Mansfield Times

There were 185 multiracial students enrolled in Ashland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 31.2% 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, multiracial students comprised 2.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Ashland County, Ashland High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 38 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Ashland High School	4.7	810
Ashland Middle School	4.5	691
Edison Elementary School	5.7	442
Taft Intermediate School	5.1	470
Reagan Elementary School	3	564
Black River Education Center Elementary School	3.1	484
Hillsdale Elementary School	2.7	518
McMullen Elementary School	3.8	290
Mapleton Elementary School	2.6	390
Ashland County Community Academy	0	86
Budd Elementary School	0	195
Mapleton Middle School	0	194
Black River Education Center Middle School	0	218
Mapleton High School	0	217
Black River High School	0	266
Hillsdale High School	0	321
Loudonville High School	0	361