Findlay Times

There were 3,523 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Hardin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Hardin County welcomed 3,874 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 90.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Hardin County, Kenton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 942 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
Kenton Elementary School	90.8	1,037
Kenton High School	91.3	470
Ada Elementary School	86.7	466
Ada High School	91.2	365
Ridgemont Elementary School	92.2	282
Kenton Middle School	92.7	245
Upper Scioto Valley Elementary School	89.3	233
Ridgemont High School	92.9	212
Hardin Northern Elementary School	93	201
Hardin Northern High School	95.2	168
Upper Scioto Valley High School	91.4	93
Upper Scioto Valley Middle School	89.9	69
Hardin Community School	87.9	33