Mansfield Times

There were 1,460 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Richland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Richland County welcomed 17,212 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 8.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 42 schools in Richland County, Mansfield Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 269 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	% of non-Hispanic Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mansfield Senior High School	34.5	780
Malabar Intermediate School	28.6	735
Foundation Academy	33.3	417
Sherman Elementary School	25.5	518
The Richland School of Academic Arts	37.6	346
Mansfield Middle School	29.2	394
Springmill STEM Elementary School	26.7	206
Woodland Elementary School	24.6	195
Goal Digital Academy	5.9	793
Madison High School	5.1	870
Madison South Elementary School	7.8	503
Buckeye Community School	8.8	397
Madison Middle School	4.4	748
Tyger Digital Academy	33	97
Cypress High School	15.7	198
Ontario High School	5.3	527
Stingel Elementary School	2.2	902
Mansfield Spanish Immersion School	8.3	218
Ontario Middle School	3	471
Central Elementary School	3.1	351
Western Elementary School	3	330
Dowds Elementary School	0	909
Lucas Heritage Middle School	0	71
Lexington High School	0	646
Lucas High School	0	125
Plymouth High School	0	153
Shelby High School	0	496
Shiloh Middle School	0	195
Lucas Elementary School	0	191
Eastview Elementary School	0	238
Eastern Elementary School	0	515
Mifflin Elementary School	0	242
Butler Elementary School	0	260
Crestview High School	0	258
Crestview Middle School	0	268
Shiloh Elementary School	0	296
Clear Fork High School	0	449
Clear Fork Middle School	0	331
Crestview Elementary School	0	367
Lexington Junior High School	0	383
Bellville Elementary School	0	419
Shelby Middle School	0	404