Mansfield Times

There were 1,591 ninth grade students enrolled in Richland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number from the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Mansfield Senior High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 237 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mansfield Senior High School	237	31.4	754
Madison High School	224	25.8	868
Lexington High School	214	30.3	706
Ontario High School	170	32.9	517
Buckeye Community School	156	38.8	402
Clear Fork High School	148	33	448
Shelby High School	141	29.3	481
Crestview High School	88	32.5	271
Goal Digital Academy	85	11.2	762
Plymouth High School	65	39.6	164
Lucas High School	38	31.7	120
Tyger Digital Academy	25	30.9	81
Mansfield Middle School	0	0	407
Madison Middle School	0	0	759
Lexington Junior High School	0	0	362
Shelby Middle School	0	0	433
Ontario Middle School	0	0	469
Clear Fork Middle School	0	0	372
Crestview Middle School	0	0	274
Shiloh Middle School	0	0	195
The Richland School of Academic Arts	0	0	351
Foundation Academy	0	0	447
Lucas Heritage Middle School	0	0	77
Mansfield Spanish Immersion School	0	0	194
Malabar Intermediate School	0	0	754
Eastern Elementary School	0	0	473
Springmill STEM Elementary School	0	0	205
Dowds Elementary School	0	0	907
Stingel Elementary School	0	0	932
Bellville Elementary School	0	0	416
Butler Elementary School	0	0	259
Lucas Elementary School	0	0	196
Madison South Elementary School	0	0	533
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	373
Central Elementary School	0	0	351
Eastview Elementary School	0	0	247
Mifflin Elementary School	0	0	265
Shiloh Elementary School	0	0	284
Western Elementary School	0	0	341
Sherman Elementary School	0	0	491
Woodland Elementary School	0	0	204
Cypress High School	0	0	181