Individual Income Tax
Individual Income Tax
2003 Income Tax Returns By School District
Table Y-2 contains information from 2003 Ohio individual
income tax returns categorized by school district as
indicated by taxpayers on their returns. State law requires
that Ohio income tax returns include a line on which
taxpayers indicate their school district of residence.
A total of 5,299,169 Ohio individual income tax returns were
filed for tax year 2003 (April 15, 2004 filing deadline). Of
these, 5,210,784 (98.3 percent) indicated a school district
of residence.
The statewide average income (federal adjusted gross income)
reported on all 2003 tax returns was $50,263 per return, an
increase of 3.8 percent from the 2002 returns. The Indian
Hill Exempted Village School District in Hamilton County
reported the highest average income of all 614 school
districts, with $234,387 per return. The lowest average
income was reported in New Boston Local School District in
Scioto County, with $22,953 per return.
Median Ohio adjusted gross income is used by the Department
of Education in calculating school aid. Olentangy Local
School District in Delaware County reported the highest
median income with $64,542 while the lowest median income was
reported in New Boston Local School District in Scioto County
with $17,167.
In addition to showing the number of returns filed by
residents of each school district, the average and median
income, and the income ranking, Table Y-2 also provides the
number of personal exemptions claimed on returns (for
taxpayer, spouse, and dependents), the total income and the
total income tax liability of district residents.
The data being reported for 2003 reflects the first use of a
new technology for confirming the school district of
residence for each address reported on a tax return. The
process, known as geo-coding, is a joint project of the
Department of Taxation and the Ohio Office of Information
Technology. While the data being reported for 2003 may vary
significantly from data in past years, testing indicates
these data are a more accurate portrayal of distributions of
returns and income by school district.