Mansfield Times

There were 6,062 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Ashland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.4% less 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, non-Hispanic white students comprised 93% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Ashland County, Ashland High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 722 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Ashland High School	89.1	810
Ashland Middle School	90.9	691
Reagan Elementary School	93.6	564
Hillsdale Elementary School	95.6	518
Black River Education Center Elementary School	91.9	484
Taft Intermediate School	90.6	470
Edison Elementary School	90.7	442
Mapleton Elementary School	96.9	390
Loudonville High School	96.1	361
Hillsdale High School	95.6	321
McMullen Elementary School	94.5	290
Black River High School	93.2	266
Mapleton High School	96.8	217
Black River Education Center Middle School	91.7	218
Mapleton Middle School	95.9	194
Budd Elementary School	94.4	195
Ashland County Community Academy	96.5	86