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Comparing Superior Property Taxes to Other Cities

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Where Do Taxes in the Superior School District Rank?

By Alayna Burger

You may ask:  How does the Superior School District’s mill rate compare to surrounding Wisconsin school districts?  First, I would like to give you some basic facts:

  • School district property taxes include levies for general operations, debt service, capital expansions and community services
  • Property values are equalized to reflect market value rather than local assessed value.
    • Assessed valuation is property value, as determined by the local municipal assessor on January 1 in any given year
    • Equalized valuation results when the Department of Revenue applies an adjustment factor to the assessed value. The adjustment factor incorporates actual property sales in the municipality during the past year
  • The equalized levy rate is the total property tax levy divided by the current year equalized property value with tax incremental financing (TIF) values included.
  • Levy rates are shown in “mills” or property tax dollars levied per $1,000 of equalized property value.

Below is a graph that illustrates a comparison of surrounding Wisconsin school districts to Superior School District.  I have also included the state average:

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How the Superior School District Mill Rate Compares to others in our region

Many factors play a role as to why some school districts are less/more than others.  The biggest factor is what’s the school district’s revenue cap/limit and what they will receive from the state in Equalization Aid as the difference comes from property levies.  Other factors to look at, is Ashland’s total levy is $6,017,505 with $671,489,234 equalized property value, therefore, their mill rate is $8.96.  Maple’s total levy is $10,943,539 with $813,927,929 equalized property value, therefore, their mill rate is $13.45.  Superior’s total levy is $21,072,239 with $2,092,552,200 equalized property value, therefore, our mill rate is $10.07.

This information is important when making an informed decision regarding the upcoming referendum for the future of our kids and I hope this article helps shed some light on how we compare to other surrounding Wisconsin school districts.

For more information about the proposed school district referendum, please go to Superior Referendum.




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