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Toledo, OH public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Toledo City — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Toledo City is the primary public district for Toledo, OH. It enrolls 21,814 students in 57 schools with 1,511 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $21,839 per pupil, 26% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
21,814NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
57Operating school count
Students per teacher
14.4Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$21,839Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Toledo

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
34.4%
$146,485,000
State revenue
50.4%
$214,617,000
Federal revenue
15.2%
$64,790,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Toledo property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 42 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Toledo numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

At $21,839 per pupil the district spends 26% more than the $17,320 metro median, outspending 78% of the districts covered. Only 42 cents of each dollar ($9,069 per student) is classified as instruction, so a large share goes to support services, facilities and transport — common in districts with long bus routes or older buildings.

Funding is split roughly evenly — 34.4% local, 50.4% state — so both the local tax base and the OH aid formula matter to what this district can spend. Federal dollars are an outsized 15.2% of revenue, a share that tracks concentrated student poverty (Title I) and special-education enrollment.

21,814 students across 57 schools averages 383 students per building, and the district is smaller than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). That is a small-building district; neighbourhood elementary schools dominate the count. The 14.4:1 student-to-teacher ratio is ordinary for this set of districts (median 15.2:1). It counts all FTE teachers district-wide, so actual class sizes run higher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Figures cover Toledo City (LEAID 3904490) as one unit, not any single school in Toledo. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

Other Toledo datasets on this site.

Statewide: Ohio cities · Ohio ZIP codes · Ohio sales tax · Ohio counties

Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 3904490. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.