Allen County schools welcomed 290 pre-kindergarten students in 2022-23 school year

OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education

By Findlay Times

Sep 1, 2024

There were 290 pre-kindergarten students enrolled in Allen County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 23.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Heritage Elementary School welcomed most of the pre-kindergarten students in the county, registering 81 students.

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

Statewide, Allen County ranked 27th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 13,705 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 27th 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.

Allen County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison

Pre-kindergarten Enrollment in Allen County Schools for 2022-23 School Year

School name	# of Pre-kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Heritage Elementary School	81	19.3	420
Allen East Elementary School	74	16.2	457
Independence Elementary School	55	19.5	282
Freedom Elementary School	46	19.7	233
Unity Elementary School	34	17.6	193
Heir Force Community School	0	0	235
Franklin Elementary School	0	0	338
Liberty Arts Magnet K-8	0	0	410
Lima North Middle School	0	0	304
Lima Senior High School	0	0	967
Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8	0	0	182
Lima West Middle School	0	0	359
Bluffton Elementary School	0	0	538
Bluffton High School	0	0	321
Bluffton Middle School	0	0	283
Allen East High School	0	0	267
Allen East Middle School	0	0	327
Bath Elementary School	0	0	790
Bath High School	0	0	423
Bath Middle School	0	0	407
Elida Middle School	0	0	530
Elida High School	0	0	537
Elida Elementary School	0	0	1,018
Perry Elementary School	0	0	401
Perry High School	0	0	265
Elmwood Elementary School	0	0	521
Shawnee Middle School	0	0	732
Shawnee High School	0	0	628
Maplewood Elementary School	0	0	343
Spencerville Elementary School	0	0	345
Spencerville High School	0	0	267
Spencerville Middle School	0	0	304
West Central Learning Academy II	0	0	47