Mansfield Times

There were 116 Hispanic students enrolled in Ashland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 10.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Ashland County welcomed 6,517 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 1.8% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Ashland County, Ashland High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 29 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Ashland High School	3.6	810
Black River Education Center Elementary School	4.3	484
Ashland Middle School	2.9	691
Reagan Elementary School	2.5	564
Taft Intermediate School	2.3	470
Black River Education Center Middle School	5	218
Edison Elementary School	2.3	442
Loudonville High School	0	361
Hillsdale High School	0	321
Black River High School	0	266
Mapleton High School	0	217
Mapleton Middle School	0	194
Budd Elementary School	0	195
Ashland County Community Academy	0	86
Mapleton Elementary School	0	390
McMullen Elementary School	0	290
Hillsdale Elementary School	0	518