Operating funds are used to pay for the day-to-day expenses of a school district. Those expenses include salaries, benefits, utilities, textbooks, etc. They DO NOT include construction, renovations and building maintenance, which are funded by separate sources like voter-approved bond sales.
Reynoldsburg City Schools receives about half of its operating revenues from the state of Ohio. The district depends on local property taxes for the bulk its remaining revenues. A local school income tax, personal property taxes and federal funding make up the rest.
Charts below show the district's revenue sources and how Reynoldsburg compares to other school districts in operating millage.
Effective operating millage
| Millage Comparison January 2010 |
| School District | Effective Operating Millage |
| New Albany-Plain Local | 44.54 |
| Upper Arlington City | 43.04 |
| Westerville City | 43.03 |
| Worthington City | 41.55 |
| Dublin City | 41.48 |
| Bexley City | 40.82 |
| Hilliard City | 40.64 |
| Canal Winchester Local | 38.11 |
| Grandview Heights City | 36.06 |
| Columbus City | 36.06 |
| South-Western City | 34.99 |
| Gahanna-Jefferson City | 32.68 |
| Whitehall City | 31.28 |
| Groveport Madison Local | 29.44 |
| Reynoldsburg City | 23.09 |
| Hamilton Local | 20.08 |