Mansfield Times

There were 1,094 kindergarten students enrolled in Richland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Stingel Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 130 students.

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

Statewide, Richland County ranked 23rd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 17,445 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 23rd 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Stingel Elementary School	130	13.9	932
Dowds Elementary School	129	14.2	907
Sherman Elementary School	108	22	491
Madison South Elementary School	79	14.8	533
Mifflin Elementary School	65	24.5	265
Foundation Academy	60	13.4	447
Bellville Elementary School	60	14.4	416
Shiloh Elementary School	59	20.8	284
Woodland Elementary School	57	27.9	204
Crestview Elementary School	44	11.8	373
Eastview Elementary School	43	17.4	247
Butler Elementary School	40	15.4	259
Springmill STEM Elementary School	39	19	205
The Richland School of Academic Arts	38	10.8	351
Central Elementary School	38	10.8	351
Western Elementary School	33	9.7	341
Mansfield Spanish Immersion School	32	16.5	194
Lucas Elementary School	26	13.3	196
Goal Digital Academy	14	1.8	762
Cypress High School	0	0	181
Buckeye Community School	0	0	402
Malabar Intermediate School	0	0	754
Tyger Digital Academy	0	0	81
Mansfield Middle School	0	0	407
Mansfield Senior High School	0	0	754
Shelby Middle School	0	0	433
Shelby High School	0	0	481
Clear Fork High School	0	0	448
Clear Fork Middle School	0	0	372
Crestview High School	0	0	271
Crestview Middle School	0	0	274
Lexington High School	0	0	706
Lexington Junior High School	0	0	362
Eastern Elementary School	0	0	473
Lucas High School	0	0	120
Lucas Heritage Middle School	0	0	77
Madison Middle School	0	0	759
Madison High School	0	0	868
Plymouth High School	0	0	164
Shiloh Middle School	0	0	195
Ontario High School	0	0	517
Ontario Middle School	0	0	469