Mansfield Times

There were 1,222 third grade students enrolled in Richland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Malabar Intermediate School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 175 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Malabar Intermediate School	175	23.2	754
Stingel Elementary School	157	16.8	932
Dowds Elementary School	135	14.9	907
Western Elementary School	77	22.6	341
Crestview Elementary School	73	19.6	373
Madison South Elementary School	72	13.5	533
Central Elementary School	67	19.1	351
Bellville Elementary School	63	15.1	416
Shiloh Elementary School	57	20.1	284
Eastview Elementary School	54	21.9	247
Mifflin Elementary School	54	20.4	265
Foundation Academy	50	11.2	447
The Richland School of Academic Arts	44	12.5	351
Butler Elementary School	36	13.9	259
Lucas Elementary School	36	18.4	196
Mansfield Spanish Immersion School	33	17	194
Springmill STEM Elementary School	28	13.7	205
Goal Digital Academy	11	1.4	762
Sherman Elementary School	0	0	491
Woodland Elementary School	0	0	204
Cypress High School	0	0	181
Buckeye Community School	0	0	402
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