$2,22887th2020–24 ACS
As a share of household income5.0%3.7%3.1%91st2020–24 ACS

Past school tax issues

Miamisburg has put 3 school tax issues to voters since 2017; all passed. Statewide, the Ohio School Boards Association records 2,342 school tax issues from 2016 through May 2026; 66% passed, and 39% of new-money issues.

ElectionIssueResultYes vote
Nov 2022Substitute (substitute), 14.76 millsPassed52.76%
Nov 2019Substitute (substitute), 8.3 millsPassed64.31%
Nov 2017Emergency (renewal), 8.65 millsPassed65.63%

Ohio School Boards Association school election results (unofficial), 2016–2026.

Ohio Department of Taxation and ODEW District Profile Report (effective millage); U.S. Census ACS 5-year; Ohio School Boards Association election results.

Wherever this briefing sets Miamisburg beside other districts, it uses the groups below. A group figure is the middle value across its members, each counted equally, so one large member cannot dominate it.

Peers 12 districts

The 12 Ohio districts (city, local and exempted-village districts) most like Miamisburg on four equally weighted factors: total enrollment (compared as a ratio), operating spending per pupil, students per teacher and the share of economically disadvantaged students, each difference scaled by how much the factor varies across districts, and none more than two standard deviations away on any one. The group starts with nearby districts that match closely (within half a standard deviation on average) and fills the rest from anywhere in the state. Peers carry the achievement, spending and staffing comparisons.

DistrictCountyMilesEnrollmentOperating spending per pupilStudents per teacherEcon. disadvantaged
KetteringMontgomery87,492$18,52716.550.7%
Mad RiverMontgomery133,660$16,03117.667.6%
EdgewoodButler163,008$14,74218.153.5%
NorthmontMontgomery164,500$16,12517.648.5%
Huber HeightsMontgomery175,344$15,70618.264.2%
Vandalia-ButlerMontgomery182,850$15,43317.546.8%
TroyMiami283,728$15,04216.841.9%
CelinaMercer652,544$16,14715.648.7%
Mount VernonKnox1083,259$15,20316.546.7%
OregonLucas1463,308$16,52615.650.7%
WadsworthMedina1663,990$16,67416.831.7%
BoardmanMahoning2133,403$15,56316.248.7%

Regional peers 12 districts

The 12 districts (city, local and exempted-village districts) within 25 miles of Miamisburg, straight line between district offices, whose profile on the same four factors is comparable: on average within one standard deviation. They carry enrollment, property taxes and home values, and their median sits beneath the peer median elsewhere. A district in both groups appears in both lists.

DistrictCountyMilesEnrollmentOperating spending per pupilStudents per teacherEcon. disadvantaged
CarlisleWarren41,459$17,12415.842.9%
Valley ViewMontgomery51,693$16,71417.137.5%
KetteringMontgomery87,492$18,52716.550.7%
Madison Local (Butler)Butler111,342$14,82815.947.5%
Mad RiverMontgomery133,660$16,03117.667.6%
EdgewoodButler163,008$14,74218.153.5%
NorthmontMontgomery164,500$16,12517.648.5%
Huber HeightsMontgomery175,344$15,70618.264.2%
Vandalia-ButlerMontgomery182,850$15,43317.546.8%
Hamilton CityButler228,556$15,78118.269.5%
TecumsehClark242,503$14,41716.066.4%
PrincetonHamilton255,556$18,69016.672.0%

“Ohio median” is the middle value across Ohio’s city, local and exempted-village school districts; career centers and community schools are left out.