High Quality Instruction and Learning for Every Child, Every Day in Every Classroom
January 2019
Two important measures for all students and schools on Feb. 12, 2019 ballot Renton School voters will decide on two important measures to support student learning on the February 12, 2019 ballot. Even with approval of the two-item package, tax-rates for district property owners will continue to decrease. Read more about each measure, and how tax-rates will continue to decline, in this brochure. Building for Excellence School Construction Bond will allow for important construction and improvement projects at nearly every school. Also on the ballot is a much-needed, additional elementary school in the fast-growing northeast (Highlands/Sunset) area of the district.
Renton School District Tax-Rate (per $1,000 of assessed property value) With Approval of Both Measures $5.39 $4.99 $4.61
$3.52
$3.52
2019 Tax Rate*
2020 Tax Rate*
Education & Operations Replacement Levy provides nearly 19 cents of every dollar spent in classrooms and schools each day (nearly $56 million/per year). The Replacement Levy will renew the district’s current three-year levy which expires in 2019. This is not a new tax: Voter approval is required to continue this important source of funding, which contributes to student success and classroom/teacher support. Renton School District tax-rates will continue to decline even as voters approve these two measures. Because of improvements in property value assessments, tax-rates for Renton School District citizens have steadily declined over the past few years.That tax-rate reduction will continue over the next several years even as voters approve the two measures on the Feb. 12, 2019 ballot.
2016 Tax Rate
2017 Tax Rate
2018 Tax Rate
*Estimated decrease in Renton School District tax rate from 2018 to 2020 is $1.09 per/$1,000 of assessed value:
That means the owner of a median priced home of $378,000 will save more than $412 per year in taxes. Decreasing tax rates are due in part to increases in assessed property value, reducing district tax-rates for individual taxpayers.