Mansfield Times

There were 495 fourth grade students enrolled in Ashland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Taft Intermediate School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 230 students.

Within Ashland County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Ashland County ranked 51st in enrollment numbers, with a total of 6,561 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 51st the year before.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

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.

School name	# of 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Taft Intermediate School	230	50.2	458
Black River Education Center Elementary School	75	14.3	526
Budd Elementary School	72	36.7	196
Hillsdale Elementary School	65	20.8	312
Mapleton Elementary School	53	14	378
Reagan Elementary School	0	0	600
Edison Elementary School	0	0	451
McMullen Elementary School	0	0	290
Ashland County Community Academy	0	0	52
Ashland High School	0	0	815
Ashland Middle School	0	0	723
Loudonville High School	0	0	361
Hillsdale High School	0	0	178
Hillsdale Middle School	0	0	247
Mapleton Middle School	0	0	180
Mapleton High School	0	0	245
Black River High School	0	0	283
Black River Education Center Middle School	0	0	216