Findlay Times

There were 4,521 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Seneca County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Seneca County welcomed 5,107 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 88.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Seneca County, Columbian High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 560 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
Columbian High School	87.6	639
Tiffin Middle School	88.9	540
Hopewell-Loudon Local Elementary School	90.6	395
Old Fort Elementary School Bettsville Campus	88	393
Seneca East Elementary School	94.2	344
Noble 4-5 Elementary School	89.1	358
Hopewell-Loudon Local High School	89	336
Washington K-1 Elementary School	78.6	359
Krout 2-3 Elementary School	83.2	316
Old Fort High School	88.9	296
Seneca East High School	95.5	243
New Riegel High School	93.2	205
Seneca East Middle School	93.9	197
New Riegel Elementary School	95.5	176
Tornado Academy	88.5	131
Bridges Community Academy dba Bridges Preparatory Academy	79.2	101
North Central Academy	70.5	78