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Perrysburg Schools cites No. 1 Niche ranking as operating levy goes on Nov. 5 ballot
Summary
Perrysburg Schools said it ranked No. 1 in Niche's 2025 Toledo-area list and that the Board of Education has placed an operating levy on the Nov. 5 ballot to fund salaries, benefits, utilities and classroom materials; projected costs and vote details were not specified.
Perrysburg Schools said it was ranked No. 1 in Niche’s 2025 list of best school districts in the Toledo area and announced that the Board of Education has placed an operating levy on the Nov. 5 ballot to fund staff salaries, benefits, utilities and classroom materials.
The district cited below-average expenditure per pupil and a lower pupil-to-administrator ratio than the state average as measures of performance and efficiency. The announcement said the voter-approved incremental levy enacted in 2019 will expire and that the proposed operating levy is intended to replace it.
Officials or spokespeople, in a recorded message from the district, explained that operating levies are a primary local source of school funding and cover employees’ salaries and benefits, heating, lighting and textbooks. The message projected that the new levy would phase in over eight years and stated a projected maximum additional cost of $4.20 per $100,000 of appraised home value per month beginning in year two, with the same $4.20 amount applying for each of the following six years. The district attributed a lower per-taxpayer burden to ongoing local growth and new-home construction but did not provide a board vote record or motions in the message.
The message also said that in the final year of the 2019 levy the cost to a Perrysburg homeowner was 31% lower than the amount approved on that ballot; the announcement did not specify which baseline year or exact tax figures underlie that percentage. The district framed the levy as necessary to maintain services for a growing student population and said, “Perrysburg schools will continue to work hard to ensure all students achieve their greatest potential.”
The Board of Education’s placement of the operating levy on the ballot was presented as an established fact in the message; the district did not provide details of any board motion, vote tally or the exact tax-rate language beyond the monthly projection. The measure will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot.
For more information, the message directed listeners to the district website: www.perrysburgschools.net.
