Mansfield Times

The majority of students in Crawford County districts were non-Hispanic white in the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 5,825 students attending Crawford County district schools, 93.3% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity among the county's schools (3.6%).

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Crawford County districts, representing 93.5% of the student body.

Bucyrus City and Galion City had the most diverse student body in the county, which included Hispanic, multiracial, non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped 1.4% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Crawford County.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

District	Most prevalent ethnicity	% of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Wynford Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	97.4%	1,076
Colonel Crawford Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	96.4%	909
Buckeye Central Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	95.3%	637
Crestline Exempted Village	Non-Hispanic White	92.1%	570
Galion City	Non-Hispanic White	90.9%	1,598
Bucyrus City	Non-Hispanic White	89.8%	1,035