Mansfield Times

There were 1,310 first grade students enrolled in Richland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Stingel Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 146 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Stingel Elementary School	146	15.7	932
Dowds Elementary School	120	13.2	907
Sherman Elementary School	119	24.2	491
Madison South Elementary School	118	22.1	533
Central Elementary School	89	25.4	351
Bellville Elementary School	82	19.7	416
Western Elementary School	79	23.2	341
Woodland Elementary School	72	35.3	204
Crestview Elementary School	65	17.4	373
Foundation Academy	63	14.1	447
Mifflin Elementary School	53	20	265
Eastview Elementary School	51	20.6	247
Shiloh Elementary School	49	17.3	284
The Richland School of Academic Arts	41	11.7	351
Butler Elementary School	40	15.4	259
Lucas Elementary School	39	19.9	196
Springmill STEM Elementary School	38	18.5	205
Mansfield Spanish Immersion School	29	14.9	194
Goal Digital Academy	17	2.2	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