Part of this is pushed by school district funding, both the Robin Hood redistribution to “poorer” districts and unaccountable school district funding in general.
Part of it is also cost shifting in many jurisdictions where those over 65 or in various categories get property taxes frozen, so the rates for everyone else go up even more.
And part of it is the Katrina trash that blew in when a certain church gave them the most PRIME acreage in the county. Now they’ve built tax free “parsonages” for all their members.
Hubby confronted one of them who was out begging for donations at Walmart and she swore up and down that she pays taxes. Hubby asked which taxes. She said sales tax. He pressed more and she said Washington. He asked if she paid any other taxes like for her house. She said no. Got’cha. No property taxes. But then we already knew that from the county tax rolls. At least he got his message to the customers coming in and out.
After all this time since Katrina, their kids are still the worst in school.