{"id":1639,"date":"2025-11-11T17:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/?page_id=1639"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:38:02","slug":"analysis-of-november-2025-school-levy-results","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/ohio-school-levy-data\/articles\/analysis-of-november-2025-school-levy-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of November 2025 School Levy Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Below is a brief summary of the initial\u00a0November 2025 school levy\u00a0results.\u00a0Levy results are those compiled by OSBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Total School Levies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">There were 113 school levies on the ballot on Nov. 4, 2025.<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">This total does not include the Carlisle Local (Warren County) school district income tax (SDIT) repeal which the initial vote tally shows failed by a mere 9 votes &#8211; meaning that the SDIT remains in place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>74 of the 113 school levies on the ballot in November passed, a rate of 65.5%.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">All Capital Levies (Bonds, Combos &amp; PIs)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">There were 34 school capital levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">9 Bond levies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">3 Bond combination levies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">6 New permanent improvement (PI) levies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">16 Renewal permanent improvement levies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>20 of 34 (58.8%) capital levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">In November 2024 only 43% of capital levies passed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>From 1994-2023 the capital levy passage rate was 57.5%.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><em>Thus, the capital levy passage rate in Nov. 2025 is almost exactly the same as the 20-year average passage rate from 1994 through 2023.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New vs Renewal Capital Levies\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>4 of 18 (22.2%) of new capital levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">3\/9 bonds passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">0\/3 combos passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">1\/6 new PI levies\u00a0passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">In Nov. 2024 32.5% of new capital levies passed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>16 of 16 (100%) of PI renewals on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">In November 2024 56.3% of PI renewals and replacements passed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">All Operating Levies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">There were 79 school operating levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">There were 27 new operating levies on the ballot in Nov. 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">There were 52 renewal operating levies on the ballot in Nov. 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>54 of 79 (68.4%) of all school operating levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New Operating Levies\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>10 of 27 (37.0%) of new operating levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">In November 2024 28.6% of new operating levies passed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>From 1994-2023 36.7% of new operating levies passed. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">1 of 4 New Emergency Levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">3 of 7 New Current Expense Property Tax levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">6 of 16 New School District Income Tax (SDIT) levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>In total, 4 of 11 (36.4%) new property tax levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed and<\/strong> <strong>6 of 16 (37.5%) of new SDIT levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><em>Thus, the passage rate for both new property tax levies and new SDIT levies in Nov. 2025 is almost exactly the same as the 20-year average passage rate of new levies from 1994 through 2023.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Renewal Operating Levies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>44 of 52 (84.6%) of renewal operating levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">In November 2024 71.9% of renewal operating levies passed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>From 1994-2023 86.4% of renewal operating levies passed.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">18 of 20 emergency renewal levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">4 of 7 substitute levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed (Note: substitutes count as\u00a0renewals because they are already in place as emergency levies).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">13 of 15 current expense renewal levies passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>In total, 35 of 42 (83.3%) of property tax renewals levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed which is roughly 3 percentage points below the historical average for renewal levies over the past 20 years.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">9 of 10 (90%) of SDIT renewal levies on the Nov. 2025 ballot passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Overall Conclusions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">In general, school capital levies are more likely to pass in Ohio than are school operating levies, however the passage rate of school levies in Ohio is highly dependent on whether the issue on the ballot is a new levy or a renewal of an existing levy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li>From 1994 through 2023, school capital levies passed 57.5% of the time.<\/li><li>From 1994 through 2023, new school operating levies passed 36.7% of the time.<\/li><li>From 1994 through 2023, school operating renewal levies passed 86.4% of the time.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">In 2024 Ohio school levy passage rates were lower than historical rates for all types of levies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><em>However, the November 2025 school levy results for capital levies, new operating levies and renewal operating levies are not only improved from last November but are generally consistent with recent historical trends.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a brief summary of the initial\u00a0November 2025 school levy\u00a0results.\u00a0Levy results are those compiled by OSBA. Total School Levies There were 113 school levies on the ballot on Nov. 4, 2025.\u00a0\u00a0 This total does not include the Carlisle Local (Warren County) school district income tax (SDIT) repeal which the initial vote tally shows failed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/ohio-school-levy-data\/articles\/analysis-of-november-2025-school-levy-results\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":1152,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1639"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1640,"href":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1639\/revisions\/1640"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oepiohio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}