Mansfield Times

There were 17,212 students enrolled in Richland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.1% of the county's student body, while the other 48.9% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 79.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Richland County schools, followed by Black, Non-Hispanic students with 8.5%, 7.8% multiracial students, 2.9% Hispanic students and 0.3% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Dowds Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Richland County's 42 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 909 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
Dowds Elementary School	907	909	0.2
Stingel Elementary School	932	902	-3.2
Madison High School	869	870	0.1
Goal Digital Academy	762	793	4.1
Mansfield Senior High School	762	780	2.4
Madison Middle School	759	748	-1.4
Malabar Intermediate School	753	735	-2.4
Lexington High School	709	646	-8.9
Ontario High School	518	527	1.7
Sherman Elementary School	491	518	5.5
Eastern Elementary School	477	515	8
Madison South Elementary School	532	503	-5.5
Shelby High School	481	496	3.1
Ontario Middle School	470	471	0.2
Clear Fork High School	448	449	0.2
Bellville Elementary School	417	419	0.5
Foundation Academy	447	417	-6.7
Shelby Middle School	433	404	-6.7
Buckeye Community School	404	397	-1.7
Mansfield Middle School	407	394	-3.2
Lexington Junior High School	362	383	5.8
Crestview Elementary School	373	367	-1.6
Central Elementary School	351	351	0
The Richland School of Academic Arts	350	346	-1.1
Clear Fork Middle School	373	331	-11.3
Western Elementary School	341	330	-3.2
Shiloh Elementary School	284	296	4.2
Crestview Middle School	274	268	-2.2
Butler Elementary School	258	260	0.8
Crestview High School	270	258	-4.4
Mifflin Elementary School	265	242	-8.7
Eastview Elementary School	247	238	-3.6
Mansfield Spanish Immersion School	203	218	7.4
Springmill STEM Elementary School	205	206	0.5
Cypress High School	185	198	7
Shiloh Middle School	195	195	0
Woodland Elementary School	204	195	-4.4
Lucas Elementary School	198	191	-3.5
Plymouth High School	165	153	-7.3
Lucas High School	130	125	-3.8
Tyger Digital Academy	128	97	-24.2
Lucas Heritage Middle School	77	71	-7.8