Mansfield Times

There were 6,517 students enrolled in Ashland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 52.2% of the county's student body, while the other 47.8% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 93% of the student body, the largest percentage in Ashland County schools, followed by multiracial students with 2.8%, 1.8% Hispanic students and 0.2% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Ashland High School had the highest enrollment among Ashland County's 17 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 810 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Ashland High School	815	810	-0.6
Ashland Middle School	723	691	-4.4
Reagan Elementary School	600	564	-6
Hillsdale Elementary School	312	518	66
Black River Education Center Elementary School	525	484	-7.8
Taft Intermediate School	458	470	2.6
Edison Elementary School	451	442	-2
Mapleton Elementary School	378	390	3.2
Loudonville High School	360	361	0.3
Hillsdale High School	185	321	73.5
McMullen Elementary School	290	290	0
Black River High School	284	266	-6.3
Black River Education Center Middle School	216	218	0.9
Mapleton High School	246	217	-11.8
Budd Elementary School	196	195	-0.5
Mapleton Middle School	180	194	7.8
Ashland County Community Academy	74	86	16.2