Mansfield Times

There were 1,436 ninth grade students enrolled in Richland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 9.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Madison High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 220 students.

Within Richland County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Richland County ranked 23rd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 17,212 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 23rd the year before.

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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Madison High School	220	25.4	866
Mansfield Senior High School	209	27	774
Lexington High School	170	26.5	642
Ontario High School	168	32	525
Shelby High School	168	33.9	496
Clear Fork High School	139	31	449
Goal Digital Academy	91	11.5	794
Crestview High School	85	32.9	258
Buckeye Community School	79	19.9	397
Plymouth High School	43	27.9	154
Lucas High School	33	28.4	116
Tyger Digital Academy	17	37	46
Cypress High School	14	7.1	198
Bellville Elementary School	0	0	418
Stingel Elementary School	0	0	902
Malabar Intermediate School	0	0	734
Eastern Elementary School	0	0	513
Springmill STEM Elementary School	0	0	206
Butler Elementary School	0	0	261
Lucas Elementary School	0	0	189
Western Elementary School	0	0	329
Woodland Elementary School	0	0	195
Sherman Elementary School	0	0	518
Central Elementary School	0	0	351
Lucas Heritage Middle School	0	0	71
Mansfield Middle School	0	0	395
Lexington Junior High School	0	0	383
Madison Middle School	0	0	748
Ontario Middle School	0	0	465
Shelby Middle School	0	0	403
Clear Fork Middle School	0	0	331
Crestview Middle School	0	0	267
Shiloh Middle School	0	0	196
Foundation Academy	0	0	417
The Richland School of Academic Arts	0	0	345
Mansfield Spanish Immersion School	0	0	217
Madison South Elementary School	0	0	503
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	368
Dowds Elementary School	0	0	908
Shiloh Elementary School	0	0	294
Eastview Elementary School	0	0	238
Mifflin Elementary School	0	0	242