Districts will often shorten their names; for example, Sandy Valley Local School District is often referred to as Sandy Valley Schools.
City and exempted village school districts are exempted from county boards of education, local school districts remain under county school board supervision.
The U.S. Census Bureau classifies Ohio school districts as independent governments.
There are no Ohio K-12 public school systems dependent on another layer of government.
[2] In southwestern Ohio, portions of Preble and Butler counties near College Corner are served by the Union County–College Corner Joint School District of Union County, Indiana.