How Brook Park is run
Brook Park spent $24.5 million in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,350 per resident.
What stands out about how Brook Park is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $1,350 per resident a year, or $3.70 a day
The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 34% of spending.
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Who runs Brook Park
From public records, which can lag behind an election. Tell us if a name is out of date.
Berea City School District
Brook Park’s K–12 school district, shared with Middleburg Heights, Berea. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,792 per pupil, $9,526 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Ohio districts overall: 53% local, 35% state, 12% federal.
Cleveland Municipal School District · $24,642 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Per resident, spending is down 19% since 2022
Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Spending per resident by year
* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).
One full-time town employee for every 137 residents
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
The typical homeowner pays $2,811 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.66% of the home’s value, vs 1.31% across Ohio.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Brook Park’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
How Brook Park’s budget compares
Brook Park ranks 4th lowest of 7 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berea | — | — | $3,934 |
| Olmsted | $776 | $70 | $6,205 |
| Parma | $1,214 | — | $3,341 |
| Fairview Park | $1,306 | $993 | $5,123 |
| Brook Park | $1,350 | $489 | $2,811 |
| North Olmsted | $1,567 | $1,894 | $4,824 |
| Middleburg Heights | $2,746 | $1,330 | $4,252 |
| Cleveland | $4,385 | $8,273 | $1,759 |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Brook Park.
- 1Your cityMayor & council
- 2Ohio HouseState representatives
- 3Ohio SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Ohio
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Brook Park’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Brook Park is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Officials: Open States and Wikidata. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.