Mansfield Times

There were 13,614 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Richland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% 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 white students comprised 79.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 42 schools in Richland County, Dowds Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 851 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
Dowds Elementary School	93.6	909
Stingel Elementary School	86.5	902
Madison High School	83.3	870
Goal Digital Academy	83.5	793
Madison Middle School	82.6	748
Lexington High School	88.5	646
Shelby High School	94.8	496
Eastern Elementary School	88.9	515
Ontario High School	81.6	527
Clear Fork High School	93.3	449
Madison South Elementary School	78.7	503
Ontario Middle School	83.2	471
Bellville Elementary School	91.6	419
Shelby Middle School	94.3	404
Mansfield Senior High School	46	780
Malabar Intermediate School	48.7	735
Lexington Junior High School	89	383
Crestview Elementary School	91.8	367
Buckeye Community School	81.4	397
Clear Fork Middle School	96.4	331
Central Elementary School	88.9	351
Sherman Elementary School	56	518
Western Elementary School	84.5	330
Shiloh Elementary School	86.5	296
Crestview Middle School	94	268
Crestview High School	95.3	258
Butler Elementary School	93.8	260
Mifflin Elementary School	86.4	242
Foundation Academy	48	417
Mansfield Middle School	50	394
Eastview Elementary School	81.5	238
Lucas Elementary School	94.8	191
Shiloh Middle School	87.7	195
The Richland School of Academic Arts	43.9	346
Plymouth High School	91.5	153
Mansfield Spanish Immersion School	61.5	218
Cypress High School	65.2	198
Lucas High School	96.8	125
Springmill STEM Elementary School	52.4	206
Woodland Elementary School	54.4	195
Lucas Heritage Middle School	97.2	71
Tyger Digital Academy	50.5	97