Northeast Ohio school questions on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: 28 questions in seven counties

28 questions across seven first-listed counties, with the state file’s columns and district-published context.

The Ohio Secretary of State’s file lists 28 questions first under one of these seven counties: Cuyahoga, Summit, Lorain, Lake, Portage, Medina, Geauga. The rule is the county the state file lists first.

A district whose row says it overlaps another county is included or excluded only by that first-listed County field. Overlap counties do not move or duplicate a question.

Cuyahoga County: 6 questions

Cleveland Heights-University Heights City | County: Cuyahoga | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: 6.5 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: 2026 | District’s own published figures: $18,008 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 4,683 enrollment (2025-2026).
Euclid City | County: Cuyahoga | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: 6.75 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: 2026 | District’s own published figures: $15,423 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 4,113 enrollment (2025-2026).
Garfield Heights City Schools | County: Cuyahoga | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current operating expenses | Description: Renewal | Millage: 7.74 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2027 | District’s own published figures: $15,055 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 2,542 enrollment (2025-2026).
Independence Local | County: Cuyahoga | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: General permanent improvements | Description: Renewal | Millage: 1.25 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2027 | District’s own published figures: $18,355 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 970 enrollment (2025-2026).
Orange City | County: Cuyahoga | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: 5 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: 2026 | District’s own published figures: $24,529 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 1,990 enrollment (2025-2026).
Strongsville City | County: Cuyahoga | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: 6.7 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2026 | District’s own published figures: $14,121 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 5,441 enrollment (2025-2026).

Summit County: 5 questions

Barberton City | County: Summit | Question Type: Income Tax | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: N/A | Percent: 1% | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: January 1, 2027 | District’s own published figures: $13,873 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 3,244 enrollment (2025-2026).
Cuyahoga Falls City School District | County: Summit | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: 5.5 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2026 | District’s own published figures: $13,356 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 3,676 enrollment (2025-2026).
Norton City | County: Summit | Question Type: Income Tax | Purpose: Current operating expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: N/A | Percent: 0.75% | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: January 1, 2027 | District’s own published figures: $10,347 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 2,048 enrollment (2025-2026).
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District | County: Summit | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current operating expenses | Description: Renewal | Millage: 3.17 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2026 | District’s own published figures: $12,205 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 4,603 enrollment (2025-2026).
Tallmadge City | County: Summit | Question Type: Income Tax | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: N/A | Percent: 1% | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: January 1, 2027 | District’s own published figures: $12,152 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 2,408 enrollment (2025-2026).

Lorain County: 5 questions

Amherst Exempted Village | County: Lorain | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: 5.97 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: 2026 | District’s own published figures: $11,389 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 3,554 enrollment (2025-2026).
Clearview Local | County: Lorain | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Renewal | Millage: 3.91 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2027 | District’s own published figures: $13,530 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 1,082 enrollment (2025-2026).
Elyria City Schools | County: Lorain | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: 8.9 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: 2026 | District’s own published figures: $10,987 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 5,631 enrollment (2025-2026).
Oberlin City Schools | County: Lorain | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Education technology | Description: Renewal | Millage: 1.3 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2027 | District’s own published figures: $17,962 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 764 enrollment (2025-2026).
Oberlin City Schools | County: Lorain | Question Type: Income Tax | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Renewal | Millage: N/A | Percent: 0.75% | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: January 1, 2028 | District’s own published figures: $17,962 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 764 enrollment (2025-2026).

Lake County: 5 questions

Kirtland Local | County: Lake | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current operating expenses | Description: Renewal | Millage: 4.36 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2027 | District’s own published figures: $15,197 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 1,007 enrollment (2025-2026).
Mentor Exempted Village | County: Lake | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: 3.5 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2026 | District’s own published figures: $12,890 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 6,565 enrollment (2025-2026).
Painesville City Local | County: Lake | Question Type: Income Tax | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: N/A | Percent: 1.25% | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: January 1, 2027 | District’s own published figures: $11,710 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 2,567 enrollment (2025-2026).
Riverside Local | County: Lake | Question Type: Income Tax | Purpose: Current expenses; permanent improvements | Description: Additional | Millage: N/A | Percent: 1% | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: January 1, 2027 | District’s own published figures: $13,269 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 3,911 enrollment (2025-2026).
Willoughby-Eastlake City | County: Lake | Question Type: Income Tax | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: N/A | Percent: 0.75% | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: January 1, 2027 | District’s own published figures: $12,809 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 6,349 enrollment (2025-2026).

Portage County: 4 questions

Aurora City | County: Portage | Question Type: Bond | Purpose: Contruct new elementary school & transportation facility & improve school buildings | Description: Additional | Millage: N/A | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: $96,200,000 | Length: 37 | Commencing: March 1, 2027 | District’s own published figures: $14,150 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 2,927 enrollment (2025-2026).
Crestwood Local | County: Portage | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: General permanent improvements | Description: Renewal | Millage: 3.5 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2027 | District’s own published figures: $14,566 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 1,185 enrollment (2025-2026).
Ravenna City | County: Portage | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: General permanent improvements | Description: Renewal | Millage: 2.9 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: 2027 | District’s own published figures: $10,670 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 1,757 enrollment (2025-2026).
Streetsboro City | County: Portage | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses & general permanent improvements | Description: Renewal | Millage: 5.1 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2027 | District’s own published figures: $13,334 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 1,852 enrollment (2025-2026).

Medina County: 1 question

Wadsworth City | County: Medina | Question Type: Income Tax | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: N/A | Percent: 1% | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: January 1, 2027 | District’s own published figures: $13,274 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 3,990 enrollment (2025-2026).

Geauga County: 2 questions

Berkshire Local | County: Geauga | Question Type: Income Tax | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Additional | Millage: N/A | Percent: 0.5% | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: CPT | Commencing: January 1, 2027 | District’s own published figures: $14,818 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 1,309 enrollment (2025-2026).
Cardinal Local | County: Geauga | Question Type: Tax Levy | Purpose: Current expenses | Description: Renewal | Millage: 9.7 | Percent: N/A | Dollar Amount: N/A | Length: 5 | Commencing: 2027 | District’s own published figures: $15,386 spending per equivalent pupil (FY2025); 664 enrollment (2025-2026).

Where a county board’s list describes a question differently

Garfield Heights City Schools: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections’s “Issues List, November 3, 2026 General Election” gives its ballot wording as: “Proposed Tax Levy”; “(Renewal)”; “Shall a fixed-sum levy renewing an existing levy be imposed by the Garfield Heights City School District”; “for the purpose of paying the current operating expenses of the district in the sum of $4,100,000”; “a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the County Fiscal Officer to average 7.74 mills for each $1 of taxable value”; “for a period of five years, commencing in 2027”. The Ohio Secretary of State’s file lists Question Type “Tax Levy”, Purpose “Current operating expenses”, Description “Renewal”, Millage “7.74”, Percent “N/A”, Dollar Amount “N/A”, Length of Levy in Years or Continuing Period of Time (cpt) “5”, Commencing Year or Effective Date “2027”. DistrictFacts uses the state file’s columns here; the county board publishes the official wording.

Look up your district

The Ohio ballot page lists these 28 questions within the statewide file and can be searched by district. The DistrictFacts ballot page is at districtfacts.com/oh/ballot-2026/.

Before and after the vote

This article describes the state file and county-board comparison published before the November 3, 2026 vote and reports no result.

What this does not tell you

The source columns and district context do not establish a household tax effect. Millage, percent and dollar amount remain separate fields. This is not an estimate of a tax bill or what a question would cost a household. DistrictFacts does not recommend how to vote on any question.

This report was generated from public records by the DistrictFacts Data Desk. Every question figure is read from the Ohio Secretary of State’s workbook, retrieved October 1, 2026, or from district context already published by DistrictFacts. The difference note quotes the county board’s list and the state file separately. None of the figures was typed by hand. The method is described on the DistrictFacts methodology page, and a correction can be requested from this story.

Sources

Ohio Secretary of State, Ohio Secretary of State Local Questions and Issues workbook, retrieved Oct 1, 2026: https://www.ohiosos.gov/assets/2026-11-general-qandi.xlsx (SHA-256 467361221ec0c3f3d445b6134aa9bfb820884d75e5929bbd6cd10104549f9d49).
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Issues List, November 3, 2026 General Election, retrieved Oct 5, 2026: https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/docs/default-source/boe/elections/2026-11-03-issues-list.pdf?sfvrsn=3285f23b_1 (SHA-256 0bff6e0bdc1562378c7d59576cb97a6e3d45862d4b54207f8a5350ad54fabf57).