Mansfield Times

There were 1,308 fourth grade students enrolled in Richland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Malabar Intermediate School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 194 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Malabar Intermediate School	194	25.7	754
Dowds Elementary School	159	17.5	907
Stingel Elementary School	149	16	932
Eastern Elementary School	111	23.5	473
Madison South Elementary School	97	18.2	533
Bellville Elementary School	73	17.5	416
Crestview Elementary School	70	18.8	373
Central Elementary School	68	19.4	351
Eastview Elementary School	56	22.7	247
Mifflin Elementary School	52	19.6	265
Butler Elementary School	50	19.3	259
Foundation Academy	49	11	447
Shiloh Elementary School	42	14.8	284
The Richland School of Academic Arts	39	11.1	351
Lucas Elementary School	33	16.8	196
Springmill STEM Elementary School	26	12.7	205
Mansfield Spanish Immersion School	25	12.9	194
Goal Digital Academy	15	2	762
Western Elementary School	0	0	341
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
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