Findlay Times

There were 40 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Seneca County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Seneca County school districts welcomed 5,081 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.

Among the five school districts in Seneca County, Tiffin City Schools recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 30 students.

The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Seneca County.

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.

District	% of Black, Non-Hispanic students	Total enrollment
Old Fort Local Schools	1.5%	689
Tiffin City Schools	1.2%	2,495
New Riegel Local Schools	0%	381
Hopewell-Loudon Local Schools	0%	731
Seneca East Local Schools	0%	785